What is the difference between caesura and enjambment?

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2026-02-28 16:05

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The answer is that enjambment is when a thought runs on from one line to another, and caesura is a pause or sudden break in a line of poetry.

An example of enjambment is: Her eyes shined
like the stars in the sky.

An example of caesura is: Her eyes shined. Like the stars in the sky.


Caesura is usually used with some type of punctuation (period, comma, etc.)

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