enjambment

English - Turkish

Definition of enjambment in English Turkish dictionary

bir cümle veya fikrin mısra sonunda bitmeyip birkaç mısrada devam etmesi

English - English

Definition of enjambment in English English dictionary

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

Lines 2 - 4, Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold (1851).

the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

{i} continuation of a thought from one verse to another (Poetry)

Related Terms

enjambments

plural of enjambment

Hyphenation

en·jamb·ment

Etymology

[ in-'jam-m&nt ] (noun.) 1839. From French enjambement.