enjambment
[ en-jam-muh nt, -jamb- ]
/ ɛnˈdʒæm mənt, -ˈdʒæmb- /
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.
Origin of enjambment
OTHER WORDS FROM enjambment
en·jambed, adjectiveWords nearby enjambment
Example sentences 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 forms of enjambment
enjambed, adjectiveWord Origin for enjambment
C19: from French, literally: a straddling, from
enjamber to straddle, from
en-
1 +
jambe leg; see
jamb