If you were to quote the end of the poem “Index of Themes” from Ben Lerner’s “The Lights” in a book review, for example, you would add a virgule to mark the enjambment: “prose/poems.” ...

Gwendolyn Brooks’s ‘We Real Cool’ uses enjambment to create a poem that’s masterly in its syncopated concision . By . Brad Leithauser. Share. Resize. Listen (2 min) Photo: Christopher Serra.