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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Notice some examples where the caesura necessarily preserves a final -e from elision, as in B 3989; where tal-e occurs before al.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 6 (OF 7) -- INTRODUCTION, GLOSSARY, AND INDEXESGEOFFREY CHAUCERHence there is no need to elide a vowel at the caesura; it must therefore be sounded clearly.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 6 (OF 7) -- INTRODUCTION, GLOSSARY, AND INDEXESGEOFFREY CHAUCERThe latter syllable of profit comes at the caesura, and is easily read quickly.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 3 (OF 7)GEOFFREY CHAUCERIn verses of eleven or twelve syllables, however, the caesura is usually employed to give a break in a determined place.
LEGENDS, TALES AND POEMSGUSTAVO ADOLFO BECQUERThe caesura requires a strong accent on the syllable preceding it, and does not prevent synalepha.
LEGENDS, TALES AND POEMSGUSTAVO ADOLFO BECQUERHe, who has little respect for anything in heaven or earth, respects the uniform caesura of the Alexandrine.
MAIN CURRENTS IN NINETEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE - 1. THE EMIGRANT LITERATUREGEORG BRANDESOn the other hand, there is often an extra light syllable before the caesura.
AN ESSAY TOWARD A HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE IN NORWAYMARTIN BROWN RUUDThere is a pause at the caesura, so that the word for occupies the whole of the third foot.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 5 (OF 7) -- NOTES TO THE CANTERBURY TALESGEOFFREY CHAUCERHere out-law-e is trisyllabic, and the final e is preserved by the caesura.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 5 (OF 7) -- NOTES TO THE CANTERBURY TALESGEOFFREY CHAUCEREven the caesura, or pause in the course of a long line, is not always easy to place.
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WORDS RELATED TO CAESURA
- aperture
- arroyo
- blank
- caesura
- canyon
- chasm
- cleft
- clove
- crack
- cranny
- crevice
- cut
- defile
- difference
- disagreement
- discontinuity
- disparity
- divergence
- divide
- division
- fracture
- gorge
- gulch
- gully
- hiatus
- hole
- hollow
- inconsistency
- interlude
- intermission
- interruption
- interspace
- interstice
- interval
- lacuna
- lull
- notch
- opening
- orifice
- pause
- ravine
- recess
- rent
- respite
- rest
- rift
- rupture
- separation
- slit
- slot
- space
- vacuity
- void
- apertures
- arroyos
- blanks
- caesuras
- canyons
- chasms
- clefts
- cloves
- cracks
- crannies
- crevices
- cuts
- defiles
- differences
- disagreements
- discontinuities
- disparities
- divergences
- divides
- divisions
- fractures
- gorges
- gulches
- gullies
- hiatuses
- holes
- hollows
- inconsistencies
- interludes
- intermissions
- interruptions
- interspaces
- interstices
- intervals
- lacunae
- lulls
- notches
- openings
- orifices
- pauses
- ravines
- recesses
- rents
- respites
- rests
- rifts
- ruptures
- separations
- slits
- slots
- spaces
- vacuities
- voids
- aperture
- arroyo
- blank
- caesura
- canyon
- chasm
- cleft
- clove
- crack
- cranny
- crevice
- cut
- defile
- difference
- disagreement
- discontinuity
- disparity
- divergence
- divide
- division
- fracture
- gorge
- gulch
- gully
- hiatus
- hole
- hollow
- inconsistency
- interlude
- intermission
- interruption
- interstice
- interval
- lacuna
- lull
- notch
- opening
- orifice
- pause
- ravine
- recess
- rent
- respite
- rest
- rift
- rupture
- separation
- slit
- slot
- space
- vacuity
- void
- abeyance
- break
- break-off
- breathing space
- breathing spell
- caesura
- cessation
- coffee break
- comma
- cutoff
- deadlock
- discontinuance
- downtime
- freeze
- gap
- gridlock
- halt
- happy hour
- hesitancy
- hesitation
- hiatus
- hitch
- hush
- interim
- interlude
- intermission
- interregnum
- interruption
- interval
- lacuna
- lapse
- layoff
- letup
- lull
- pausation
- recess
- respite
- rest
- rest period
- stand
- standstill
- stay
- stillness
- stopover
- stoppage
- suspension
- time out
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.