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A pause separating phrases within lines of poetry--an important part of poetic rhythm The term caesura comes from the Latin "a cutting" or "a slicing." Some editors will indicate a caesura by inserting a slash (/) in the middle of a poetic line. Others insert extra space in this location. Others do not indicate the caesura typographically at all
Example
An Essay on Man
by
Alexander Pope
Know then thyself //, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of Mankind //is Man.
Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state,
A being darkly wise, and rudely great
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