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Enjambment Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Enjambment has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

2

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

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
prosody
Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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