Line Breaks

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Many poets like
short lines. They do not write to
the end of the line.
They break the line by
going to the next line. And
put in blank lines for
a reason- such as
putting more emphasis on
some words Usually
Many poets like short lines. They do not write to the end of the line. They break the line by going to the next line. They also put in blank lines, usually for a reason, like putting more emphasis on one word.Try playing with short lines and see what you think.
For example:
Roses are red violets are blue. Sugar is sweet and so are you.
or
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is Sweet
And so are you.Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout would not take the garbage out! She’d scour the pots and scrape the pans, candy the yams and spice the hams, and though her daddy would scream and shout, she simply would not take the garbage out.
by Shel Silverstein
Or
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Would not take the garbage out!
She’d scour the pots and scrape the pans,
Candy the yams and spice the hams,
And though her daddy would scream and shout,
She simply would not take the garbage out.
Dog
Under a maple tree the dog lies down, lolls his limp tongue, yawns, rests his long chin carefully between front paws; looks up alert; chops, with heavy jaws, at a slow fly, blinks, rolls on his side, sighs, closes his eyes: sleeps all afternoon in his loose skin.
or
Dog
by Valerie Worth
Under a maple tree
The dog lies down,
Lolls his limp
Tongue, yawns,
Rests his long chin
Carefully between
Front paws;
Looks up alert;
Chops, with heavy
Jaws, at a slow fly,
Blinks, rolls
On his side,
Sighs, closes
His eyes: sleeps
All afternoon
In his loose skin.