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

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

It could not have stood in sharper contrast to his earlier work, especially that of his lyric period, plays such as Romeo and Juliet defined by heavily end-stopped lines and extensive rhyme.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2016

An end-stopped line has a pause at the end, usually indicated by some mark of punctuation.

From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Spenser, Edmund