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CALLY3110 | 17:27 Sun 30th Mar 2008 | Arts & Literature
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in verse what is the term for the pause at the conclusion of each line
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jno's example could apply, but often refers to a stop or pause that occurs within a verse or line, rather than the end. One answer could be elision, but that is a specific example and often applies to verses of prose rather than poetry. It could also be end-stop or end rhyme but this applies to a natural ending of a line that might not occur if the rythm or word order didn't require it. Catalexis, though, very specific, could work, since the query is most likely an answer for a crossword puzzle. Other possible examples depending on context are Diaerisis andMetrical Pause...
End Stopped
end stop

but of course they may not in which case they run on, I think


Shakespeare's early plays are more end stopped than the later ones and this has been used to put them in age order
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Pop tunes seem invariably end stopped and clumpety clump. my girl's named SPot and she likes it hot - sprinngs to mind as a pet hate. Mark Bolan and T Rex
leading us to conlcude that no-one has lost money by end stopping

Breakfast at Tiffany's - the pop song and not the film - has a run on segment - along with I think a broken rhythm ans seems incedibly up to date and different

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