| Encoding
verse: general
notes | General discussion of encoding poetry, including the use of <text>, <div>, and <lg> to encode basic poetic structures |
| Verse
lines | Encoding of verse lines and line breaks within verse lines |
| Types
of
poem | Encoding basic verse types, including possible values for type= on <div> for poetry |
| Fixed
poetic
forms | Encoding of clearly defined poetic forms such as sonnets, including possible values for type= on <div>, and instructions for marking internal subdivisions |
| Stanzas
and generic
forms | Encoding of stanz |
| Specific
line
groups | Encoding of specific types of line group, such as couplets, quatrains, Spenserian stanzas, etc. |
| Excerpted
and quoted
poems | Handling of excerpted and quoted poems, including cases where the full extent of the original poem is unknown |
| Poetry
and
drama | Discussion of the intersection between poetry and drama, including verse drama, poetry and songs in drama, and dramatic verse |
| Line
breaks in
verse | Line breaks within individual verse lines should be encoded with <lb>. |