cesura
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cesuras,
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cesurae
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Two varieties of the feminine cesura are also distinguished: the Lyric, when the pause occurs inside a foot; e.g.:
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
Not only the unaccentual character of the French verse is opposed to the theory of the French source, but also, he believes, the fixed cesura.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
The cesura is counted as "medial" when occurring after the fourth, fifth, or sixth syllable; elsewhere it is regarded as "variant."
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
French verse, decasyllabic, 177f.; influence on heroic couplet, 187, 190; perfect rime in, 121 n.; regular cesura in, 17, 18; influence on octosyllabic couplet, 154, 160f.,
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
The French alexandrine has almost always been characterized by a regular and strongly marked medial cesura, and this very commonly appears in the English form, but by no means universally.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
One is not likely to recommend elementary students to count trochees and cesuras in order to increase their appreciation of good verse.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
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