Associations to the word «Catalexis»
Wiktionary
CATALEXIS, noun. A shortened or incomplete last foot at the end of a verse.
CATALEXIS, noun. Truncation at the close of a line of poetry by omission of one or two final syllables.
Dictionary definition
CATALEXIS, noun. The absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse.
Wise words
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.