Caesura |Caesura Definition |Literary Terms |Caesura Example | Caesura Poetry Example

Caesura |Caesura Definition |Literary Terms |Caesura Example | Caesura Poetry Example Caesura |Caesura Definition |Literary Terms | 



Caesura |Caesura Definition |Literary Terms |


 A break or pause in the rhythmic progression in a line of poetry.It is indicated by the mark "||" as is shown in the following examples:



Caesura Example | Caesura Poetry Example

 ◆Observe this exampleThe boast of heraldry ,|| the pomp of power,

 And all that beauty,|| all that wealth e'er gave,


 .........Gray:["Elegy"]

 ◆Where are the songs of springs?||Ay,where are they?
 Think not of them,|| thou hast thy music too,

--                      (Keats:"To Autumn")

 ◆In friendship false,||implacable in hate, Resolved to ruin || or to rule the state;

 .........(Dryden:Absalom and Achitophel)

 ◆To err is human,||to forgive divine" ....... (Pope: An Eassy on Criticism)

 At last ,you should know that caesura usually can be used to bring variety in the natural rhythm.It also produces metrical  subtlety and makes meanings sharp and distinct.

Blank Verse