caesura (en)

(noun) a usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of verse / (noun) a break in the flow of sound in a verse caused by the ending of a word within a foot / (noun) break interruption / (noun) a pause marking a rhythmic point of division in a melody

—p.25 Impressions of a Paranoid Optimist (23) by Mary Caponegro 6 years, 7 months ago