Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Definition of Enjambment

We discussed "Enjambment" yesterday, here is a definition that explains the term. 

from - http://literarydevices.net/enjambment/



Definition of Enjambment

Enjambment, derived from a French word enjambment, means to step over or put legs across. In poetry it means moving over from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark. It can be defined as a thought or sense, phrase or clause in a line of poetry that does not come to an end at the line break but moves over to the next line. In simple words, it is the running on of a sense from one couplet or line to the next without a major pause or syntactical break.

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