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Originally Posted by Jellby
Fine, but what if <div class="poem"> belongs logically inside a <p>, like when a character quotes a couple of lines from a poem and then continues speaking? I have to either use <div> instead of <p> and "fake" it, or split the <p> into two <p>'s and "fake" the second being a continuation of the first.
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Let me briefly address your specific issue--quite apart from the general discussion:
Are you sure the quoted lines need be separated out of the body of the paragraph? Sometimes they can be left embedded therein, like so:
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After defeating the monstrously evil Sugar Fairy, the wise little Hedgehog became thoughtful, remembering the words, "Here lies a toppled God/his fall was not a small one./We did but build his pedestal,/a narrow and a tall one" and sighed wistfully.
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Take a look at this page:
http://tinablue.homestead.com/poetryguidesheet.html
It's mostly horrible, but under "3. IN-TEXT and OFFSET STYLES." it explains the sort of quotation I mean.
- Ahi