cesura
Americannoun
plural
cesuras, cesuraenoun
Other Word Forms
- cesural adjective
Example Sentences
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Mätzner prints this poem in short lines of four and three stresses, the cesura making such a division natural enough.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
In the following table, however, the cesura has been recognized only when there is a grammatical or rhetorical pause so considerable as—in most cases—to require a mark of punctuation.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
"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
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
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
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