Question

How are enjambment and line length used in Nin Andrews' prose poem Adolescence?

the lines are broken by theme

punctuation dictates the line breaks

there are no line breaks, since this is a prose poem

meter dictates the line breaks

Answer 1

There are no line breaks, since this is a prose poem

Step-by-step explanation:

Literally Prose poem does not have line breaks. But while reading this kind of prose poem, the reader themselves will take a break not because of the punctuation but because of the breaks in the theme. In the poem Adolescence, the author draws a parallel between birds and human adolescence.

Here the nature of a caged bird is compared to the nature of the society as a child is trapped into an invisible cage called society. Hence while reading this poem, the reader takes a break while reflecting the fact but not of the punctuation. That is how Nin Andrews used enjambment and line length in his prose poem.