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  1. Do You Italicize Poem Titles? Tips For Authors

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  3. How to Quote and Cite a Poem in an Essay Using MLA Format

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  4. How to Quote and Cite a Poem in an Essay Using MLA Format

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  5. Do you italicize Poems

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  6. How to Use Italics (with Cheat Sheet)

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  1. Quotes or Italics? How to Punctuate Titles in your Essay

  2. How to Cite Poetry, Song Lyrics, & Plays in MLA Style

  3. Lecture on how to properly cite poetry in MLA

  4. How to Cite MLA Format (website, book, article, etc.)

  5. Analyze ANY Poem With These Steps!

  6. How to Analyze and Annotate ANY Poem!

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  1. How to Reference a Poem Title in an Essay

    Write the title of the poem in title case. All of the words should be capitalized except articles ("a," "an" or "the"), short prepositions ("in," "on," "with," "at") or coordinating conjunctions ("but," "and," "nor," "or,…

  2. MLA Titles

    Italicize the title of a self-contained whole (e.g. a book, film, journal, or website). Use quotation marks around the title if it is part of a larger work (e.g. a chapter of a book, an …

  3. When to Use Quotation Marks for Titles

    The general rule is to use quotation marks for titles of short works such as articles, poems, songs, essays, or short stories. By contrast, use italics for larger works such as books, …

  4. How to Quote and Cite a Poem in an Essay Using MLA …

    Place the titles of poems in quotation marks when writing them in a sentence. Do not underline or italicize them.

  5. Quotation Marks or Italics In Titles?

    Using italics vs. quotation marks in titles depends on your style guide. But the general rule is to italicize long titles, such as titles of books, movie titles, or album titles. Meanwhile, you must write titles in quotation marks for shorter …

  6. Formatting

    Titles of books, plays, or works published singularly (not anthologized) should be italicised unless it is a handwritten document, in which case underlining is acceptable. (Ex. Hamlet, Great Expectations) Titles of poems, short stories, …

  7. How to Cite a Poem in MLA

    When quoting a poem, the poet’s last name must be clearly stated so that the reader can locate the source in the Works Cited list. If you cite more than one poem by the …

  8. When to Use Italics, With Examples

    Italics should not be used for the titles of short works, such as poems, articles, short stories, or song names—all of which use quotation marks instead. The names of …