Flush poems to bottom of page

Asked Jun 22 '15 at 16:40

Active Jun 22 '15 at 17:33

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MWE

\documentclass[a5paper,11pt]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{verse}
\usepackage{showframe}

\begin{document}
\newcommand{\attrib}[1]{%
\nopagebreak{\raggedleft\footnotesize\textit{#1}\par}}

\poemtitle{Fleas}
%\settowidth{\versewidth}{You can’t tell a he from a she.}
\begin{verse}%[\versewidth]
What a funny thing is a flea. \\
You can’t tell a he from a she. \\
But he can. And she can. \\
Whoopee! \\
\end{verse}
\attrib{2015}

\newpage

\poemtitle{Fleas}
%\settowidth{\versewidth}{You can’t tell a he from a she.}
\begin{altverse}%[\versewidth]
What a funny thing is a flea. \\
You can’t tell a he from a she. \\
But he can. And she can. \\
Whoopee! \\
\end{altverse}

\begin{altverse}%[\versewidth]
What a funny thing is a flea. \\
You can’t tell a he from a she. \\
But he can. And she can. \\
Whoopee! \\
\end{altverse}

\attrib{2015}

\end{document}

But, That I want,

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All the poems at the bottom of the pages. And poems are flushleft. The date, flushright.

How is it changing macro in my MWE?

I have only one problem. Here the picture. White space in poems.

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edited Jun 22 '15 at 17:33

Thérèse

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asked Jun 22 '15 at 16:40

Özgür

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Do you mean that you want the poem at the bottom of the page? Or do you want it centered on the page? – Thérèse Jun 22 '15 at 16:46
Flushing content to the bottom of the page is achieved using something like \mbox{}\par\vfill \poemtitle.... However, your question isn't quite clear in that regard. – Werner Jun 22 '15 at 16:53
And for centering, see https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/70718 – Thérèse Jun 22 '15 at 16:54
@Thérèse, yes, poem at the bottom of the page. – Özgür Jun 22 '15 at 16:58
@Werner, I am editing. – Özgür Jun 22 '15 at 16:59
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Then put \null\vfill before the poem. – Thérèse Jun 22 '15 at 17:00
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@Thérèse \vspace*{\fill} is the preferred LaTeX way. – egreg Jun 22 '15 at 17:10
Try \raggedright rather than \raggedleft for right-aligned dates? – cfr Jun 22 '15 at 17:14
@Thérèse, edit the my question. – Özgür Jun 22 '15 at 17:24
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Try \setlength{\leftmargini}{0em} to remove the unwanted space at the beginning of the lines. – Thérèse Jun 22 '15 at 17:28
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texdoc verse page 7 to do what @Thérèse suggests in a way which does not affect all list environments (which includes a lot of things you probably don't realise are lists). – cfr Jun 22 '15 at 17:29
What about the titles? Should they still be centred horizontally? – Werner Jun 22 '15 at 17:32

Flush poems to bottom of page

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