Talk:Caesura
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[edit] Confusing
The references to poetry work for me. On the other hand, the second sentence: "It is also used in musical notation as a complete cessation of musical time," is completely confusing. Does this mean a pause? Or does it mean the music stop indefinitely? Does it refer to the silence and -- if so -- how long is the silence?
[edit] Confusing
There's no explanation for how the caesura serves the poetry itself.
[edit] Confusing
Particularly the first sentence of Section 1.1. Way too many parenthetical insertions have made it unintelligible. Elsewhere, it's never explained explicitly that '||' denotes a caesura, and it's unclear whether this symbol is part of the verse as the author wrote it, or has been added later to point out the caesura. Also see the comment above. -- Super Aardvark 23:39, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] not clear
I don´t understand if a C. comes when a syllable is omitted, which otherwise would have to be there, or if it is just a pause.
[edit] Musical Uses
What about the musical uses of the term? It is a widely used term in music, in addition to poetry.
[edit] Misses the point
Article does not say why a caesura may be used, article more a definition than a description Bourega 19:25, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
A caesura is anything, like a comma, semicolon, period, dash, etc., that creates an audible pause when the poem is read. It breaks up the line and can change the meter and stuff. It isn't necessarily at the end of lines, which is also why poetry isn't meant to be read with a pause at the end of a line, only at a caesura, which can be at the end of the line. I don't really have time to change it now but maybe later. I agree, this article is really vague about it.Dan Guan 00:26, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] It's Poetic Form
to clear this up, we can simply put Caesura in the POETIC FORM category. i love caesuras! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.145.92.11 (talk) 15:48, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Additionally, it's MOST COMMONLY used in Poetic technique. It is marked thus, in poetry: "||". It is NOT used when writing poetry, it is used when applying scansion to lines.
[edit] Clean-up
I've tried to clean it up a bit, tell me if you think it's clearer now and the tag can be removed. --AVIosad(talk) 06:33, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
