After an ominous caesura the preacher continued. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A dissyllable or trisyllable precedes the caesura. From Wordnik.com. [The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints] Reference
Four lines, twelve syllables trochaic, caesura at seventh syllable. From Wordnik.com. [The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints] Reference
Another caesura very common in Homer, but rare in Latin verse, is after the. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
You describe August 15, 1941, as "a caesura in the history of the Holocaust.". From Wordnik.com. [An Insidious Evil] Reference
In the pentameter verse of the elegiac distich the caesura is always penthemimeral. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
The war thus constitutes a cultural and demographic caesura in the history of Dutch Jewry. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Netherlands.] Reference
"Nibelungen" strophe consists of four long lines separated by a caesura into two distinct halves. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
But, hey, it's a visual poem see how that male organ limps with the judicious use of the caesura?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
“Nibelungen” strophe consists of four long lines separated by a caesura into two distinct halves. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
But after the caesura 23 years ago, Afghanistan plunged into the turmoil of seemingly endless conflict. From Wordnik.com. [Kabul Time Capsule] Reference
A caesura is often called masculine when it falls after a long, feminine when it falls after a short syllable. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
But first there was the unexpected caesura after June 1989, and then the hurry-up, go-slow corporate response. From Wordnik.com. [Superfusion] Reference
These are really fun comics, and it's too bad there's a caesura between them, because they fit together so well. From Wordnik.com. [My personal top ten best/favorite runs list, plus far too much analysis of the Top 100 List! | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
French verse is measured in syllables: an Alexandrine has 12 syllables, with a caesura after the sixth in a classical poem. From Wordnik.com. [Spanish rhythm | Linguism | Language Blog] Reference
There is no necessary caesura, but a condition of its being a true Alexandrine is that the thirteenth syllable be stressed. From Wordnik.com. [Spanish rhythm | Linguism | Language Blog] Reference
What is inarguable is that this caesura, to which I have had reason to refer above, has attained to its ordained culmination. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
Let us set aside, my beloved clergy, all fruitless debate regarding the propriety of an intercaldean caesura spanning some two decades. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
The "bucolic" caesura, peculiar to Greek (so called because it is chiefly found in writers like Theocritus) occurs after the 4th dactyl. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
There's a sense of arrival in line seven, but only a moment's hesitation, enacted by the caesura, the full-stop, after "up to the ridge". From Wordnik.com. [Poem of the week: Pier by Vona Groarke] Reference
Let us set aside, my beloved clergy, all fruitless debate regarding the propriety of an intercaldéan caesura spanning some two decades. From Wordnik.com. [Calde of the Long Sun]
A kireji is a caesura, or halting word, which divides the poem in two. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
He admitted hiatus, but not to any great extent, and chiefly in the caesura. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius] Reference
At their hands the caesura has finally disappeared, and the following form, called a. From Wordnik.com. [Esther] Reference
Even the caesura, or pause in the course of a long line, is not always easy to place. From Wordnik.com. [The Booklover and His Books] Reference
In most cases, there are four stressed beats per line, two on either side of the caesura. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate Bay - Blog] Reference
The correspondence thus lost by improved caesura is partially re-established by more careful elision. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius] Reference
Still, when the words run out or break down, we may wonder what runs through and beneath the caesura?. From Wordnik.com. [Comments for RealityStudio] Reference
Katherine, and Nancy's caesura from political life, which resumed with her election to council last fall. From Wordnik.com. [Yes Weekly] Reference
To tell the truth, they have had to listen to far too much poetry, and too many discussions on the caesura. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures Among Books] Reference
The modern poetical schools of the nineteenth century have been taking liberties with them, especially with the caesura. From Wordnik.com. [Esther] Reference
Each line, or verse, falls into two halves, and a well-marked caesura divides each line, or verse, into two equally accented parts. From Wordnik.com. [The Babylonian Legends of the Creation] Reference
It is common knowledge that the so-called "creation-epic" of Assurbanipal is written in four-line stanzas with a caesura to each line. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
Its pauses come with monotonous regularity at the end of the line, diversified only by an occasional break at the caesura in the third foot. From Wordnik.com. [Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal] Reference
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