05-31-2013, 06:06 AM
Having just finished a poetry exam, we were simply taught that enjambment is the continuation of one sentence into another line. I suppose that in itself, that is it. It's a technique like any other.
It's a bit like make up really - I could put some £1 lipstick on, and I'd be using make up. It might look terrible but I'm still technically using it. I could also spend £50 on professional make up that enhances my looks. It's all perspective. I think enjambment is pretty similar - if enjambment is just the continuation of a sentence over more than one line at it's basic, then it's very difficult to do wrong. However, the effect could be negative, or it could enhance the poem. Like enjambment, only a handful of people know how to use make up to enhance the overall effect...
It's a bit like make up really - I could put some £1 lipstick on, and I'd be using make up. It might look terrible but I'm still technically using it. I could also spend £50 on professional make up that enhances my looks. It's all perspective. I think enjambment is pretty similar - if enjambment is just the continuation of a sentence over more than one line at it's basic, then it's very difficult to do wrong. However, the effect could be negative, or it could enhance the poem. Like enjambment, only a handful of people know how to use make up to enhance the overall effect...
- Amy
(You wouldn't be surprised to know my parents did not christen me UnicornRainbowCake.)
(You wouldn't be surprised to know my parents did not christen me UnicornRainbowCake.)