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Book Free DemoAn enjambment is a form of poetry in which a sentence or phrase from one line runs over to the next. An enjambed line typically lacks punctuation at its line break, enabling the reader to move smoothly and swiftly from one line of the poem to the next without interruption. In simple words, a poem is an enjambment when one sentence continues into two or more lines without a break.
Example:
In the poem "The Waste Land" written by T. S. Eliot, enjambment can be seen in the lines, which run continuously to more than 3 sentences:
"April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain."
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain."
Enjambment in the poem "Fire and Ice":
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
- The last four lines is an example of an enjambment where the lines run into more than one sentence.
- It may also be noted that the lines contain only a single punctuation mark (a period/full stop), which happens to be at the end of the poem.
- A single sentence has run into 4 lines in the poem.
- The meaning runs over from one poetic line to the next.
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