What is 'enjambment' in poetry?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. A sentence continuing past the end of a line
- Step 1: The meaning runs on into the next line without a break.
Answer
A sentence continuing past the end of a line.
Why not the others: A repeated line that appears in every stanza of the poem, A rhyme within a single line of the poem and A pause at the end of every line of verse don't fit.
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