The breaking of the lines into more than one is called in
the technical terms of literary criticism either "enjambement" (a French word used in
English) or "run-on line". An enjambement splits the sytanctic unit so that the last
syllable of the line does not correspond with the grammatical break. The line and thus
its meaning overflow into the next one. The effect on the reader is to communicate the
emotional flowing of the speaker's thoughts and to convey his nostalgia for a place
where he will not return in the near future. Although the speaker would like to return
to his Kashmir home, he can only see it reproduced on a postcard. He is just as torn
apart from it as words are torn apart from each other in the poem. The syncopated rhythm
of the last two stanzas makes the thoughts of the poet appear "out of focus" and in that
quick succession typical of highly emotional state of minds.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
In the 3rd and 4th stanzas of the poem "Postcard from Kashmir" by Agha Shahid Ali, why does the poet break the line into more than one?Postcard...
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