enjambment
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French enjambement.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪnˈʤæmbmənt/
[edit] Noun
enjambment (plural enjambments)
- 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 Matthew Arnold (1851)
[edit] Translations
a technique in poetry
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