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GCSE English Literature · key term
A line of verse that finishes with a grammatical pause, often marked by punctuation.
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Paper 2
A verse line that ends with punctuation marking a pause or the completion of a statement.
Revise: Valentine‘Lethal.’ (line 21) abruptly darkens the poem. This single-word, end-stopped line interrupts the possibility of a romantic conclusion. Meaning capable of causing death, the adjective makes love’s risks sound extreme.
A poetic line ending with punctuation that marks a pause or completes a statement.
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A line of poetry that ends with a grammatical pause or a completed sentence.
Component 2
A line of verse whose ending coincides with a grammatical pause or completed unit of sense, usually marked by punctuation.
Revise: Writing about an unseen poemAn end-stopped line ends at a grammatical pause. The question marks at the ends of lines 4 and 6 bring the speaker's challenges to a pause; the full stop after “And posting it.” in line 14 closes the description of writing and sending the letter. Its shortness and ordinary verb make posting seem inadequate after the painful image of squeezing the heart into “little inkdrops” in line 13.
