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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.”
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,”
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,”
“Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—"
“Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—"
“For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—"
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The line that contains caesura is:
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,”
Caesura refers to a pause or break within a line of poetry, often indicated by punctuation. In this line, the comma after "dreary" creates a pause, demonstrating the use of caesura.
