end-stopped

American  

[end-stopt] / ˈɛndˌstɒpt /

adjective

Prosody.

1. (of a line of verse) ending at the end of a syntactic unit that is usually followed by a pause in speaking and a punctuation mark in writing.

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end-stopped British  

adjective

1. (of verse) having a pause at the end of each line

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Etymology

Origin of end-stopped

First recorded in 1875–80

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Example Sentences

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end-stopped

The poem is nine such statements in nine end-stopped lines.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019

Mr. Kikta’s music, in seven sections, had largely predictable rhythms; Mr. Walker’s 10 dancers, with end-stopped phrasing, seemed more trapped than liberated by them.

From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2016

Either way, the novella is written in declarative, end-stopped lines, and almost every sentence begins with its subject, as in: “Minna’s in love with Lars./ Lars used to really like Minna.”

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2016

These couplets are somewhat end-stopped, and the syntax lacks richness and variety.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2012

He had received the couplet from Dryden, but he polished it to a greater finish, emphasizing, on the whole, its character as a single unit by making it more consistently end-stopped.

From A History of English Literature by Robert Huntington Fletcher

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