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What is it?
Examples
- O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me,
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me.
- Shakespeare, Julius Caesar 3.2.104-107 - "Whom I... but I cannot go on."
Answer
Breaking off suddenly in the middle of speaking, usually to portray being overcome with emotion.