What is the point in a caesura???

I really need help… In poetry what is the point in having a caesura??? I know what it is but I dont know the point of it…

Thankyou = )x

Answer #1
  • it can be used as a pause marking a rhythmic point of division in a melody
  • it can be used for a rhetorical effect
  • it introduces the cadence of natural speech patterns and habits of phrasing into the metrical scheme
  • usually it is a metrical element, not an element of expression
  • it prevents metrical monotony and emphasizes the meaning of lines
Answer #2

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