McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
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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, |
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