cesura
Americannoun
plural
cesuras, cesuraenoun
Other Word Forms
- cesural adjective
Example Sentences
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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
"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
These half-lines are separated by the cesura and united by alliteration, the alliterative letter being found in the first stressed syllable of the second half-line.
From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)
In the early Elizabethan period the impression was still general that there should be a regular medial cesura.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
It will be noticed that in the specimens just quoted from the Latin there is rime not only between the ends of the verses but between the syllables just preceding the cesura.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
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