ENJAMBMENT

Enjambment

In poetry, enjambment or enjambement is incomplete syntax at the end of a line; the meaning runs-over from one poetic line to the next, without terminal punctuation. Lines without enjambment are end-stopped.

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enjambment

Noun

  1. A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.
    An instance of this:
    "The tide is full, the moon lies fair
    Upon the straits; - on the French coast the light
    Gleams and is gone..."
    Lines 2 - 4, "Dover Beach" by (1851)


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