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My original file is a .docx and I am converting it into a .epub file using Calibre
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Your best bet by far will be to use paragraph styles in the .docx in Word (or whatever you are using to make the docx). The paragraph styles will convert to the style you want in the epub. The style you will want for this is called a hanging indent; it has a generous left margin and then a negative value for the first-line indent. The result is, if a line over-flows, it will be indented below the first line.
Search for using paragraph styles in Word Help, and also search for poetry styles or hanging indent styles. By setting the margin and the indent you can control exactly how it works in your document. This will save you mucking about with conversion settings or editing the epub.
In general, use paragraph styles for ALL formatting on the word processor side, except for italics and bold within a paragraph. It will make everything soooo much easier.
Below is a picture of what a setting like this looks like in Writer; Word will be somewhat similar. This setting will indent the whole poem 1 cm from the margin and give a further .5 cm indent to overflow lines.