Maybe.
I sometimes use line breaks as thought
train hiccups, especially in more prosaic poetry. It’s
a tiny little anomaly, like an invisible mini-comma, that
enforces a pause between one word and the
next. Is that how this author is intending them?
I don’t know.
I think sometimes authors use them to seem
more poetical
without a clear idea of what it means to be
more poetical.
But I also don’t know myself, so I try
to assume it’s intentional and specific and analyze from there.
But conclusions about poetry are difficult for me to reach.
Maybe.
I sometimes use line breaks as thought
train hiccups, especially in more prosaic poetry. It’s
a tiny little anomaly, like an invisible mini-comma, that
enforces a pause between one word and the
next. Is that how this author is intending them?
I don’t know.
I think sometimes authors use them to seem
more poetical
without a clear idea of what it means to be
more poetical.
But I also don’t know myself, so I try
to assume it’s intentional and specific and analyze from there.
But conclusions about poetry are difficult for me to reach.