enjambment is the continuation of a line of poetry to the next line without punctuation or pause.
enjambment is the continuation of a line of poetry to the next line without punctuation or pause.
the continuation of a line of poetry to the next line without punctuation or pause?
enjambment
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an end-stopped line 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 sentence runs on into the next line. according to a. c. bradley, "a line may be called 'end-stopped' when the sense, as well as the metre, would naturally make one pause at its close; 'run-on' when the mere sense would lead one to pass to the next line without any pause."
end-stopping
punctuation is an object of interpretation in poetry; it is semantic. in poetry, they act as non-verbal tools of poetic expression. a form of artistic choice, the poet's choice of punctuation is central to our understanding of poetic meaning because of its ability to influence prosody. the unorthodox use of punctuation increases the expressive complexity of poems, or may be used to align poetic metres. unconventional use of punctuation is also employed to stress the meaning of words differently, or for dramatic effect. end-stopping is when a punctuation—of any kind—at the end of a line is accompanied by a strong pause. the occasional end-stopped line may evoke a sense of finale or formality while many end-stops in a row may be used to evoke a jerky cadence. on the contrary, a lack of punctuation allows the reader to interpret the sequence of words in various ways. a lack of punctuation may allow the poem to be interpreted as a "stream of consciousness" such as maya angelou’s i know why the caged bird sings.
poetic devices