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Meanings of caesura in inglés

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Usage of caesura in inglés
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She wanted time to pause, a permanent, exquisite caesura of pleasure.
An unfinished score
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Only the first comma of the first line is a caesura.
The ode less travelled: unlocking the poet within
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The caesura, though generally placed near the middle, may be placed at other intervals.
McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
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On the other hand, there is often an extra light syllable before the caesura.
An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway
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Especially within longer verses there often occurs a slight rest or break, called caesura.
A Book of German Lyrics
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You can have a caesura in an end-stopped line.
The ode less travelled: unlocking the poet within
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The caesura is marked (||), and the demi-caesura thus, (|), in the examples given.
McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
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Without that caesura at the end of the preceding foot, interior trochaic substitutions can be cumbersome.
The ode less travelled: unlocking the poet within
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Three bore caesura wands, another a tundern wand.
Spellwright
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The "Nibelungen" strophe consists of four long lines separated by a caesura into two distinct halves.
The Nibelungenlied
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In the following examples, the caesura is marked in each line; the demi-caesura is not marked in every case.
McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
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It is helped, as most interior trochaic switches are, by the very definite caesura, marked here by the colon.
The ode less travelled: unlocking the poet within
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With caesura and enjambment:
The ode less travelled: unlocking the poet within
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A caesura is often called masculine when it falls after a long, feminine when it falls after a short syllable.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" ...
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There was another caesura.
The talisman
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To tell the truth, they have had to listen to far too much poetry, and too many discussions on the caesura.
Adventures Among Books
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Caesura through the time