caesura 的定义
plural cae·su·ras, cae·su·rae [si-zhoor-ee, -zoor-ee, siz-yoor-ee]. /sɪˈʒʊər i, -ˈzʊər i, sɪzˈyʊər i/.
- Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- Classical Prosody. a division made by the ending of a word within a foot, or sometimes at the end of a foot, especially in certain recognized places near the middle of a verse.
- any break, pause, or interruption.
caesura 近义词
interruption
更多caesura例句
- This is a detail from "Caesura" by Emily Henretta, on view now at Room East in New York.
- 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.