Material Type | In-text Citation | Works Cited |
Poem from an anthology (various authors) |
(Shakespeare 1-4) For poems, cite the line(s) of the poem, rather than the page number in the in-text citation. |
Shakespeare, William. “That Time of Year (Sonnet 73).” The Indian River Reader: Custom Compilation for ENC 1101, edited by Jo Ray McCuen-Metherell, Anthony C. Winkler, Joseph F. Trimmer, and Mark Connelly. Cengage Learning, 2017, pp. 135-36. |
Poem from a collection (works from the same author) |
(Szymborska 16-21) For poems, cite the line(s) of the poem, rather than the page number in the in-text citation. |
Szymborska, Wislawa. “Moment.” Monologue of a Dog. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005, pp.11-13. |
Poem from a website (Internet, available to everyone) |
(Shakespeare 5-8) For poems, cite the line(s) of the poem, rather than the page number in the in-text citation. |
Shakespeare, William. “Sonnet 73: That time of year thou mayest in me behold.” Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45099/sonnet-73-that-time-of-year-thou-mayst-in-me-behold. |
Poem by an anonymous poet |
(Anonymous 11-12) For poems, cite the line(s) of the poem, rather than the page number in the in-text citation. |
Anonymous. “Barbara Allan”. Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, edited by Robert DiYanni, 6th ed., McGraw Hill, 2007, pp. 1056-57. |
Part of a book from an online database (poem, chapter, essay, piece) | (Denham 1-8)
For poems, cite the line(s) of the poem, rather than the page number in the in-text citation. |
Denham, John. “Cooper's Hill.": The Poetry of Sir John Denham, Portable Poetry, 2017, pp. 3-11. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), db12.linccweb.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1450455&site=ehost-live. |