lineation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin lineatio
Noun[edit]
lineation (plural lineations)
- (geology) A linear feature in rock, often structural
- magnetic lineations
- (literature) The way in which line breaks are inserted in a poem
- 2001, Shira Wolosky, The Art of Poetry[1], ISBN 0195138708, page 26-27:
- Lineation is very much a matter of syntax, organizing the poem's grammar across its lines in ways significant and central to the poem's meaning.
- 2001, Shira Wolosky, The Art of Poetry[1], ISBN 0195138708, page 26-27:
