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Line Break Lab
The line break is the only tool poetry has that prose doesn't. Most submissions waste it, ending lines on “the” and “of” because the margin got close. Paste a poem; each line is marked where it ends.
Your poem
Line endings
- 1the →
- 2and →
- 3water →
- 4of →
- 5gone ■
■ end-stopped · → enjambed · red = weak word at the break
Weak endings3 of 5
Articles, prepositions and conjunctions at the break give the eye nothing to land on. Enjamb on a word that turns.
End-stopped1 of 5
Mostly enjambed: momentum, as long as each break means something.
Average line5.8 words
Not a rule, a fingerprint. Wildly uneven lengths should be a choice you can defend.