Wikipedia:List of infoboxes/Proposed/Infobox Poetry

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Title
Author	Anonymous

This infobox is meant to be used on articles about specific poems. For novels that are just long poems, {{Infobox Book}} should be used.

For example: Suicide in the Trenches, Dolores (Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs). See the huge Category:Poems.

Blank infobox:

{{Infobox Poem
| title = 
| author = 
| authors =
| image = 
| imagesize =
| caption =
| lines =
| line1 = 
| line2 = 
| linenum = 
| language =
| titlenoteng =
| written =
| released =
| part of =
| meter =
| scheme =
| form =
| themes =
| footnotes =
}}

What the parameters mean:

title	Title of the poem. Use quotation marks or italics as needed.
author	author of the poem. If not used, the text "Anonymous" will show
authors	use instead of "author" if more than one author contributed
image	the name (without the image prefix) of an appropriate image, preferably not of merely text (unless important manuscript). Image size and caption are part of the image.
lines	the number of lines
line1	a significant quote from the poem, italicized
line2	use with line1 if you wish to quote two lines
linenum	the line numbers of the quote, if appropriate
language	original language of the poem
titlenoteng	If not written in English, original title of the poem. Use in addition to "title"
written	approximately when the poem was written
released	when the poem was released to the public, or published
part of	if part of a larger work, list that
meter	meter. For example: Iambic tetrameter
scheme	rhyme scheme, if any. For example: AABBABC, couplet
form	use if meter and scheme are covered by one element. For example: Blank verse, Onegin stanza
themes	themes in poem, if any
footnotes	self-explanatory