Something infinite behind everything appears, Dropped lines have a variety of functions and uses.
In Robert Denham's words, a dropped line is "a spatial as well as temporal feature, affecting both the eye and ear.
Wright, for example, uses dropped lines to reference landscape paintings, especially by Paul Cézanne and Giorgio Morandi, explaining why his use of dropped line "can be seen as imitating the sense of horizontal rhythm prevalent in paintings by Cézanne.
"[2] Modern poets who are known for using dropped lines include Wright, Carl Phillips, and Edward Hirsch.
In classical tragedy this technique of dividing a single verse line between two or more characters is called antilabe and functions "as a means of heightening dramatic tension.