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Which line in the excerpt contains a caesura?
"Winter austere forbids me to aspire,"
“And northern tempests damp the rising fire;"
"They chill the tides of Fancy's flowing sea,"
"Cease then, my song, cease the unequal lay."

Which Line In The Excerpt Contains A Caesura Winter Austere Forbids Me To Aspire And Northern Tempests Damp The Rising Fire They Chill The Tides Of Fancys Flowi class=

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The lines among the options which contains a caesura is "Cease then, my song, cease the unequal lay." (option D)

What is a caesura in poetry?

In poetry, caesura refers to a pause or even a stop applied to a line. In other words, the line is interrupted either at the beggining, the middle, or the ending.

That interruption can be done by using punctuation or by adding a phrase or clause. One example of initial caesura (at the beginning) would be: "Look! The sky is no longer dark."

With the information above in mind, we can choose option D as the one containing a caesura. It is found in the addition of the phrase "my song" and the commas that set it off. The commas and the phrase pause line.

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