Enjambment
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Enjambment
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In poetry, enjambment is incomplete syntax at the end of a line; the meaning 'runs over' or 'steps over' from one poetic line to the next, without punctuation. Lines without enjambment are end-stopped. The origin of the word is credited to the French word enjamber, which means 'to straddle or encroach'. In reading, the delay of meaning creates a tension that is released when the word or phrase that completes the syntax is encountered; the tension arises from the "mixed message" produced both by
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Incomplete syntax at the end of a line in poetry
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2023-04-02T17:17:05Z
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