Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 6 AIL 0542 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Enjambment
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The idea
A line is enjambed when its sentence runs on into the next line without a pause. The glossary has no headword for it. Enjambment sets the line's shape against the sentence's shape, and the tension between them is a standard subject for an exam question.
In practice
The sentence runs past the line end.
Where people slip
Line shape against sentence shape.
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