CAESURA

Caesura

In meter, a caesura is a complete pause in a line of poetry or in a musical composition. The plural form of caesura is caesurae. Caesurae feature prominently in Greek and Latin verse, especially in the heroic verse form, dactylic hexameter.

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caesura

Noun

  1. A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building or other work of art.
  2. In Classical prosody, using two words to divide a metrical foot.


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