MLA Style - Poem Citation - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

viper11885 · 03-28-2004, 11:30 PM

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.

phukraut · 03-29-2004, 01:14 AM

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).

phukraut · 03-29-2004, 01:15 AM

for another perspective and an example, go here:

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

viper11885 · 03-29-2004, 11:03 AM

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.

03-28-2004, 11:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
viper11885 Insane	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.

03-29-2004, 01:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
phukraut Addict	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).

03-29-2004, 01:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
phukraut Addict	for another perspective and an example, go here: http://www.ivcc.edu/stylebook/mla.html

03-29-2004, 11:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
viper11885 Insane	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.