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enjambment

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enjambment [en-JAM-muhnt]
noun

definition
The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause.

etymology
French enjambement, from Middle French, encroachment, from enjamber to straddle, encroach on, from en- + jambe leg
Tags: e, noun, wordsmith: cecilegrey
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