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Derek R · 05-27-2014, 02:21 PM

Whenever I encounter a poem in which the first line opens with a double left quotation mark [“] and the lines below need to be aligned flush with the first letter of the first word of the first line, e.g. with the 'C' of 'Cuckoo' below, I have been using a double non-breaking space:

Code:

<p class="stanza">&ldquo;Cuckoo, cherry tree,</p>
<p class="line">&nbsp;&nbsp;Good bird tell me</p>
<p class="lastline">&nbsp;&nbsp;How many years I have to live.&rdquo;</p>

Is there any other (better) way of creating the necessary alignment?

05-27-2014, 02:21 PM	#1
Derek R Zealot Posts: 104 Karma: 20 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: County Down, Northern Ireland Device: none	Aligning poetry lines flush that begin with left quotation marks Whenever I encounter a poem in which the first line opens with a double left quotation mark [“] and the lines below need to be aligned flush with the first letter of the first word of the first line, e.g. with the 'C' of 'Cuckoo' below, I have been using a double non-breaking space: Code: <p class="stanza">“Cuckoo, cherry tree,</p> <p class="line">  Good bird tell me</p> <p class="lastline">  How many years I have to live.”</p> Is there any other (better) way of creating the necessary alignment? Last edited by Derek R; 05-27-2014 at 02:44 PM.