ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A caesura (/siˈzjʊərə/, pl . caesuras or caesurae; Latin for “cutting"), also written cæsura and cesura, is a metrical pause or break in a verse where one phrase ends and another phrase begins. It may be expressed by a comma (, ), a tick (✓), or two lines, either slashed (//) or upright (||).

Detailed explanation-2: -A stop or pause in a metrical line, often marked by punctuation or by a grammatical boundary, such as a phrase or clause.

Detailed explanation-3: -A caesura is a pause in a line of poetry that is formed by the rhythms of natural speech rather than by metrics. A caesura will usually occur near the middle of a poetic line but can also occur at the beginning or the end of a line.

Detailed explanation-4: -Terminal caesura: A terminal caesura appears near the end of a line of poetry, as in “Then there’s a pair of us || – don’t tell!” in Emily Dickinson’s famous poem “I’m Nobody! Who Are You?”

Detailed explanation-5: -Initial Caesura: this is when the pause appears at or near the beginning of the line. Medial Caesura: the most common type of caesura, this is a pause in the middle of the line. Terminal Caesura: a pause appearing at or near the end of the line.