1 to 14 lines in a poem is called a single line poem.
The line is a fundamental unit in verse, carrying meaning both horizontally across the page and vertically from one line to the next.
A measure of attention is a unit of meaning.A way of framing poetry is the line.The verse is measured by lines.The poetic line immediately distinguishes itself from everyday speech and prose.Its own visual and verbal impact is what it creates.The fundamental line was called an idea isolated by blank space by Paul Claudel.Adam says, "Tragedy and joy collide in every line."
James Longenbach asserts in The Art of the Poetic Line that poetry is the sound of language organized in lines.One-line poems, which are timed to deliver a single poignancy, are what distinguishes our experience of poetry as poetry, rather than some other kind of writing.Even if it is a fragment or incomplete sentence, a line in a poem makes sense on its own.It is over and done with.The meaning is carried over from one line to the next.As the poem develops and unfolds, the line in a poem moves horizontally, but the rhythm and sense also drive it vertically, and the meaning continues to accrue.
There are three versions of the line in English.