An “Image” is that which presents an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time. I use the term “complex” rather in the technical sense employed by the newer psychologists, such as Hart, though we might not agree absolutely in our application. It is the presentation of such a “complex” instantaneously which gives that sense of sudden liberation; that sense of freedom from time limits and space limits; that sense of sudden growth, which we experience in the presence of the greatest works of art. -EZRA POUND When I decide where to put line breaks in my poems I normally go by rythym. A lot of my poems double as songs, as I like to put the words to music. Therefore most of my breaks are every four lines, as to keep up with each verse. Although if I were not writing a song I would put the break where is seems natural, like a pause or conclusion of a topic. Where your breath naturally ends. Edward Hirsh talks about the latter in an artice about the line and when to create ...