CAESURA


Meaning of CAESURA in English

/ siˈzjʊərə; NAmE siˈzjʊrə/ noun

( technical ) a pause near the middle of a line of poetry

—compare enjambement

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent.: from Latin , from caes- cut, from the verb caedere .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.