Question

Source: Tennyson, Alfred. "Ulysses." The Early Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. London: Edward Moxon, 1842. Project Gutenberg. 2005. Web. 7 June 2011. Examine lines 16 through 18 and select the answer that describes the poetic technique used there. Personification allusion free verse enjambment

Answer 1

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Answer: enjambment

Explanation:

Enjambment occurs when the idea of a verse is not completed at the line break, but it´s completed in the next line. In this kind of poetic technique, sentences will usually end in the middle of a line, instead of the end.

In the excerpt provided, line 16 ends with "and tho", an incomplete sentence that is completed in the next line: "We are not now that strength which in old days". Line 17 also ends leaving an incomplete sentence. The full sentence is completed in line 18: "moved earth and heaven".