What is the definition of enjambment? a. enjambment is an idea carried from one line to the next. b. enjambment is a complete pause in a line of poetry. c. enjambment is a similar sound at the end of two lines. d. enjambment is a stressed syllable at the end of the line.

A. Enjambment is an idea carried from one line to the next

Explanation:

Enjambment, whose term comes from a French word that means “to stride over,” is a poetry technique whereby an idea is carried from one line to the next without pause or terminal punctuation. Poets often use it to increase the speed and pace of a poem and to enhance an idea. Here's an example of enjambment used in the “Between Walls” poem by William Carlos William:

      the back wings

      of the

      hospital where

      nothing

      will grow lie

      cinders

      in which shine

      the broken

      pieces of a green

      bottle

this is me

explanation:

the correct answers are:

c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”