enjambment
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enjambment [en-JAM-muhnt]
noun
definition
The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause.
etymology
French enjambement, from Middle French, encroachment, from enjamber to straddle, encroach on, from en- + jambe leg
enjambment [en-JAM-muhnt]
noun
definition
The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause.
etymology
French enjambement, from Middle French, encroachment, from enjamber to straddle, encroach on, from en- + jambe leg
