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Definition of Cesural
1. a. See Cæsural.
Definition of Cesural
1. Adjective. (alternative form of caesural) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cesural
1. of a breathing space in a line of verse [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cesural
Literary usage of Cesural
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Orthometry: A Treatise on the Art of Versification and the Technicalities of by Robert Frederick Brewer (1893)
"We may safely conclude that verse which will not stand such a test as this is
well deserving of being considered prose. 2.—THE cesural PAUSE. ..."
2. Voice Culture and Elocution by William T. Ross (1890)
"There is a cessation or rest of the voice that sometimes occurs in poetic verse
called the cesural PAUSE :— 1. Hope springs eternal | in the human breast: ..."
3. The Reader's Guide: Containing a Notice of the Elementary Sounds in the by John Hall (1845)
"... and it is for these purposes, and not at all to give the sense, that the
cesural pause is employed. Its object is to denote the pauses which melody ..."
4. A Manual of Useful Studies: For the Instruction of Young Persons of Both by Noah Webster (1846)
"The cesural pause may be placed in any part of the verse ; but has the finest
effect upon the melody, when placed after the second or third foot, ..."
5. The Philosophy of Language; Or, Language as an Exact Science: Subjectively by David Henry Cruttenden (1870)
"The Iambic hexameter or Alexandrine, requires the cesural after the third foot.
17. ... As a general rule, the cesural should not fall in the same place in ..."
6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1800)
"Now, that pause which lengthens the last syllable of a worel, if it begins a
foot, in Heroic verse, is always called the cesural pause; and, ..."
7. An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language by Josiah Swett, Lindley Murray (1844)
"But the melody in this example, is much superior to that of the verses which have
the cesural pause after the third foot; for this obvious reason: when the ..."
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