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Identify where Caesura is found in the following lines from "Beowulf." "Then, when darkness had dropped, Grendel Went up to Herot, wondering what the warriors Would do in that hall when their drinking was done.

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after "Herot" in the middle line

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User Cyril Jacquart
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Then, // when darkness had dropped, Grendel
Went up to Herot, // wondering what the warriors
Would do in that hall // when their drinking was done.

The // mark the caesura.
A caesura is a break in the line where a speaker would pause. In the modern translations like this one, it normally occurs with a phrase shift or a comma.
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