05-30-2013, 05:45 PM
Yep this is one of those things that has got me thinking and the conclusion is that like you I had thought i knew what the rules of use were for enjambement but having thought about it I'm not so sure.
(Conceeding that i have just read webster's definition...although this did not move me forward much as it seemed wishy washy) I had thought that enjambement was used to add an extra pause for breath additional to a comma, but that the main use was to add an extra meaning or subtle shift in meaning to either or both lines from or onto which the sentance runs over. (and that this would be picked up in the read because of the resulting extra pause).
so in my last edit on my current poem i used it like this:
Always on the make, the penniless, political student hack, discipled in gold top
greed, from low fat skimming they spread their whey. Spinning special
words, of the finest cut and craft, they ask: Ask…what can my country do for me?
A well oiled one point seven million speech, about nothing, to no one in particular.
I now feel that this type of use is heavy handed and makes for an awkward read at times so as i said I'm thinking a little help might be required to get any real finesse.
Perhaps a section on this in the exercise threads would be a benifit to some?
(Conceeding that i have just read webster's definition...although this did not move me forward much as it seemed wishy washy) I had thought that enjambement was used to add an extra pause for breath additional to a comma, but that the main use was to add an extra meaning or subtle shift in meaning to either or both lines from or onto which the sentance runs over. (and that this would be picked up in the read because of the resulting extra pause).
so in my last edit on my current poem i used it like this:
Always on the make, the penniless, political student hack, discipled in gold top
greed, from low fat skimming they spread their whey. Spinning special
words, of the finest cut and craft, they ask: Ask…what can my country do for me?
A well oiled one point seven million speech, about nothing, to no one in particular.
I now feel that this type of use is heavy handed and makes for an awkward read at times so as i said I'm thinking a little help might be required to get any real finesse.
Perhaps a section on this in the exercise threads would be a benifit to some?