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Words related to caesura
cae·su·ra
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comma
A comma is the punctuation mark , which is used to separate parts of a sentence or items in a list. -
feminine caesura
a caesura occurring immediately after an unstressed or short syllable. -
masculine caesura
a caesura occurring immediately after a stressed or a long syllable. -
hemistich
the exact or approximate half of a stich, or poetic verse or line, especially as divided by a caesura or the like. -
hexameter
a dactylic line of six feet, as in Greek and Latin epic poetry, in which the first four feet are dactyls or spondees, the fifth is ordinarily a dactyl, and the last is a trochee or spondee, with a caesura usually following the long syllable in the third foot. -
leonine verse
a form of verse, based upon an earlier Latin form, with a rhyme scheme that requires the last word in a line to rhyme with the word just before a caesura or with a word near the middle of the line.