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How do the line breaks in this excerpt from "The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot help convey the poet's intended meaning?
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Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep seas swell And the profit and loss. A current under sea Picked his bones in whispers.
They emphasize the irreversibility and finality of death. They suggest that death is followed by a renewal of life. They hint at the poet's sorrow at the death of Phlebas. They create hope and anticipation in the reader's mind.
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