poetry

Node type: Block element (can contain only other elements)

Whitespace: Not protected

Definition

A piece of poetry.

Code Sample

<poetry>

<title paraID="2">I Am a Child of God</title>

<byline>

<para paraID="3">By Naomi W. Randall</para>

</byline>

<stanza>

<line paraID="4">I am a child of God,</line>

<line paraID="5">And he has sent me here,</line>

<line paraID="6">Has given me an earthly home</line>

<line paraID="7">With parents kind and dear.</line>

</stanza>

<stanza>

<line paraID="8">I am a child of God,</line>

<line paraID="9">And so my needs are great;</line>

<line paraID="10">Help me to understand his words</line>

<line paraID="11">Before it grows too late.</line>

</stanza>

<citationInfo>

<para paraID="12">(<emphasis>Hymns,</emphasis> no. 301).</para>

</citationInfo>

</poetry>

Display Sample

I Am a Child of God

By Naomi W. Randall

I am a child of God,
And he has sent me here,
Has given me an earthly home
With parents kind and dear.

I am a child of God,
And so my needs are great;
Help me to understand his words
Before it grows too late.

(Hymns, no. 301).

Notes

Wraps titles, stanzas, and other elements of the poem.

See Also

Marking in Microsoft Word

Use POETRY_line for the body of the poem. Indicate the beginning and end of stanzas with POETRY_line.first and POETRY_line.last (use POETRY_line.only for one-line stanzas). For titles, bylines, and citation information, use POETRY_title, POETRY-BY_para, and POETRY-CIT_para.