Template:RQ:Lowell Poems
1844, James Russell Lowell, “(please specify the page)”, in Poems, Cambridge, Mass.: John Owen, →OCLC:
- The following documentation is located at Template:RQ:Lowell Poems/documentation. [edit]
- Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox
Usage
[edit]This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from James Russell Lowell's work Poems (1st edition, 1844; and revised edition, 1849, 2 volumes). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:
- 1st edition (1844; contents).
- Revised edition (1849):
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters:
|edition=– mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the revised edition (1849), specify|edition=rev. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the 1st edition (1844).|volume=– mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the revised edition, the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, either|volume=Ior|volume=II.|1=,|chapter=, or|poem=– mandatory in some cases: if the template does not indicate the name of the chapter or poem quoted from, use this parameter to specify it. If quoting from one of the chapters or poems indicated in the second column of the following table, give the parameter the value (if applicable) indicated in the first column:
| Parameter value | Result | First page number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st edition (1844) | Revised edition (1849), volume I | ||
| In the 1st and revised editions | |||
| [Specify the page] | To William Page (written 15 December 1843) | page v | page v |
| [Specify the page] | A Legend of Brittany (1844) | page 1 | page 1 |
| Miscellaneous Poems | |||
| Prometheus | Prometheus (1844) | page 67 | page 67 |
| Song | Song (1841) | page 85 | page 85 |
| Sonnets | |||
| Sonnet I | Sonnet I (1844) | page 231 | page 219 |
| [Specify the page] | L’Envoi. To M. W. (1844) | page 269 | page 245 |
| Only in the revised edition | |||
| Volume I | |||
| Threnodia | Threnodia (1839) | page 47 | |
| Volume II | |||
| The Present Crisis | The Present Crisis (December 1845) | page 375 | |
|stanza=– the stanza number quoted from, in uppercase Roman numerals if indicated in the work, otherwise in Arabic numerals.|2=or|page=, or|pages=– mandatory: the page number(s) quoted from in Arabic or lowercase Roman numerals, as the case may be. 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=10–11or|pages=v–vi. - You must also use
|pageref=to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
- Separate the first and last page number of the range with an en dash, like this:
- This parameter must be specified to have the template link determine, in some cases, the name of the chapter or poem, and the part of the poem, quoted from, and to link to an online version of the work.
|3=,|text=, or|passage=– the passage to be quoted.|footer=– a comment on the passage quoted.|brackets=– use|brackets=onto 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
[edit]- 1st edition (1844)
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Lowell Poems|stanza=I|page=3|passage=Fair as a summer dream was '''Margaret''',— / Such dream as in a poet's soul might start, / Musing of old loves while the moon doth set: {{...}}}} - Result:
- 1844, James Russell Lowell, “A Legend of Brittany. Part First.”, in Poems, Cambridge, Mass.: John Owen, →OCLC, stanza I, page 3:
- Fair as a summer dream was Margaret,— / Such dream as in a poet's soul might start, / Musing of old loves while the moon doth set: […]
- Revised edition (1849)
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Lowell Poems|edition=rev|volume=II|poem=The Present Crisis|page=60|passage=Far in front the cross stands ready and the crackling fagots burn, / While the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe return / To '''glean''' up the scattered ashes into History's golden urn.}} - Result:
- 1845 December, James Russell Lowell, “The Present Crisis”, in Poems, revised edition, volume II, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, published 1849, →OCLC, page 60:
- Far in front the cross stands ready and the crackling fagots burn, / While the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe return / To glean up the scattered ashes into History's golden urn.
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