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Poetry

A Short Guide to Encoding Verse

Reference

Check out the Women Writer's Project resource on encoding verse in the TEI: http://www.wwp.northeastern.edu/research/publications/guide/html/verse_outline.html

Overview

The TEI captures works of verse using

<lg> : can be used to group together multiple lines of verse
<l> : used to mark a line of verse
<lb/> : can be used to denote line breaks that are the result of page dimensions rather than verse structure
<head> : can be used to mark the title of the selected verse

Examples of Verse from the TAPAS Commons | Templates

(View the source file in the Commons)