cesura
Americannoun
plural
cesuras, cesuraenoun
Other Word Forms
- cesural adjective
Example Sentences
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The French alexandrine has almost always been characterized by a regular and strongly marked medial cesura, and this very commonly appears in the English form, but by no means universally.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
The "epic" cesura is quite as characteristic of dramatic blank verse as of epic.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
In the English verse there is no such thing: indeed there is no cesura at all, in the French sense of the word....
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
Two varieties of the feminine cesura are also distinguished: the Lyric, when the pause occurs inside a foot; e.g.:
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
The cesura is counted as "medial" when occurring after the fourth, fifth, or sixth syllable; elsewhere it is regarded as "variant."
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
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