Poetic Terms Dictionary
Structure

Enjambment

From French enjamber: to stride over. A fundamental tool of blank verse and free verse; Milton's long, run-on sentences are among its greatest uses.

Definition

The continuation of a sentence or phrase beyond the end of a line without pause, propelling the reader forward.

Example

Keats: 'when I have fears that I may cease to be / Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain…'

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