cesuras

Example:The caesura in the line 'in the bleak midwinter, /when the young/Christ child was laid' provides a natural pause that aligns with the sense of the poem. (‘The Nativity’ by Gerard Manley Hopkins)

Definition:A momentary stop in action, speech, or progress, especially in a line of poetry.

Example:The poet used a pause in poetry, or a caesura, to heighten the dramatic effect of the line. (Critique of a poem by John Donne)

Definition:A deliberate and often structural interruption in the flow of a line of poetry.