Enjambment (noun)
en-jam-ment
(prosody) the running over of a sentence from one line of verse into the next
C19: from French, literally: a straddling, from enjamber to straddle, from en- + jambe leg;
Example sentences
“The poem is a blend of moving form and enjambment.”
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