CAESURA


Meaning of CAESURA in English

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. caesural adj.

[ L f. caedere caes- cut ]

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