Enjambment vs Versification - What's the difference?
enjambment | versification |
A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.
(poetry) The act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition.
As nouns the difference between enjambment and versification
is that enjambment is a technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause while versification is the act, art, or practice of composing poetic verse; the construction or measure of verse or poetry; metrical composition.enjambment
English
(wikipedia enjambment)Noun
(en noun)- An instance of this:
- "The tide is full, the moon lies fair
- Upon the straits; - on the French coast the light
- Gleams and is gone... "
- Lines 2 - 4, "Dover Beach" by (Matthew Arnold) (1851)