enjambment

English

Examples
2 The tide is full, the moon lies fair 3 Upon the straits; - on the French coast the light 4 Gleams and is gone... Lines 2 - 4, "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold (1851)

Etymology

Borrowed from French enjambement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪn.ˈd͡ʒæm.mənt/, /ɪn.ˈd͡ʒæmb.mənt/

Noun

enjambment (countable and uncountable, plural enjambments)

1. A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.

Translations

a technique in poetry

• Danish: versbinding c
• Faroese: yvirstig n
• French: enjambement (fr) m
• German: Zeilensprung (de) m
• Hungarian: áthajlás (hu), enjambement (hu)
• Italian: inarcatura f
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: enjambeman f

• Polish: przerzutnia f
• Russian: анжамбеман (ru) m (anžambeman)
• Spanish: encabalgamiento (es) m

Further reading

• enjambment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia