05-31-2013, 09:56 PM
"Enjambment isn't mysterious. It's used to create tension between what the reader expects and what the poem delivers. This tension encourages the reader to think, just as using interesting and unique metaphors rather than cliches forbids reader complacency."
I am educated mostly in the spirit of European poetic tradition in which "enjambment" is widespread. (Though enjambment is a concept introduced by the French) Rules how many times and how to use this poetic technique not firmly established. I know the poems that use twelve stishen run-on line and note the fact that this is a favorite technique of Anna Akhmatova.Ultimately, the reader requires more effort (co-authored) in reading, which I think led to the gradual less use of run-on line against the prevailing trend repaired "subject" poetry.
I am educated mostly in the spirit of European poetic tradition in which "enjambment" is widespread. (Though enjambment is a concept introduced by the French) Rules how many times and how to use this poetic technique not firmly established. I know the poems that use twelve stishen run-on line and note the fact that this is a favorite technique of Anna Akhmatova.Ultimately, the reader requires more effort (co-authored) in reading, which I think led to the gradual less use of run-on line against the prevailing trend repaired "subject" poetry.
'Because the barbarians will arrive today;and they get bored with eloquence and orations.' CP Cavafy