AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
Paper 2
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A pause within a line of poetry, usually marked by punctuation.
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GCSE English Literature · key term
A pause within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation.
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Paper 2
A pause within a line of poetry, usually marked by punctuation.
Part (a): when analysing verse, notice rhyme, caesura, enjambment and changes of speaker, rather than simply calling it poetic.
Part (b): use short, accurate quotations and analyse their wording or structure. Explain how a choice creates meaning rather than simply identifying personification, enjambment or a caesura.
Parts (a) and (b): Explain the effect of a particular pause or sound echo rather than simply identifying caesura or rhyme.
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A pause within a line of poetry, often created by punctuation.
A pause within a line of verse, often marked by punctuation.
Paper 1, Paper 2
A pause within a verse line, often marked by punctuation.
Revise: Writer's methodsA caesura is a pause within a line: Prospero's ‘Our revels now are ended. These our actors,’ in Act 4 Scene 1 moves from a firm announcement to an explanation after the full stop. A shared line divides one verse line between speakers.
A pause within a line of verse, often marked by punctuation.
Paper 2
A pause within a line of poetry, often created by punctuation.
Revise: Love After LoveThe full stops create caesuras, separating the first two instructions into small, manageable actions. Giving moves from physical nourishment to emotional restoration: the heart is returned to the self.
A pause within a verse line, often created by punctuation.
A pause within a line of poetry, often indicated by punctuation.
A pause within a line of verse, often marked by punctuation.
Component 1, Component 2
A pause within a line of verse, often marked by punctuation.
Revise: Friar LaurenceThe semicolon marks a caesura, a pause within the verse line. After “slow”, it checks Romeo’s urgency and gives the instruction time to register. The opening word “Wisely” has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one: WISE-ly.
A marked pause within a line of verse.
A pause within a verse line, often created by punctuation.
A pause within a line of poetry, often created by punctuation.
A pause within a line of verse, often created by punctuation.
A pause within a verse line, often created by punctuation.
A pause within a line of poetry, often created by punctuation.
A pause within a line of poetry, often created by punctuation. It can interrupt the rhythm and suggest hesitation, shock or reflection.
A pause within a verse line, often marked by punctuation.