Why do lyrical lines end where they do?

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  Chris82 2.0 PRO Posts: 594

  June 2020 Answer ✓

  In traditional poetry, the poet must often break a line to comply with a particular rhyme scheme or metrical pattern. In free verse poetry, the poet doesn’t have to comply to any rules. The poet can break a line for any number of reasons. Here are the most popular reasons why a poet breaks a line and begins a new line:
  
  To emphasize a word or phrase at the end of a line.
  To signal a pause to the reader.
  To speed up or slow down the pace.
  To create a sense of forward motion.
  To change of thought.
  To create an interruption.
  To comply with the rules of grammar.
  To create a metrical pattern or syllabic pattern.

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