In-Text Example:
Cite the line(s) of the poem or play rather than the page number in the in-text citation when the poem is numbered by lines. If the poem is numbered in some other way, use that numbering scheme in your in-text citation (paragraphs or sections are common). If quoting more than four lines of poetry, set off the quotation using and indentation to create a block quote. Separate line breaks in poetry with a / using a space before and after the /. When showing a break in the stanza use // to show the break.
Once you have used the poet’s name the first time, use only the line/section/paragraph number when discussing a single poet.
This then is life, / Here is what has come to the surface after so many throes and convulsions. / How curious! how real! // Underfoot the divine soil, overhead the sun (Whitman sec. 2).
Work Cited
Whitman, Walt. “Starting from Paumanok.” American Literature to 1865, Indian River State College Libraries,
2018, https://irsc.libguides.com/AML2010/Paumanok.
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