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poetry
/poʊətri/
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1 · noun
literature in metrical form
诗；诗歌；诗集；韵文
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Enjambment is when a sentence from one line of poetry spills over into the next line.
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跨行是指一句话在诗歌中从一行跨到下一行的情况。
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