stanza

Child Nodes or Content

= Optional element or attribute

Parent Elements

poetry

Code Sample

<poetry>

<title paraID="1">I Am a Child of God</title>

<byline>

<para paraID="2">By Naomi W. Randall</para>

</byline>

<stanza>

<line paraID="3">I am a child of God,</line>

<line paraID="4">And he has sent me here,</line>

<line paraID="5">Has given me an earthly home</line>

<line paraID="6">With parents kind and dear.</line>

</stanza>

<stanza>

<line paraID="7">I am a child of God,</line>

<line paraID="8">And so my needs are great;</line>

<line paraID="9">Help me to understand his words</line>

<line paraID="10">Before it grows too late.</line>

</stanza>

<citationInfo>

<para paraID="11">(<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 lines. Every poem has at least one stanza.

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.