ALL meanings of caesura
cae·su·ra
C c - noun caesura (in modern prosody) a pause, esp for sense, usually near the middle of a verse line 3
- noun caesura (in classical prosody) a break between words within a metrical foot, usually in the third or fourth foot of the line 3
- noun caesura a break or pause in a line of verse: in Greek and Latin verse, the caesura falls within the metrical foot; in English verse, it is usually about the middle of the line and is shown in scanning by the sign ∥ 3
- noun caesura a break or pause in the meter of a composition 3
- noun caesura (in Greek and Latin verse) a break between words within a metrical foot. 1
- noun plural caesura 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 then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan. 1
- noun plural caesura Classical Prosody. a division made by the ending of a word within a foot, or sometimes at the end of a foot, especially in certain recognized places near the middle of a verse. 1
- noun plural caesura any break, pause, or interruption. 1
- noun caesura A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building or other work of art. 0
- noun caesura (Classical prosody) Using two words to divide a metrical foot. 0