enjambment
pronunciation
How to pronounce enjambment in British English:
UK [ɪn'dʒæmmənt]
How to pronounce enjambment in American English:
US [ɪn'dʒæmmənt]
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- Noun:
- the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
Word Origin
- enjambment (n.)
- also enjambement, 1837, from French enjambement or from enjamb (c. 1600), from French enjamber "to stride over," from en- (see en- (1)) + jambe "leg" (see jamb).
Example
- 1. Enjambment is one of the often used rhetorical devices in english poetry .
- 2. His radical poetics , including his stance against rhyme and his unique use of enjambment and double syntax , is closely examined .