Caesura (Latin: “cutting”): the juncture between two grammatical units (e.g. successive phrases or clauses) when perceived as dividing a line of verse into segments, or half-lines (cola : singular colon). Caesurae may, but need not, be marked by punctuation:
| (1) | Out of this wood || do not desire to go: |
| Thou shalt remain here, || whether thou wilt or no. (A Midsummer Nights Dream 3.1.155-6) |
The caesura in the first line of Titania’s …
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