cesura
[ suh-zhoor-uh, -zoor-uh, siz-yoor-uh ]
noun,plural ce·su·ras, ce·su·rae [suh-zhoor-ee, -zoor-ee, siz-yoor-ee]. /səˈʒʊər i, -ˈzʊər i, sɪzˈyʊər i/.
Other words from cesura
- ce·su·ral, adjective
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How to use cesura in a sentence
The cesura is to vary, but not from a fundamentally medial position.
English Verse | Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.The cesura is called masculine when it follows an accented syllable.
English Verse | Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.There is far more divergence of judgment in the recognition of the cesura.
English Verse | Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.It coincides less closely than the cesura with syntactical and rhetorical pauses.
English Verse | Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.In the early Elizabethan period the impression was still general that there should be a regular medial cesura.
English Verse | Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.
British Dictionary definitions for cesura
cesura
/ (sɪˈzjʊərə) /
Derived forms of cesura
- cesural, adjective
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