cesura
Americannoun
plural
cesuras, cesuraenoun
Other Word Forms
- cesural adjective
Example Sentences
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"It is based upon a measure which belonged to the antiquity of all Germanic races, namely, the line with eight emphatic syllables, divided into equal parts by the cesura."
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
In general, the modern use of the alexandrine is characterized by increased freedom in the placing of the cesura.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
It will be noticed that in the specimens just quoted from the Latin there is rime not only between the ends of the verses but between the syllables just preceding the cesura.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
What a sweet aspiration in each cesura of the verse! three love-sighs fixed and incorporate!
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
A cesura is a pause determined by the sense.
From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.
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