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
There is far more divergence of judgment in the recognition of the cesura.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
It coincides less closely than the cesura with syntactical and rhetorical pauses.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
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 Alden, Raymond MacDonald
These half-lines are separated by the cesura and united by alliteration, the alliterative letter being found in the first stressed syllable of the second half-line.
From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)
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