Opinions on: line as a functional unit

[Bernd]

As far as I have familiarized myself with the subject so far, creating a text in meter is definitely a very strictly functional methodology. One must first understand the rules. A line of text can also deviate significantly from the standard pattern.

If the VM is poetry, I'd imagine it to be something akin to Ernst Jandl's works
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On a more serious note - I wonder how a meter could explain downwardness beyond a few lines.