caesura
21caesura — /səˈʒurə/ (say suh zhoohruh) noun (plural caesuras or caesurae /səˈʒuri/ (say suh zhoohree)) 1. English Prosody a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know… …
22caesura — n. (pl. caesuras) Prosody 1 (in Greek and Latin verse) a break between words within a metrical foot. 2 (in modern verse) a pause near the middle of a line. Derivatives: caesural adj. Etymology: L f. caedere caes cut …
23feminine caesura — noun : a caesura that follows an unstressed or short syllable see epic caesura, lyric caesura * * * Pros. a caesura occurring immediately after an unstressed or short syllable. * * * feminine caesura noun One which does not immediately follow the …
24epic caesura — noun : a feminine caesura following an extra unstressed syllable intruded into accentual iambic meter under cover of the caesural pause which is there longer than usual (as in Shakespeare s “but how of Cawdor? ‖The Thane of Cawdor lives”)… …
25lyric caesura — noun : a feminine caesura that follows an unstressed syllable required by the meter (as in Housman s “they cease not fighting ‖ east and west”) contrasted with epic caesura …
26masculine caesura — noun : a caesura that follows a stressed or long syllable * * * Pros. a caesura occurring immediately after a stressed or a long syllable …
27feminine caesura — Pros. a caesura occurring immediately after an unstressed or short syllable. * * * …
28masculine caesura — Pros. a caesura occurring immediately after a stressed or a long syllable. * * * …
29hephthemimeral caesura — |hefthə|mimərəl, |hepth noun Etymology: Late Latin hephthemimeris, from Greek hephthēmimerēs, adjective, containing seven halves, containing three feet and a half (from hepta + hēmi hemi + meros part) + English al more at merit : a caesura in… …
30penthemimeral caesura — noun : a caesura in classical verse occurring after the fifth half foot …
