caesuras in English
noun
1
(in Greek and Latin verse) a break between words within a metrical foot.
The Greek caesura was always much more flexible than Horace's, and English tends to treat it as entirely movable.
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1. Caesura (plural Caesuras or Caesurae) A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art
2. / sɪˈzjʊə.rə / plural Caesuras or Caesurae us / səˈzʊr.aɪ / uk / sɪˈzjʊə.raɪ / a pause in a line of poetry, especially near the middle of a line Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
3. / səˈzʊr.ə / plural Caesuras or Caesurae uk / sɪˈzjʊə.raɪ / us / səˈzʊr.aɪ / a pause in a line of poetry, especially near the middle of a line SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases