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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans

We agree on 99%, and only disagree on some minor differences (he says <div>, because "poetry isn't paragraphs"... and I still insist on <p>).

Lolz. Yup, div is more semantically correct, but I use <p> as well… it saves a micro-bit or two on file size, and it’s a little cleaner IMO.

I also tend to define a default style rather than putting a class on every line:

div.poetry {
  margin: 1em 0 1em 2em;
}

div.poetry p {
  margin: 0;
  padding-left: 3em;
  text-indent: -3em;
  text-align: left;
}

div.poetry p.indent {
  margin: 0;
  padding-left: 5em;
  text-indent: -3em;
  text-align: left;
}

div.poetry p.space {
  margin-top: 1em;
}

<div class="poetry">
  <p>line of poetry</p>
  <p class="indent">indented line of poetry</p>
  <p>line of poetry</p>

  <p class="space">line of poetry in new stanza</p>
  <p>line of poetry</p>
  <p>line of poetry</p>

  <p class="space">line of poetry in new stanza</p>
  <p>line of poetry</p>
  <p>line of poetry</p>
</div>

Obviously there are many ways to skin that cat!