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Definition of Enjambed
1. Adjective. (context: grammar of two syntactic units) continued without a pause ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enjambed
1. marked by the continuation of a sentence from one line of a poem to the next [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enjambed
Literary usage of Enjambed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"... or enjambed form—Chalkhill, Marmion, and Chamberlayne—The constitutive difference
of the two styles— Dangers of enjambment—Note on the two couplets. ..."
2. Minor Poets of the Caroline Period by George Saintsbury (1905)
"It is, as has been said, the last, and in more senses than one the greatest, of
poems written in that ' enjambed ' and paragraphed variety of the heroic, ..."
3. The Earlier Renaissance by George Saintsbury (1901)
"In the eight lines of the apostrophe to Isabella's soul, the second, third, and
fifth are " enjambed," and only three end with a real break. ..."
4. Periods of European Literature by George Saintsbury (1901)
"In the eight Hues of the apostrophe to Isabella's soul, the second, third, and
fifth are "enjambed," and only three end with a real break. ..."
5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"Blackmore's couplets are often enjambed. SAINTSBURY, GEORGE,'1898, A Short History
of English Literature, p. 555. Samuel Clarke 1675-1729. ..."
6. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"The piece upon the " Happy Birth of the Duke of Gloucester" in 1640, though
sometimes " enjambed," shows on the whole a great preference for, ..."
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