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“And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.”
“And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.”
“For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—"
“For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—"
“Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—"
“Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—"
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,”
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The line that contains caesura is:
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,”
Caesura is a pause in a line of poetry, typically occurring in the middle of the line, and this line reflects that with its natural pause after "dreary."
