wolfenshire posted at 9:55AM Mon, 08 February 2016 - #4253778

I'm not sure what you mean. Do you have a sample in literature of this usage? If you want to have hard line breaks for something like a quoted poem, it would look like this:

"Roses are red

Violates are blue

I know I'm meant

To be with you."

I've never had cause to consider poetry in this situation. I think, if I had a character quoting poetry, I would write:

Clasping her hand, he gazed into her eyes and whispered, " Roses are red, violets are blue. I know I'm meant to be with you."

Perhaps this link will explain better than I am able. http://thewritepractice.com/how-you-break-up-long-dialogue-like-agatha-christie/

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