Element: Verse Form For Poetry

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A song, poem, or verse

Poetry may also be tagged with the <preformat> element if spacing is critical; however, most poetry should be tagged with the <verse-group> element, which may not preserve the exact indentation, but is more likely to be displayed in a proportional font.

(label?, title?, subtitle?, (verse-line | verse-group)+, (attrib)*)

The following, in order:

<label> Label (of a Figure, Reference, Etc.), zero or one
<title> Title, zero or one
<subtitle> Subtitle, zero or one
One or more of any of:
- <verse-line> Line of a Verse
- <verse-group> Verse Form For Poetry
<attrib> Attribution, zero or more

...
<body>
<verse-group>
<verse-group>
<verse-line>hail ye oh wise one</verse-line>
<verse-line>master of the medical universe</verse-line>
<verse-line>jack of all trades</verse-line>
<verse-line>family doc</verse-line>
</verse-group>
<verse-group>
<verse-line>medicine man</verse-line>
<verse-line>allay my fears, crank the gears</verse-line>
<verse-line>fix me up, tune it up</verse-line>
<verse-line>the go to man, handyman</verse-line>
</verse-group>
...
</verse-group>
</body>
...

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<verse-group>

Verse Form For Poetry

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Version of June 27, 2013

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American Psychological Association (2013)

<verse-group>

Verse Form For Poetry

Attribute

xml:lang Language Code

Related Elements

Expanded Content Model

Description

Example

Module

APA Journal-Publishing DTD Tag Library

Version of June 27, 2013