Its line breaks help readers navigate the rhythms of a poem.

它的换行帮助读者驾驭一首诗的节奏。

But what if those line breaks disappeared?

但是，如果这些换行了呢？

So far, all the examples we've seen have had line breaks.

到目为止，我们看到的所有例都有换行。

In older computer systems, the line of text would literally continue off the edge of the screen if you didn’t include a new line character!

在较旧的计算机系统中，如果不包括换行，文本行实际上会超出屏幕边缘！

ASCII even had a selection of special command codes, such as a newline character to tell the computer where to wrap a line to the next row.

ASCII 甚至有一些特殊的命令代码，例如一个换行，它告诉计算机在何处换行到下一行。