Quotation/Citation Guide:
Citations: Verse/Poetry
For a poem, cite the part, stanza, and line numbers, if it has them, separated by periods.
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Example: The Green Knight claims to approach King Arthur’s court “because the praise
of you, prince, is puffed so high, / And your manor and your men are considered so
magnificent” (1.12.258-59).
For poems that are not divided into numbered parts or stanzas, use line numbers. For a first
reference, use the word “lines”: (lines 5-8). Thereafter use just the numbers: (12-13), (Roethke
12-13), etc.
 Citing a poem from a website:
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Last Name, First Name. “Title of Poem”. Title of website where poem was found. (Date
it was posted). <URL>. Date Accessed
Citations: Story within an anthology/collection of works
Last name, First name. "Title of Work." Trans. Title of Collection.
Ed. Editor's Name(s). City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range
of entry. Medium of Publication.
When including a parenthetical citation for a work within an anthology (e.g., Metamorphosis),
simply write the last name of the author followed by the page number from which you are taking
the quotation.
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Example: Gregor “leaned from within against the door panel that was still fastened”
(Kafka 952).
Block Quotes:
Whenever your quotation exceeds 4 lines of typed prose or 3 or more lines of typed verse
(poetry), you must use a block quotation. Block quotations…
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Must always have a colon at the end of the signal phrase leading up to the quote
Do not receive quotation marks to begin/end the quoted material
Must be indented ten spaces (1 inch) from the left margin
Must receive punctuation at the end of the quoted material, not after the page
number.
Must remain double spaced
Must keep the structural integrity of the original poem (i.e., capitalization,
punctuation, quotations, indentations, etc.).
Example 1 (Prose):
Gatsby experiences a moment of clarity while standing with Daisy on his dock. Fitzgerald
writes:
Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of
that light had now to him vanished forever. Compared to the great
distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very
near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a
star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His
count of enchanted objects had diminished by one. (98)
Example 2 (Verse):
In his poem "Mending Wall," Robert Frost questions the building of barriers and walls:
Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offense.
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,
That wants it down. (25-29)
MLA Reminders:
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Everything should be double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 font
A creative, yet professional title (do not underline/quote/italicize your title)
Name, teacher/professor, course, date labeled at the top left of page 1
Use the header to include your last name and page number at the top right
corner of every page