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Caesura
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Meaning
Noun
●
A
pause
or
interruption
in a
poem
,
music
,
building
, or other work of art.
●
In Prosody:
Using two
words
to
divide
a
metrical
foot.
●
In Typography:
The
caesura
mark
‖ or ||.
●
A
break
of an
era
or other
measure
of
history
and time; where one
era
ends
and another
begins
;
turning
point.
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Origin
caesura
English
caesura
Latin
caedo
Latin
caesus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Couplet
Enjambment
Vowel
Phrase
Stanza
Consonant
Story
Harmonic Progression
Dangling Modifier
Basso Continuo
Phrasal Verb
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