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Definition of Enjambement
1. Noun. The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause.
Definition of Enjambement
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enjambement
Literary usage of Enjambement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of French Versification by Leon Emile Kastner (1903)
"CHAPTER V enjambement OR OVERFLOW I. enjambement is the overflowing of a ...
enjambement has at all times been freely admissible in the octosyllabic line. ..."
2. Poetry, Grades 5-6 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Linda Armstrong, Jill Norris (2005)
"After You Read the Poem Elements of Poetry Form: enjambement Explain that
enjambement means that the thought does not stop at the end of a poetic line; ..."
3. The Language and Metre of Chaucer by Bernhard Aegidius Konrad ten Brink (1901)
"... is especially distinguished by the frequency of enjambement, as well as by
the energy, not to say harshness, of several of these metrical separations or ..."
4. The Metre of Macbeth: Its Relation to Shakespeare's Earlier and Later Work by David Laurance Chambers (1903)
"It is between the mild enjambement which makes allowance for the verse in its
rhythmical signification, and the rough enjambement whicn overflows the ..."
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