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    It is not the case that The sequential, temporal structure of language imposes a real constraint on poetic representation that is intrinsic to the medium, not merely conventional.

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    • 1.Readers can skip lines, reread, or approach poems non-sequentially; temporal flow is therefore subject to reader choice, not inherent constraint.
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    • 2.All media impose constraints: painting constrains by space, music by pitch. Calling language's temporal constraint 'intrinsic' rather than 'medium-specific' is definitional, not explanatory.
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    • 3.Visual poetry, concrete poetry, and spatial arrangement show poets overcome sequential constraint through formal innovation within language itself.
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    • 1.Language unfolds phonetically/visually in time; readers cannot grasp all words simultaneously, unlike seeing a painting at once.
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    • 2.Enjambment, line breaks, and pacing create unavoidable delays in meaning that shape reader experience in ways non-sequential media cannot.
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    • 3.The human brain processes language through temporal phonological loops; this neurological fact grounds temporality as intrinsic, not cultural.
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