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noun - the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
ENJAMBEMENT - In poetry, enjambment ( or ; from the French enjambement) is incomplete syntax at the end of a line; the meaning runs over from one poetic line to th...
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In verse, the putting over into a following line of a word or words necessary to complete the sense. |
the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause |
in poetry, the continuing of a sentence from one line of a poem into the start of the next line |
(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. |
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In poetry, enjambment ( or ; from the French enjambement) is incomplete syntax at the end of a line; the meaning runs over from one poetic line to the next, without terminal punctuation. Lines without enjambment are end-stopped. * In reading, the delay of meaning creates a tension that is released when the word or phrase that completes the syntax is encountered (called the rejet); the tension arises from the "mixed message" produced both by the pause of the line-end, and the suggestion to continue provided by the incomplete meaning. In spite of the apparent contradiction between rhyme, which heightens closure, and enjambment, which delays it, the technique is compatible with rhymed verse. Even in couplets, the closed or heroic couplet was a late development; older is the open couplet, where rhyme and enjambed lines co-exist.Enjambment has a long history in poetry. Homer used the technique, and it is the norm for alliterative verse where rhyme is unknown. In the 32nd Psalm of the Hebrew B |