“In poetry,” she said, “there is a long history
Of using enjambment to increase the mystery,
Allowing couplets to spread their wings
And dream of bigger, brighter things.”
“A-ha!” he said, “I think I see now,
And examples I will have to seek out
To learn more. And see! I think I’m ready
At my first attempt I’ve used three already!”
“Not quite,” she said, “let me assure ya
That last example was a caesura.”
This is a poem in my own format, the decimal sonnet – 10 lines of 10 syllables with little attention paid to rhyme and meter. It’s inspired, as are a lot of my poems, by classical elements of both poetry and rhetoric, which is why I get invited to so many dinner parties, I imagine. I asked CoPilot Designer for a black line art image that depicts the difference between enjambement and caesura and this is what it gave me, so enjoy.
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