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How to Cite Poems in Your Work

All human endeavor is fair game when you're a scholar. Art, advertising, legal dispute, even Saturday-morning cartoons -- any documented source of effort or argument or entertainment can be a useful resource and support in your field of scholarly study. If your study is literature, for example, you might find yourself frequently referring to and citing works of poetry in your writing. Always cite poems properly to keep your own human endeavor cogent and valid.

Instructions

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      Use the following in-text citation (I) and bibliography (B) style to cite a poem in APA style: (I) ... as the narrator wryly observes, "Gittin' there ain't half of gittin' there" (Duke, 2011); (B) Duke, W. (2011). Gittin' Home. In D. Guns (Ed.), Best Riding Poems of the American West (pp. 21-23). New York: Low Saddle Press.

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      Use the following footnote (F) and bibliography (B) style to cite a poem in Chicago/Turabian style: (F) 1. Willy Duke, "Gittin' Home," in Best Riding Poems of the American West, ed. Darla Guns (New York: Low Saddle Press, 2011), 21-23.; (B) Duke, Willy. "Gittin' Home." In Best Riding Poems of the American West, edited by Darla Guns, 21-23. New York: Low Saddle Press, 2011.

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      Use the following footnote (F) and bibliography (B) style to cite a poem in MLA style: (F) 1. For an amusing and cogent example, see Duke.; (B) Duke, Willy. "Gittin' Home." Best Riding Poems of the American West. Ed. Darla Guns. New York: Low Saddle Press, 2011. 21-23. Print.

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