When writing poetry, your line and stanza breaks will influence the pacing of your poem. It can also impact the tension in your poem (will talk about tension in a later section). There's no set rule as to where you should insert a line break or a stanza break--it's totally up to you. However, do keep in mind that the more line and stanza breaks you have in a poem, the slower the pacing will be.
Below is an example from the first third of my poem oceans cry too.
Example: "i think back--
glistening grains of sand,
each a tale
forgotten
beneath
beckoning waves
our footprints slink to the seas,
molds of our sandals
crumbling, our pasts
a beach"
In this example, I went with a very slow pace for this poem. Wattpad's format does have bigger line spacing than I originally used for this poem, so the format is a little off, but you still can see my use of line breaks and how the white space impacts the pacing. Another thing I did with this poem is I broke off the lines at specific points to portray the look of an ocean wave--some of the lines are shorter but gradually get longer before receding again.
If you're aiming for a faster pace, you may want to have longer lines and fewer stanza breaks.
Keep in mind that every line and stanza break must have a purpose.
