Question about punctuation... (1 Viewer)

[Kyroth***]

Ok, for poetry, if you want to write a quote that goes over two lines, what do you put to indicate that the two halves are on separate lines? Or, for that matter, stanzas? A slash, or a double slash maybe? In primary school, when we went back and edited there was a funny symbol for where we wanted paragraphs, aline over the last letter, then straight down, then under the next letter. Any ideas? My two examples, from Gwen Harwood's Prize-Giving (with a / to indicate change of line) are "underneath a light (no accident / of seating, he felt sure)" and "Mozart told // the fullness of all passion". Thanks in advance!

 

[nwatts]

It's a single dash to indicate a new line. You don't need to worry about indicating stanza breaks.

"...a rose-hot dream as Mozart told/ the fullness of all passion or despair/ summoned by arrogant hands."

 

[Kyroth***]

Cool, thanks

 

[Trebla]

It should be a forward slash between lines.