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

The core style is low-slung and fluid in an international contemporary vein, but with precisely attacked, end-stopped action that seems to be drawn from martial arts.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

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

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019

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

So far as this antithetical quality of Jonson's verse is concerned, Professor Schelling's view cannot be questioned; but that Jonson shows any singular preference for end-stopped lines and couplets may be seriously questioned.

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