lineation

IPA: ɫˈɪnieɪʃʌn

noun

  • (geology) A linear feature in rock, often structural
  • (literature) The way in which line breaks are inserted in a poem
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Examples of "lineation" in Sentences

  • (Original lineation is evident, of course, in the facsimile images.)
  • Williams's lineation is called upon to play a fundamental role in the poem.
  • Others see him as a statesman, who does not let party lineation get in the way of doing what must be done.
  • Its short lines are reminiscent of Plath, but it has a restraint that lightens the effect of the lineation.
  • They had to be transcribed, entailing a whole series of choices about lineation, punctuation, and orthography.
  • But this lineation holds them over against pure banality just enough to let them emerge as capable of bearing attention and hence of becoming fascinating in their own right.
  • Armantrout's short lines, use of rhetoric, aggressive lineation, disjunctions and juxtapositions, discursiveness, parataxis, and myriad condensatory techniques are all exemplary, but never overbearing.

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