Enjambment
[en-JAM-mənt]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: French, 19th century
1.
(In verse) The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
Examples of Enjambment in a sentence
"The technique of enjambment can make reading poetry tricky, as it’s natural to want to pause at the end of the line instead of reading it through."
"Poets toying with enjambment were responsible for some of the 20th century’s most interesting poems, such as T.S. Eliot’s ‘The Waste Land.’"
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