Meaning of caesural | Babel Free
Examples
“By the third decade of the eighteenth century, the syllabic line that really threatened to stay⟳ was an uncouth thing of thirteen syllables (counting the obligative feminine terminal), with a caesura after the seventh syllable: […] The order⟳ of the stresses in the thirteener went in jumps and jolts and varied from line to line. The only rule⟳ (followed only by purists) was that the seventh, caesural, syllable must bear⟳ a beat⟳.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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