How do the British pronounce caesura?
What is an example of a caesura?
A caesura will usually occur in the middle of a line of poetry. This caesura is called a medial caesura. For example, in the children’s verse, ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence,’ the caesura occurs in the middle of each line: ‘Sing a song of sixpence, // a pocket full of rye.
What is the meaning of caesura?
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse. The word caesura, borrowed from Late Latin, is ultimately from Latin caedere meaning “to cut.” Nearly as old as the 450-year-old poetry senses is the general meaning of “a break or interruption.”
What is a correct pronunciation?
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