MLA Style - Poem Citation
 

Hey,

Don't know if I posted this in the right subforum, but didn't know where else to put it.


Anyways, I'm writing an english essay on poetry. I was wondering how do I cite a quote from a poem in my essay (not bibliography)? Do I need to include line number?

An example would be great!!!


Thanks.

http://ia.juniata.edu/citation/mla/mla00.htm

assuming you specify the poem in the works cited specifically, all that is required according to this site is the author name and line number (NOT page number).

for another perspective and an example, go here:

http://www.ivcc.edu/stylebook/mla.html

Thanks for the links.

One more thing. I forgot to mention that the book I'm using contains a bunch of 20th century literature, so there is more than one poem in there.

Therefore, I think I need to include the page number? Should the page number be first, then the line number? or the other way around?


Thanks for all the help.