46 how to quote poetry
how to quote poetry Place a forward slash (/) between each quoted line The citation will list the line numbers, rather than the page numbers used in prose citation. To quote four or more lines: Use the ? 09/08/2019?? When you quote a single line of a poem (or part of a line), simply put it in quotation marks as you would for any other quote. For quotations of multiple lines, there ? When quoting four lines or more of poetry, create a block quote. Introduce the quotation with a colon. Indent the quotation one inch (two tabs) Keep the original line breaks. Do not use ? 28/07/2022?? In this case, put the author's last name, a comma, the poem title (or a shortened version) in quotes, a space, and then the line numbers from the poem. Example: The ? 22/04/2022?? 10 ?Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.? ?Marianne Moore, 11 ?Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictiona...