enjambment
[ en-jam-muh nt, -jamb- ]
/ ɛnˈdʒæm mənt, -ˈdʒæmb- /
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noun, plural en·jamb·ments [en-jam-muh nts, -jamb-] /ɛnˈdʒæm mənts, -ˈdʒæmb-/. Prosody.
the running on of the thought from one line, couplet, or stanza to the next without a syntactical break.
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Origin of enjambment
Related formsen·jambed, adjective
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Examples from the Web for enjambment
The piece is vigorous, if not quite Clevelandish in the presence of some enjambment, and the absence of extravagant conceit.
Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, Vol III|John ClevelandEnjambment, en-jamb′ment, n. in verse, the continuation of a sentence beyond the end of the line.
Now Bartels points out that in Layamons verse there is no enjambment and no beginning of a clause in the middle of a half-line.
British Dictionary definitions for enjambment
enjambment
enjambement
/ (ɪnˈdʒæmmənt, French ɑ̃ʒɑ̃bmɑ̃) /
noun
prosody the running over of a sentence from one line of verse into the next
Derived Formsenjambed, adjective
Word Origin for enjambment
C19: from French, literally: a straddling, from enjamber to straddle, from en- 1 + jambe leg; see jamb
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Word Origin and History for enjambment
enjambment
also enjambement, 1837, from French enjambement or from enjamb (c.1600), from French enjamber "to stride over," from en- (see en- (1)) + jambe "leg" (see jamb).
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