Word of the Day: CAESURA
An interval or interruption
caesura (noun) - a dramatic stop or pause in the middle of a work of verse, performance, or music; a break or interruption [si-zhoor-uh]
BREAKDOWN: CIS- (to cut) + -URA (state of)
caesural means of or pertaining to a pause in a line of verse
“Tallis says that the greatest music ever written is the silence between the Crucifixus and the Resurrexus est in Bach’s Mass in B minor. Yes; and I would add that some of the greatest writing mankind has ever produced comes in the caesura, the pause between words.” —Madeleine L’Engle
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