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Small vessel propelled by oars or   sails. benison   Blessing; a benediction. cesural   Pause in a line of verse dictated by sense or natural speech rhythm   rather than by metrics.

From Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States by Seward, William Henry

Read the selections on page 197 so as to indicate the position of the cesural pauses.

From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.

Cesura.+—Besides the pauses caused by rests or silences there is the cesural pause which needs to be considered in reading verse.

From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.

A cesural pause between the third and fourth syllables is indicated by the figures 3/4 in the first column.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

In this specimen—from a popular romance—we have the use of cesural rime as well as end-rime, just as in the Latin specimens cited above.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald