cesura

[ suh-zhoor-uh, -zoor-uh, siz-yoor-uh ]

noun

, plural ce·su·ras, ce·su·rae [s, uh, -, zhoor, -ee, -, zoor, -ee, siz-, yoor, -ee].

1. caesura.

cesura

/ sɪˈzjʊərə /

noun

1. prosody a variant spelling of caesura

Derived Forms

• ceˈsural, adjective

Other Words From

• ce·sural adjective

Example Sentences

The cesura is to vary, but not from a fundamentally medial position.

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The Cesura is called masculine when it follows an accented syllable.

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There is far more divergence of judgment in the recognition of the cesura.

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It coincides less closely than the cesura with syntactical and rhetorical pauses.

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In the early Elizabethan period the impression was still general that there should be a regular medial cesura.

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