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Citations of Oldpoetry Items


  • I-Like-Rhymes
    Jun 2 9:03 AM
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    Giving a citation to work appearing at Oldpoetry will, of course, depend on what is being cited. The actual poem, the poets biographical data, poem notes or comments and analysis.

    The poems: Wherever possible information is given in the poem notes of the source material.

    The biographical details: These are normally a synthesis by a member of the Oldpoetry Research Team from a variety of sources including, on occasion, the writer's own knowledge. Where one or more sites have provided the majority of the information that site is usually credited below the biographical notes.

    Poem notes: these are written in the same fashion but there is usually more of the OP team members own words taken from knowledge garnered from a variety of sources over a long period of familiarity with the work or the subject.

    Comments and analysis: These are often simply one persons interpretation and should be treated as opinion not fact.
    The poems and biographical notes are also updated if a verifiable error or omission is brought to light and record of this is not always kept. So what you are citing is not carved in stone and rarely even written on a tangible sheet of paper.

    It is difficult to give standard information like this when the site is viewed world wide and citation styles vary. However each poem at Oldpoetry will have the author's name where it is known and there will usually be a reference in the poem notes as to the original publication details. A fully comprehensive publication history is not possible, even the authors don't always know that!

    In short if you want to cite Oldpoetry itself simply give the internet address of the page where you found the information and the date. If you want you can always go back to source by following any links provided and act accordingly.

    Your citation will depend upon who you submit it to surely! All you can do is say where you saw the particular item (give the webaddress) and when. There is no guarantees that the information is 100% reliable. It’s just the best that we can do

    Hope this helps.

    Oldpoetry Research Team
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