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Definition of
caesura noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
caesura
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
siˈʒʊrə
/
/
(
technology
)
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a pause near the middle of a line of poetry
compare
enjambement
See
caesura
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