CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Enjambment is a poetic device that is use in the lines of poem without any stoppage or any punctuation marks at the end.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Enjambment, from the French meaning “a striding over, ” is a poetic term for the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next. An enjambed line typically lacks punctuation at its line break, so the reader is carried smoothly and swiftly-without interruption-to the next line of the poem.

Detailed explanation-2: -End-stopped line in poetry means that a complete thought or phrase appears on a single line followed by punctuation, while enjambed lines carry over the thought to the line or lines that follow.

Detailed explanation-3: -Enjambment is the continuation of a phrase or sentence beyond the poetic line break and sometimes beyond the couplet or stanza, without the pause that you would expect from a full stop or other punctuation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Enjambment is a poetic type of lineation used in both poetry and song.

Detailed explanation-5: -Glossary of Poetic Terms A metrical line ending at a grammatical boundary or break-such as a dash or closing parenthesis-or with punctuation such as a colon, a semicolon, or a period. A line is considered end-stopped, too, if it contains a complete phrase.

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