Start the quotation on a new line with the entire quote indented inch from the left margin while maintaining double spacing. The first line of the excerpt should not be further indented unless you are quoting multiple paragraphsin which case the first line of each quoted paragraph should be further indented 025 inches.
For quotations that are more than four lines of prose or three lines of verse place quotations in a free standing block of text and omit quotation marks.
How to block quote a poem in mla.
Type short quotations of three lines or less in the text of your essay.
Put a space before and after the slash.
How to block quote in mla.
Just as for prose poetry block quotations 3 lines should begin on a new line.
Type the lines verbatim as they appear in the poem do not paraphrase.
As should the rest of your paper a block quotation in mla style should be double spaced.
The entire block quotation should be indented one inch from the left margin.
Capitalize the first letter of each new line of poetry.
How to quote and cite a poem in an essay using mla format short quotations.
Start on a new line of your page to begin your block quote.
Incorporate the quote into a sentence within the body.
When you quote a single line of a poem or part of a line simply put it in quotation marks as you would for any other quote.
If you quote two or three lines use a forward slash to mark the line breaks.
If you quote a single paragraph or just part of one do not indent the first line of the block quote more than the rest.
Unless the quotation involves unusual spacing.
Insert a slash with a space on each side to separate the lines of the poem.
Comment on the quote.
It is not until.
Start with a sentence or two that shows the reader why you are.
Include the authors last name and the page number of the poem in.
How to quote poetry in mla.
Always introduce block quotes in your own words.
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