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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread enjambment #123595 02/21/2004 5:33 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Date: Thu Sep 25 00:02:57 EDT 1997 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--enjambment en.jamb.ment also en.jambe.ment n. [Fr. enjambement OFr. enjamber, to straddle: en-, in (Lat. in- ) + jambe, leg Lat. gamba, hoof, perh. Gk. kampe', bend] The continuation of a sentence from one line or couplet of a poem to the next. Eaton, Heather Louise, Yeats's Among School Children. (analysis of a William Butler Yeats poem)., The Explicator, 03-01-1996, pp 165(4). "Through enjambment, end-stops, and placement of rhyme he prosodically represents the unification of present impressions with past experience and the potential for Unity of Being." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: enjambment #123596 02/21/2004 6:38 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon By simply looking at the word, I was ready to guess "where the door fits into the frame". So much for (educated?) guessing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: enjambment #123597 02/21/2004 7:45 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 And I thought it might be tactic of door-to-door salesman, sticking his foot into doorway so door cannot be shut. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,383 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,208 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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