An article of mine, dated 1999, but in fact just published, has a
section discussing the possible relation between disrupted text and
rich poetic effects.
Constable, John, and Hideaki Aoyama, "Word Length Frequency and
Distribution in English: Part II. An Empirical and Mathematical
Examination of the Character and Consequences of Isometric
Lineation", Literary and Linguistic Computing, 14/4 (1999), 507-535.
The main body of the piece presents a mathematical distinction
between prose and isometrically lineated text (verse) in English.
Relevance makes an appearance in the final section, 530-532.
It's an OUP journal, so I suppose many of you have access to it, but
if you need an offprint let me know and I'll mail you one.
--John Constable College Lecturer and Director of Studies in English Magdalene College Cambridge CB3 0AG UK.
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