Crossword-Solution: CAESURA
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Caesura | n. | A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CAESURA | anagram | AURESCA |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AERA
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with CAESURA (5)
Where is it now? Oh, more than ever, now I sometimes think no poetry is read Save where some sepultured Caesura bled, Royally incarnadining all the line.
She was set about with importunate conditions--a caesura, a rhyme, narrow lodgings in strange towns, bankruptcies, salaries astray--and she took only a little gentle liberty.
You may be put down with shame by some man reading the line otherwise, reading it with a different emphasis, a different caesura, or perhaps a different suspension of the voice, so as to bring out a new and self-justifying effect.
The caesura is meant to fall not with the comma after _difficult _, but after _thou_; and there is a most effective and grand suspension intended.
Birch has created an entirely different form of strophe in which all four lines are alike, each containing seven principal accents, with the caesura, following the fourth foot.
Quotes with CAESURA (1)
If the September 11 terror attack is supposed to constitute a caesura in world history, it must be able to stand comparison to other events of world historical impact.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 35 times in crossword archives (1952–2022).