Enjambment

//ɪnˈd͡ʒæm.mənt// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause wordnet

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enjambement

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"Poetry would be worse without enjambment."

Etymology

Borrowed from French enjambement.

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