I want to know if this stanza paints the picture I'm trying to paint. He finds an artifact and puts it under a scope, then finds artifact and puts it under a scope and so on.

Question

Each artifact

In his quest he finds,

Puts under a

Scope, and then knows why

He's stunted.

Answer 1

Each

Artifact

In his quest he finds,

Puts

under a Scope,

and then

Knows why

He's stunted.

This style adds a bit of drama to the stanza. Read it aloud at just above a whisper and slowly with contemplation.

Answer 2

Hi Ethan,

This is definitely a stylistic choice, however, if I were to rearrange the line breaks to emphasize the image of repeatedly putting an artifact under a scope, I would have grouped "under a scope" together. It flows better.

It might look something like this:

Each artifact

In his quest he finds, puts

Under a scope,

and then knows why

He's stunted.

Of course, you can do whatever sounds better to you though.

Hope this helps!