The image is the poets pigment. The image is not an idea, it is a radiant node or cluster a vortex through which and from which and into which ideas are constantly rushing in. it is as true but painting and sculpture as it is for poetry

I decide to take line breaks for different reasons depending on the intent for the poem. Sometimes I think one line doesn’t match up with the rest of the poetry in terms of length and it feels out of place while other times it’s more intentional where I want to emphasize on that specific word by breaking a complete thought and forcing it to be the first word you read in the line. I love playing with fragments and the unsettling quality they can harness since realistically it would be an abnormal way to communicate with someone else.

In Hirschfield’s informative “The Line”, Hirshcfield breaks down poetic devices in an easy to understand matter. Even when he uses more “complicated” words like disquieting or saxophonist, the words in the sentences surrounding the complicated word are simple and give context clues as to what the word might mean. Hirschfield also stays unbiased in his opinion of which method of poetry writing is superior and instead incorporates different ways to write poetry to describe variations that can be successful all using the same poetic device. He provides a lot of alternatives as to why and how someone could break a line and explains why they’re successful and what makes them successful. Hirschfield also provides a lot of different poets in his writing, acting as a better resource for exploring different poetry. Over all Hirschfield’s advice seems very well researched and unbiased having included different poets, poetic terms, as well as different expressions of poetry.