enjambed
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enjambed — en·jambed … English syllables
enjambed — ə̇nˈjamd, en adjective Etymology: from enjambment, after such pairs as English refinement: refined : marked or characterized by enjambment … Useful english dictionary
enjambment — enjambed, adj. /en jam meuhnt, jamb /, n., pl. enjambments / meuhnts/. Pros. the running on of the thought from one line, couplet, or stanza to the next without a syntactical break. [1830 40; < F enjambement, equiv. to enjamb(er) to stride over,… … Universalium
Enjambment — (also spelled enjambement) is the breaking of a syntactic unit (a phrase, clause, or sentence) by the end of a line or between two verses. It is to be contrasted with end stopping, where each linguistic unit corresponds with a single line, and… … Wikipedia
End-stopping — is a feature in poetry in which the syntactic unit (phrase, clause, or sentence) corresponds in length to the line. Its opposite is enjambment, where the sense runs on into the next line. According to A. C. Bradley, a line may be called end… … Wikipedia
Dactylic hexameter — (also known as heroic hexameter ) is a form of meter in poetry or a rhythmic scheme. It is traditionally associated with the quantitative meter of classical epic poetry in both Greek and Latin, and was consequently considered to be the Grand… … Wikipedia
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A. R. Ammons — A. R. Ammons, or Archie Randolph Ammons, (February 18, 1926 ndash; February 25, 2001) was an award winning major American poet. LifeAmmons grew up on a tobacco farm near Whiteville, in southeastern North Carolina. He served in the U.S. Navy… … Wikipedia
