enjambement


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
enjambement /ɪnˈdʒam(b)m(ə)nt, ɛn-, ɒ̃ˈʒɒ̃bmɒ̃/ (also enjambment)
noun (in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
– derivatives
enjambed adjective.
– origin C19: Fr., from enjamber ‘stride over, go beyond’.
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