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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.

Example:
Can someone help me make up an Poem ,which has to have Kenning, Alliteration and Caesura ?

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caesura, pause, Cynthia, free encyclopedia, masculine and feminine, verse form, Greek poetry, opening line, dactylic hexameter, terminal, tram, widely used, the line, lady, Encyclopædia Britannica, Old English, Latin poetry, search.

Defination from the web:
caesura is indicated by punctuation marks which cause a pause in speech: a comma, a semicolon, a full stop, a dash, etc. ... Another distinction is by the position of the caesura in a line. Initial caesura describes a break close to the beginning of a line, medial ... 

synonyms
  (noun) break
  (noun) inflection
  (noun) intermission
  (noun) interruption
  (noun) pause
  (noun) prosody
  (noun) suspension


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