For instance, you could introduce your quotation in this way: As Lord Byron wrote, “. . . . " Epigraphs are short quotations that go at the beginning of a paper or heading, that sort of introduce your reader to the topic of your paper.
So if you’re using the first two lines of Lord Byron’s poem “She Walks in Beauty,” it would look like the following quotation: As Lord Byron writes in his poem “She Walks in Beauty,” “She walks in beauty like the night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies. “[3] X Research source Note that you add a spaces around the slash.
When making a longer quote, it’s better to introduce it with a full sentence and a colon rather than a phrase. Also, you don’t use quotation marks with a block quote.
For MLA style, a long quote from Byron’s poem would follow this format: Lord Byron begins the poem “She Walks in Beauty” with these four lines: She walks in beauty like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes.
For example, if you wanted to take “in beauty” out of the first line of Byron’s poem, it would look like the following quotation: “She walks . . . like the night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies. "
For example, if you quoted the first two lines of Byron’s poem, you could use it to talk about Byron’s use of similes.
For a short quote, use this format: As Lord Byron writes in his poem “She Walks in Beauty,” “She walks in beauty like the night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies” (citation). Follow this example for a blockquote: Lord Byron begins the poem “She Walks in Beauty” with these four lines: She walks in beauty like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes. (citation)
Add the name in like the following quote: The poem “She Walks in Beauty” begins with the following lines: “She walks in beauty like the night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies” (Byron 1-2). If the poem is anonymous or uncredited, such as “I Eat My Peas with Honey,” then use a shortened form of the title: (“I Eat” 1-2)[8] X Research source
Follow this example: The poem “She Walks in Beauty” begins with the following lines: “She walks in beauty like the night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies” (Byron 1-2). If you skip a line, use a comma to separate the the numbers. For instance, if you use lines 1 and 3, it would look like this example: (Byron 1, 3).
The beginning of the citation would follow this format: Byron, George Gordon, Lord. If the poem’s author is anonymous, start with the title of the poem.
Continue the citation in this manner: Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “She Walks in Beauty. " Be sure to capitalize important words in the title.
The citation would continue in this way, since this poem is from the Poetry Foundation: Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “She Walks in Beauty. " Poetry Foundation,
This particular citation has none of these attributes, so leave them blank.
Here’s how the citation looks so far: Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “She Walks in Beauty. " Poetry Foundation, Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute,
If you were to add a date, it would look like the following citation: Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “She Walks in Beauty. " Poetry Foundation, Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute, 2 August 2016,
Here’s the final citation: Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “She Walks in Beauty. " Poetry Foundation, Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute, www. poetryfoundation. org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/43844. Don’t add “http://” or “https://” before the web address.
For example, with APA, the in-text citation would appear this way: “She walks in beauty like the night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies” (Byron 1-2). Just like MLA, you’ll use the author’s name and line numbers. However, if the poem doesn’t have line numbers, you can just use an abbreviation of the title: (Byron “She Walks”).
For APA, use this format with the example from throughout this article: Byron, G. G. (1813). “She Walks in Beauty. " Poetry Foundation. Retrieved from www. poetryfoundation. org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/43844 Note that APA uses initials rather than full first and middle names. This structure is in place to discourage gender bias.
In this case, the footnote would look like the following example: 1. Byron, George Gordon, Lord, “She Walks in Beauty,” Poetry Foundation, accessed August 2, 2016, www. poetryfoundation. org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/43844. You can also add a publication date (“Last modified July 2, 2016,”) before the access date.
For Chicago, use this format: Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “She Walks in Beauty. " Poetry Foundation. Accessed August 2, 2016. www. poetryfoundation. org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/43844. Once again, you can add a publication date (“Last modified July 2, 2016,”) before the access date if it has it.
If you need more information on these styles, review the MLA Handbook, Eighth Edition; The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition; the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition; or Purdue’s Online Writing Lab (OWL), which has information on all three.
