10-23-2018, 01:12 AM
For me there are smooth line breaks and harsh line breaks and breaks where a speaker is hesitating or unsure or unsure of how or too tired or unwilling to finish a sentence or start a new one. Just how much certain things work, I think about over and over but can never be sure. So I just take the risk and see what happens. I think that's the benefit of reading poetry out loud in front of people. There are breaks for the eye and those for the ear. So you may be right, billy, about some of the line breaks, I read them out loud to myself so many times that I get used to the rhythms. Reading out loud seems to me an art in itself. At least for me since I fumble over my words when I talk. I have to obsess over every detail and every possibility, because an allusion or a subtle meaning or possibility for further meaning might be damaged with the least touch or retouch. But then again I might just be crazy.
And don't forget the angry and bitter and sickly and, above all, the drunken line breaks. Possibilities are endless, even at this late stage of the game.
And don't forget the angry and bitter and sickly and, above all, the drunken line breaks. Possibilities are endless, even at this late stage of the game.