Article: Type the last name of the poet, followed by a comma. After the comma, type the first name of the poet. If the poet stylizes their name or uses initials, reference them by the name they prefer. Place a period after the poet's name. Example: Elliot, T. S. Type the title of the poem in title-case, capitalizing all nouns, pronouns, verbs, and adverbs in the title. Place a period at the end of the title, inside the closing quotation marks. Example: Elliot, T. S. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." If the poem was published in a book or anthology, use the title of the book. If it was published online, use the title of the webpage that published the poem. Include the name of the editor if it appeared in an edited anthology –otherwise, cite it the same as a book. Place a comma after the title or editor's name.  Print example: Stevens, Wallace. "Sunday Morning." The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens, Edited anthology example: Elliot, T. S. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, edited by Robert DiYanni, Online example: Ginsberg, Allen. "Howl." Poetry Foundation, Some longer poems are published as a single volume. In this case, put the title of the poem in italics, the same way you would write a citation to a book. Follow the title with a period. For example: Milton, John. Paradise Lost. For print publications, type the edition number (if applicable), followed by a comma. Then type the name of the publisher, followed by a comma. Add the year that edition was published, followed by a comma. For online publications, provide a direct URL to the poem, followed by a period.  Print example: Elliot, T. S. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, edited by Robert DiYanni, 6th ed, McGraw-Hill, 2007, Online example: Ginsberg, Allen. "Howl." Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/49303. For poems published in collections or anthologies, direct your readers to the page where the specific poem you are citing appears. Use the abbreviations "p." or "pp." Place a period after the page number. For online poems, type the word "accessed" followed by the date you last accessed the poem in day-month-year format.  Print example: Elliot, T. S. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, edited by Robert DiYanni, 6th ed, McGraw-Hill, 2007, pp. 1102-1105. Online example: Ginsberg, Allen. "Howl." Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/49303. Accessed 3 Oct. 2016. MLA style uses the author's name and page number for in-text citations. If the poem appears online, omit the page number and simply use the poet's name. Do not include any punctuation inside the parenthetical. Place a period after the closing parentheses mark. Example: (Elliot 24).

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Start with the poet's name. Include the title of the poem in quotation marks. List the place where you found the poem in italics. Provide publication information. Add the date accessed or page numbers, as appropriate. Use the poet's name in parenthetical citations in-text.