What does "run on line," in poem, mean?
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I'm no expert on poetry, but I would guess that a run on line is a sentence that wraps around to the next line, rather than coming to a convenient stop at the end of the line.
Another word for it is enjambment and it's exactly as Uriel described. Eliot's "The Waste Land" begins with the lines enjambed:
APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.