Question

A Sunset of the City

by Gwendolyn Brooks

Already I am no longer looked at with lechery or love.

My daughters and sons have put me away with marbles and dolls,

Are gone from the house.

My husband and lovers are pleasant or somewhat polite

And night is night.

It is a real chill out,

The genuine thing.

I am not deceived, I do not think it is still summer

Because sun stays and birds continue to sing.

So which line contains caesura?

Use the lines to answer the question.

Which line contains caesura?

"It is a real chill out,"

"My daughters and sons have put me away with marbles and dolls,"

"Already I am no longer looked at with lechery or love."

"I am not deceived, I do not think it is still summer"

Answer 1

"I am not deceived, I do not think it is still summer"

The comma in the middle of the line creates a clear mid-line pause (a caesura) between the two clauses.