paragraph = [];
Initializes array to store content of paragraphs
$('.aClass p').each(function(){
Uses jQuery to select paragraph elements that are a descendant of elements with a class of "aClass"
paragraphs.push( $(this).html().split('<br />') );
Takes each paragraph that was selected in the last line and splits it on the <br />
html tag and pushes that into a new position the end of the paragraphs array
});
Ends the jQuery.each function
paragraphs = [];
$('.aClass p').each(function(){
paragraphs.push( $(this).html().split('<br />') );
});