Template:RQ:Housman More Poems
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1936 October, A. E. Housman, Laurence Housman, compiler, “(please specify the poem number)”, in More Poems, London: Jonathan Cape, […], →OCLC:
- The following documentation is located at Template:RQ:Housman More Poems/documentation. [edit]
- Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox
Usage
[edit]This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote A. E. Housman's work More Poems (1st edition, 1936). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters:
|1=or|poem=– mandatory: the poems in the work are numbered from I to XLVIII. Use this parameter to specify the poem number in uppercase Roman numerals, like this:|poem=XLII. Some of the poems have an additional title. This will be automatically supplied by the template.|stanza=– the stanza number in Arabic numerals.|line=or|lines=– the line number(s) in Arabic numerals. When quoting a range of lines, separate the first and last numbers of the range with an en dash, like this:|lines=9–12.|2=or|page=, or|pages=– mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:- Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this:
|pages=10–11. - You must also use
|pageref=to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
- Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this:
- This parameter must be specified to have the template link to the online version of the work.
|3=,|text=, or|passage=– a passage quoted from the book.|brackets=– use|brackets=onto surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.
Examples
[edit]- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Housman More Poems|poem=II|stanza=3|lines=9–12|page=16|passage=I never over Horeb heard / The blast of advent blow; / No fire-faced prophet brought me word / Which way '''behoved''' me go.}}; or{{RQ:Housman More Poems|II|stanza=3|lines=9–12|16|I never over Horeb heard / The blast of advent blow; / No fire-faced prophet brought me word / Which way '''behoved''' me go.}}
- Result:
- 1936 October, A. E. Housman, Laurence Housman, compiler, “[Poem] II”, in More Poems, London: Jonathan Cape, […], →OCLC, stanza 3, page 16, lines 9–12:
- I never over Horeb heard / The blast of advent blow; / No fire-faced prophet brought me word / Which way behoved me go.
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