![]() Look at the pauses occurring after stressed syllables including “at,” “babes,” “boys,” “hurt,” and “proud.” You can see the first line uses initial caesura, at “Dead,” followed by a pause at the beginning of line.Įxample #3: Eloisa to Abelard (By Alexander Pope)Īlas, how chang’d! || what sudden horrors rise!Ī naked lover || bound and bleeding lies! This poem presents a perfect example of masculine caesura. With the milk-teeth of babes, || and a smile at the pain ?Īh boys, // how you hurt! || you were strong as you pressed, What art is she good at, || but hurting her breast What art can a woman be good at? || Oh, vain ! Example #2: Mother and Poet (By Elizabeth Barrett)ĭead ! One of them shot by the sea in the east… This passage is an instance of feminine caesura, which occurs immediately after an unstressed syllable like “speak,” the second syllable “bused,” in abused, “him,” and “ters” in word daughters. I have three daughters || the eldest is eleven That will be damn’d for’t || would I knew the villain, It is for you we speak, || not for ourselves: ![]() The rain, || falls in my backyard where I see it,.Love the rain, ||it will bring more rain. Often in summer, || the wild bees turn tigers, || their wingsīlistering in the river water much brighter.It’s raining, ||and the clouds are not weary Oh but, || my friends, ||and ah, || my foes. Lilac, || locust, || and roses, || perfumingĮast End, || West End, || wondrously blooming. ![]() ![]() The boys in the street, || ready to sell you.
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