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#123595 - 02/21/04 12:33 PM enjambment
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	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."
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#123596 - 02/21/04 01:38 PM Re: enjambment
Fiberbabe old hand Registered: 01/12/01 Posts: 771 Loc: 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.
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#123597 - 02/21/04 02:45 PM Re: enjambment
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	And I thought it might be tactic of door-to-door salesman, sticking his foot into doorway so door cannot be shut.
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