Template:RQ:T. S. Eliot Prufrock/documentation
Usage
[edit]This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote from a collection of T. S. Eliot's works entitled Prufrock and Other Observations (1st edition, 1917). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work (contents) at the Internet Archive.
| Poem | First page number |
|---|---|
| The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (June 1915) | page 9 |
| Portrait of a Lady (September 1915) | page 17 |
| Preludes (written 1910–1911) | page 24 |
| Rhapsody on a Windy Night | page 27 |
| Morning at the Window | page 31 |
| The Boston Evening Transcript | page 32 |
| Aunt Helen | page 33 |
| Cousin Nancy | page 34 |
| Mr. Apollinax | page 35 |
| Hysteria | page 37 |
| Conversation Galante | page 38 |
| La Figlia Che Piange | page 39 |
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters:
|1=or|page=, or|pages=– mandatory: the page number(s) 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).
- 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 determine the name of the poem quoted from, and to link to the online version of the work.
|2=,|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]- Wikitext:
{{RQ:T. S. Eliot Prufrock|page=9|passage=Let us go then, you and I, / When the evening is spread out against the sky / Like a patient '''etherized''' upon a table; {{...}}}}; or{{RQ:T. S. Eliot Prufrock|9|Let us go then, you and I, / When the evening is spread out against the sky / Like a patient '''etherized''' upon a table; {{...}}}}
- Result:
- 1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 9:
- Let us go then, you and I, / When the evening is spread out against the sky / Like a patient etherized upon a table; […]
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:T. S. Eliot Prufrock|pages=18–19|pageref=18|passage=Among the '''windings''' of the violins / And the ariettes / Of cracked cornets / Inside my brain a dull tom-tom begins / Absurdly hammering a prelude of its own, / Capricious monotone / That is at least one definite "false note."}} - Result:
- 1915 September, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Portrait of a Lady”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, pages 18–19:
- Among the windings of the violins / And the ariettes / Of cracked cornets / Inside my brain a dull tom-tom begins / Absurdly hammering a prelude of its own, / Capricious monotone / That is at least one definite "false note."
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