Question
Read the excerpt from "On Imagination” by Phillis Wheatley.
Winter austere forbids me to aspire,
And northern tempests damp the rising fire;
They chill the tides of Fancy’s flowing sea,
Cease then, my song, cease the unequal lay.
Which line in the excerpt contains a caesura?
A: “Winter austere forbids me to aspire,”
B: “And northern tempests damp the rising fire;”
C: “They chill the tides of Fancy’s flowing sea,”
D: “Cease then, my song, cease the unequal lay.”
Winter austere forbids me to aspire,
And northern tempests damp the rising fire;
They chill the tides of Fancy’s flowing sea,
Cease then, my song, cease the unequal lay.
Which line in the excerpt contains a caesura?
A: “Winter austere forbids me to aspire,”
B: “And northern tempests damp the rising fire;”
C: “They chill the tides of Fancy’s flowing sea,”
D: “Cease then, my song, cease the unequal lay.”
Answers
GPT-4o mini
A line containing a caesura is one that has a pause or break within it, often indicated by punctuation. In the provided options, the line that contains a caesura is:
A: “Winter austere forbids me to aspire,”
The comma creates a natural pause in the middle of the line, marking a caesura.
A: “Winter austere forbids me to aspire,”
The comma creates a natural pause in the middle of the line, marking a caesura.