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Poetry citation in essays

The goal of all citation is to let the reader know where your information comes from.

In the introduction name the poet and the poems that will be addressed.

When citing words from more than one line of a poem, use a slash to indicate the line break. Ex.: Mary had a little lamb/Its fleece was white as snow

When citing a larger chunk of a poem indent the whole passage and show it in its original form.

If you are writing about one poem indicate the lines you’re referring to: Once upon a midnight dreary (line 1)

If writing about more than one poem indicate which of the poems and the lines: Many and many a year ago (Anabel Lee, line 1)