Caesuras [noun]

Notice some examples where the caesura necessarily preserves a final -e from elision, as in B 3989; where tal-e occurs before al.

Hence there is no need to elide a vowel at the caesura; it must therefore be sounded clearly.

The latter syllable of profit comes at the caesura, and is easily read quickly.

In verses of eleven or twelve syllables, however, the caesura is usually employed to give a break in a determined place.

The caesura requires a strong accent on the syllable preceding it, and does not prevent synalepha.

He, who has little respect for anything in heaven or earth, respects the uniform caesura of the Alexandrine.

On the other hand, there is often an extra light syllable before the caesura.

There is a pause at the caesura, so that the word for occupies the whole of the third foot.

Here out-law-e is trisyllabic, and the final e is preserved by the caesura.

Even the caesura, or pause in the course of a long line, is not always easy to place.