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How to Write a Poem Online & Put Music to It

A creative person usually wishes a place to publish and share their work for other people to see. The Internet allows you to publish quickly and reach a global audience, and special features, such as music, can also be easily added on a webpage for further effect. There is no need to be intimidated; it is simple enough to do, and the end result nicely presents literary creations to the online browsing public.

Things You'll Need

  • Your poem text
  • A selection of music in computer file format
  • A website host (so you can publish your webpage on the Internet)
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Instructions

    • 1

      Paste the following code into a text document on your computer:

      <html>

      <head>

      <title> Put title of webpage here </title>

      </head>

      <body bgcolor="white" text="black">

      <h1> My poem </h1>

      <p text-align="center">This is where you will put your poem.</p>

      </body>

      </html>

    • 2

      Put your title of the webpage in the code where it says: "My poem." Next, copy your poem between the <p text-align="center"> and </p> tags into the body of the webpage where it says "This is where you will put your poem."

    • 3

      Embed the music file you wish to use by placing the following code into the text file code after your poem and its </p> tag.

      <embed src="music.mid" autostart="true" loop="true"

      width="2" height="0">

      </embed>

    • 4

      Replace "music.mid" with the name of your music file, including the extension, such as "mid" in this case.

    • 5

      Save the text file as a webpage file by clicking "save as," naming the file normally, but adding a period and the extension "htm" at the end of the title before you click "save."

    • 6

      Upload the text file (now a HTML file) and your music file to your chosen website host where you have an account and capability to upload webpages to the Internet. Preview the page when you are finished.

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