Homework Help: English - Caesura and Enjambment

Posted by *** on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 8:38pm.

O Rose thou art sick
the invisible worm.
that flies in the night
in the howling storm:

has found out they bed
of crimson joy:
and his dark secret love
does thy life destroy.

Is it correct to identify "in the howling strom:" and "of crimson joy:" a caesura that commands the reader to pause, and enjambment would be the line "and his dark secret love" that runs into the next line "does thy life destroy." which becomes a line that is considered end-stopped?

English - Caesura and Enjambment - Writeacher, Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 8:54pm
http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/caesura.html
from http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/index.html

and

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Terms/enjambment.html

I think you're right about enjambment, but I'm not convinced about the caesuras you have identified. Please read over the definitions again and rethink this.
English - Caesura and Enjambment - Writeacher, Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 8:55pm
See also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enjambment

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesura

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