Caesura
A cęsura, in prosody, is an audible pause that breaks up a long line of verse.
Related Topics:
Prosody - Verse
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Also used in musical notation as a complete cessation of musical time.
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Cęsurę figure prominently in Greek and Latin versification, especially in the heroic verse form, dactylic hexameter.
Related Topics:
Greek - Latin - Dactylic hexameter
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