Template:RQ:Browning Poems/documentation

For Robert Browning’s poems, see Template:RQ:Robert Browning Poems.

Usage

This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's work Poems (1st edition, 1844; and new edition, 1850, both 2 volumes). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books and the Internet Archive:

• 1st edition (1844)
  • Volume I (contents).
  • Volume II (contents; archived at the Internet Archive).
• New edition (1850) – with the addition of "Sonnets from the Portuguese"
  • Volume I (contents; archived at the Internet Archive).
  • Volume II (contents; archived at the Internet Archive).

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

New edition (1850)

• |edition= – mandatory: if quoting from the new edition (1850), specify |edition=new
• |sonnet= – if quoting from "Sonnets from the Portuguese" which are only published in this edition, specify the sonnet number in uppercase Roman numerals.

Both editions

• |1= or |volume= – mandatory: the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, either |volume=I or |volume=II.
• |2=, |poem=, or |title= – mandatory: the title of the poem quoted from.

Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Parameter value	Result	First page number
		1st edition (1844)	New edition (1850)
Volume I
A Drama of Exile	A Drama of Exile	page 1	page 1
Volume II
Catarina to Camoens	Catarina to Camoëns; […]	page 229	page 431
Only in the new edition
Volume I
Prometheus Bound	Prometheus Bound. From the Greek of Æschylus.	page 137
Volume II
A Sabbath Morning at Sea	A Sabbath Morning at Sea	page 325

• |part= – if the poem is divided into parts, the part of the poem quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals.
• |stanza= – if the poem is divided into stanzas, the stanza of the poem quoted from in Arabic numerals.
• |3= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory: the page or range of pages quoted from. If quoting a range of pages, note the following:
  • Separate the first and last page number of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=10–11.
  • You must also use |pageref= to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).

This parameter must be specified to have the template link to an online version of the work.

• |4=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
• |footer= – a comment on the passage quoted.
• |brackets= – use |brackets=on to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.

Examples

1st edition (1844)

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Browning Poems|volume=I|poem=A Drama of Exile|page=7|passage=I might say, / That who despairs, acts; that who acts, '''connives''' / With God's relations set in time and space; {{...}}}}; or
  • {{RQ:Browning Poems|I|A Drama of Exile|7|I might say, / That who despairs, acts; that who acts, '''connives''' / With God's relations set in time and space; {{...}}}}
• Result:
  • 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “A Drama of Exile”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 7:

    I might say, / That who despairs, acts; that who acts, connives / With God's relations set in time and space; […]

New edition (1850)

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Browning Poems|edition=new|volume=I|poem=Future and Past|page=362|passage=Then I, long tried / By natural ills, received the comfort fast, / While budding at thy sight, my pilgrim's staff / Gave out green leaves with morning dews '''impearled'''.}}
• Result:
  • 1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Future and Past”, in Poems. […], new edition, volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 362:

    Then I, long tried / By natural ills, received the comfort fast, / While budding at thy sight, my pilgrim's staff / Gave out green leaves with morning dews impearled.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Browning Poems|edition=new|volume=II|poem=Sonnets from the Portuguese|sonnet=XLII|page=479|passage=How do I love thee? Let me '''count''' the ways.}}
• Result:
  • c. 1845–1846, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sonnets from the Portuguese”, in Poems. […], new edition, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], published 1850, →OCLC, sonnet XLII, page 479:

    How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.