There are sometimes, also, two additional pauses in each line, called
demi-caesuras.

The caesura is marked (||), and the demi-caesura thus, (|), in the
examples given.

There should be a marked accent upon the long syllable next preceding
the caesura, and a slighter one upon that next before each of the
demi-caesuras. When made too prominent, these pauses lead to a singsong
style, which should be carefully avoided.

In the following examples, the caesura is marked in each line; the
demi-caesura is not marked in every case.


EXAMPLES. (44)

1. Nature | to all things || fixed | the limits fit,
And wisely | curbed || proud man's | pretending wit.

2. Then from his closing eyes || thy form shall part,
And the last pang || shall tear thee from his heart.

3. Warms in the sun, || refreshes in the breeze,
Glows in the stars, || and blossoms in the trees.

4. There is a land || of every land the pride,
Beloved by Heaven || o'er all the world beside,
Where brighter suns || dispense serener light,