1. How to Quote/Cite Lines of Poetry Make the line of poetry part of a sentence – quoted lines DO NOT stand alone! Use quotation marks. If your quote crosses multiple lines of the poem, use a / between the lines.

2. How to Quote/Cite Lines of Poetry If the part of the poem you are quoting is 3 lines or longer, set it off in block format. No quotation marks are used. Include line numbers in parentheses after the quote, even if your sentence is not done. Use ( l. 5) or ( ll. 5-7) for line number format.

3. Example: In her poem, Kate Johnson uses “a feast of savory and sweet treats for the eyes” ( l. 12) to create images in the reader’s mind.

4. Example: In his poem, "Mending Wall," Robert Frost writes: "Something there is that doesn't love a wall, / that send the frozen-ground-swell under it" ( ll. 1-2).

5. Example: In his poem, “Go, lovely rose," Edmund Waller asks Nature to show: Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired; Bid her come forth. ( ll. 33-5)