What's the difference between caesura and hemistich?

Caesura


Definition:

  • (n.) A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The remaining 22% of patients wanted to mark a "caesura" in their lives.
  • (2) Bell had found himself, at the end of the 1950s, at a "disconcerting caesura".

Hemistich


Definition:

  • (n.) Half a poetic verse or line, or a verse or line not completed.

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