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Definition of Caesurae
1. caesura [n] - See also: caesura
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caesurae
Literary usage of Caesurae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Formation of Tennyson's Style: A Study, Primarily of the Versification by James Francis Augustin Pyre (1921)
"The first four verses have feminine caesurae, the fifth and seventh balance with
each other and with the first, all having pause after the seventh syllable; ..."
2. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Gonzalez Lodge (1898)
"caesurae have different names to show their position in the verse, ... These caesurae
are frequently called after their Greek names, ..."
3. Latin Grammar by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Gonzalez Lodge (1898)
"caesurae have different names to show their position in the verse, ... These caesurae
are frequently called after their Greek names, ..."
4. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1907)
"Eight feminine caesurae belong to these remaining lines. Another consideration
is the following: The manuscript of this revision is not continuous, ..."
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