cesura
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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 Alden, Raymond MacDonald
Such a verse, then, as— "Fate snatch'd her early to the pitying sky" is counted as having "no cesura."
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
Spenser: Amoretti, 293*; Faerie Queene, 102*; free cesura in, 17; interest in classical metres, 332 f.;
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
It is not unlikely that the original Sumerian text is in poetical form, as is suggested by the cesura, and the recurring words.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge
A cesura is a pause determined by the sense.
From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.
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 Alden, Raymond MacDonald
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