Question

A pause within a line of poetry is _____.

Answer 1

A pause within a line of poetry is a break.

Answer 2

Answer:

  A caesura

Explanation:

  It is a literary device that consists of a rhythmical pause in a poetic line or a sentence. It often occurs in the middle of a line but can be placed at the beginning and the end of it. It could also occur with punctuation but not always.

   It is indicated by a parallel symbol: II.

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