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 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

In these pieces, he shows a tiresome fondness for short-breathed, end-stopped dance phrases that dog the music like a distracting running commentary.

From New York Times • May 18, 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

His blank verse, too, is comparatively clumsy—padded with unnecessary words and the lines largely end-stopped.

From A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington