Enjambment
WordNet
noun
(1) The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.
- An instance of this:
- "The tide is full, the moon lies fair
- Upon the straits; - on the French coast the light
- Gleams and is gone..."
- Lines 2 - 4, "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold (1851)