<poem>

The <poem> tag is a block for typesetting poetry. A poem may have an optional <title> and <author>, and its verse can be written as individual <line> elements or grouped into <stanza> elements.

Syntax

Attributes

Attributes for <poem>
AttributeRequired?Values
component = "…"optionalstring​
halign = "…"optional"left"​"center"​"right"​
label = "…"optionalstring​
xml:id = "…"optionalstring​
xml:lang = "…"optionalstring​

Children

The following may appear as children: <author> <idx> <line> <stanza> <title>

Parents

This element may appear as an immediate child of the following elements: <appendix> <article> <chapter> <conclusion> <handout> <introduction> <page> <paragraphs> <section> <sidebyside> <slide> <subsection> <subslide> <subsubsection> <worksheet>

Examples