enjambment

enjambment

English

Examples
The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits; - on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone... Lines 2 - 4, "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold (1851)

Etymology

Borrowed from French enjambement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪn.ˈd͡ʒæm.mənt/, /ɪn.ˈd͡ʒæmb.mənt/

Noun

enjambment (countable and uncountable, plural enjambments)

1. A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.

Translations

a technique in poetry

Danish: versbinding c Faroese: yvirstig n French: enjambement (fr) m German: Zeilensprung (de) m Hungarian: áthajlás, enjambement (hu) Italian: inarcatura f Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: enjambeman f Polish: przerzutnia f Russian: анжамбеман (ru) m (anžambeman) Spanish: encabalgamiento (es) m

Further reading

• enjambment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia