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2814914 No.2814914[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Hey /lit/

That gap in the first line - does it have a technical name?

Is it a kind of caesura? At the moment I just call it a gap or space.

>> No.2814918

it's a voidal absentier

English for the original French "absentier de voide"

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>>2814918
Haha, I googled that found nothing. It must be a very arcane term.

>> No.2814930

>>2814924
yeah I guess so, it was pretty popular in the 60's-70's if I recall, but then people mostly stopped using them

>> No.2814939

>>2814918
Where did you learn this from? I cant find anything on google

>> No.2814941

The rather obvious "spacing," as well as "spacial arrangement" are the terms one of my professors used in talking about E.E Cummings. You might want to look into some literature on him, you'll likely find the term there if there is a conventional one.

>> No.2814950

>>2814941
I'm beginning to suspect there isn't a special term, but that sounds like a very sensible place to look. Thanks for the advice.

>> No.2814953

all I know is that the British call them Hurdy-Gurdy Missing Wordies.

>> No.2814958

>>2814914
invisible em-dash