Associations to the word «Caesura»

Wiktionary

CAESURA, noun. A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building or other work of art.
CAESURA, noun. (Classical prosody) Using two words to divide a metrical foot.

Dictionary definition

CAESURA, noun. A pause or interruption (as in a conversation); "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued".
CAESURA, noun. A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras