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In Greek and Latin hexameters the best and most common caesura is the penthemimeral (_i.e.— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
In the iambic trimeter (consisting of three dipodia or pairs of feet), both in Greek and Latin, the most usual caesura is the penthemimeral; next, the hephthemimeral Greek: Ô tek | na Kad | mou tou | palai | nea | trophę] Supplex | et o | ro reg | na per | Proser | pinae v.04 p.0945] Verses in which neither of these caesuras occurs are considered faulty.— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
A caesura is often called masculine when it falls after a long, feminine when it falls after a short syllable The best treatise on Greek and Latin metre for general use is L. Müller, Die Metrik der Griechen und Romer (1885); see also the article VERSE CAFFEINE, or THEINE (1.3.7 trimethyl 2.6 dioxypurin), C_8H_{10}N_4O_2ˇH_2O, a substance found in the leaves and beans of the coffee tree, in tea, in Paraguay tea, and in small quantities in cocoa and in the kola nut.— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
Well done then, our Jan boy For I had replied to Robin now, with all the weight and cadence of penthemimeral caesura (a thing, the name of which I know, but could never make head nor tail of it), and the strife began in a serious style, and the boys looking on were not cheated.— Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor
(43 In order to make the measure of poetry perceptible to the ear, there should generally be a slight pause at the end of each line, even where the sense does not require it There is, also, in almost every line of poetry, a pause at or near its middle, which is called the caesura This should, however, never be so placed as to injure the sense of the passage.— McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader

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