Meanings
nounlineation (countable and uncountable, plural lineations)
plural lineations
- countableuncountableliteratureThe way in which line breaks are inserted in a poem
Lineation is very much a matter of syntax, organizing the poem's grammar across its lines in ways significant and central to the poem's meaning.
2001, Shira Wolosky, The Art of Poetry, →ISBN, pages 26–27
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Origin
- Latinlineatio
- Englishlineation
From Latin lineatio.
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