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enjambment

In poetry, the continuation of a sentence from one line to the next. For example: ‘Full of vexation come I, with complaint/Against my child, my daughter Hermia.’



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These adroit enjambments show just how expressive and sure Moore's line arrangements can be.
Poetry Reading by Brennan, Matthew C. / African American Review
There is no Mars without Venus, I decided; the 16 glimpses of greens Valles Marineris offers are Venuses pressing through Martian enjambments of dark, Venuses rising, minus the seashells (and minus the Venuses), from Botticelli's oceans.
Louise Fishman: Valles Marineris, 1992 by Harris, Bertha / Artforum International
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