What the Poets Could Have Been | Style
End-Stopped Lines
End-stopped lines occur when a phrase or sentence ends at the end of a line with a mark of punctuation. In a few cases, such as at the end of lines two and three, Baggott uses a dash to signal a pause for the reader, but except for the dash, she rarely employs an end-stop, preferring instead to continue the thought into the next line.
Enjambment
Enjambment occurs when the grammatical sense of a line continues beyond the line’s end into the next line. In this poem, Baggott uses enjambment to continue the thought...
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