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grandpa27 commented on the word enjumbment
enjambment |en?jam(b)m?nt| (also enjambement)
noun
(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French enjambement, from enjamber ‘stride over, go beyond,’ from en- ‘in’ + jambe ‘leg.’
April 15, 2009
grandpa27 commented on the word enjumbment
This word was used by Brenda Wineapple in her book White Heat when discussing Emily Dickinson"s poetry
April 15, 2009