The Cesura is called masculine when it follows an accented syllable.
In general, the modern use of the alexandrine is characterized by increased freedom in the placing of the cesura.
It is an element of the same character, then, as the cesura, though not bearing the same name.
There is far more divergence of judgment in the recognition of the cesura.
The cesura is to vary, but not from a fundamentally medial position.
