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2 The tide is full, the moon lies fair
3 Upon the straits; - on the French coast the light
4 Gleams and is gone...
Lines 2 - 4, "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold (1851)

Borrowed from French enjambement.

  • IPA(key): /ɪn.ˈd͡ʒæm.mənt/, /ɪn.ˈd͡ʒæmb.mənt/

enjambment (countable and uncountable, plural enjambments)

  1. A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.

a technique in poetry