How to quote multiple lines of verse inline If I am using a
quote that is only one line, I would not need a / between lines.
But, when do I use a / - for free verse or blank verse? I'm a
bit confused. This question has been asked before and already
has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your
question, please ask a new question. The divider is precisely to
indicate the end of a line when it may not be obvious; so for
unrhymed verse it is, if anything, more necessary. As an
example, Shakespeare reminds us that "... set my teeth on edge/
Nothing so much as mincing poetry". This assumes, of course,
that you are making only a passing allusion. If the quotation is
an important part of your argument, it's almost certainly worth
blockquoting: ('Not men, or gods, or even booksellers/ Put up
with mediocre verse'; I'm sorry I couldn't find an apposite
English tag that starts in the middle of a line.) In the MLA
style, when quoting fewer than four lines (at which point, and
thereafter, you ought to format i