Found 3 items, similar to caesura.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: caesura
jeda, jeda pada sajak, penggalan pada untai sajak
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: caesura
caesura
n 1: a pause or interruption (as in a conversation);
“after an
ominous caesura the preacher continued”
2: a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a
verse line
[also:
caesurae (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: caesura
caesura
\cae*su"ra\, n.; pl. E.
caesuras, L.
C[ae]sur[ae]
[L. caesura a cutting off, a division, stop, fr. caedere,
caesum, to cut off. See
Concise.]
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
c[ae]sural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In the following line the c[ae]sura is between study
and of.
[1913 Webster]
The prop | er stud | y || of | mankind | is man.
[1913 Webster]
2. a pause or interruption (as in a conversation); as, after
an ominous caesura the preacher continued.
[WordNet 1.5]