Instances or examples of catalectic verse; incomplete poetic lines that lack expected final syllables.
From catalectic with the standard plural -s, or as a verb form meaning 'to create catalectic verse.' Used in literary and poetic analysis.
Shakespeare occasionally used catalects at the end of scenes to create rhythmic disruption—that jarring feeling when a line feels 'cut off' is exactly what the poet intended!
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