{poetry} is for questions addressing issues related to the poetry package.
Questions tagged [poetry]
89 questions
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Typesetting poems
I have ~250 poems to typeset, consisting of ~40 verses each. 99% are in this form:
line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4
line 5
line 6
line 7
line 8
...
The "source" of each poem is a PDF file which I use to copy / paste into a plain text file.
Now the…
topskip
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Avoid Page Break Within Poem Stanza
I'm trying to typeset some poetry, but I would like to force pagebreaks to occur between stanzas, to avoid breaking within a stanza. I've searched for a variety of methods, shown within my example below, but none of them seem to be working. Is there…
Dylan Kinnett
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Scansion Bars Between Syllables in Poetry
To put faint, non-kerning lines between syllables, is there a way for the command to detect if it is adjacent to a space and if so to (a) restore the space, and (b) place the bar midway? (Alternately, user could place \m between spaces, like to be,…
commonhare
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Multiple volume collection with poemscol: Volume titles on verso pages
I'm making a collection on multiple volumes of poetry with poemscol.
In page 13 of poemscol manual says:
Be sure to reset the style of page numbering (from \pagenumbering{roman} to \pagenumbering{arabic}) after issuing \putpoemcontents.
But if I…
Guillermo Olmedo
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Don't reset line numbers using Poetry package
I would like line numbers to not reset when using poetry environment.
Consider this MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{poetry}
\setcounter{poemlinenumsevery}{5}
\begin{document}
{\bf First}
\begin{poem}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,…
e_moro
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Errors with poemscol
Running into errors with poemscol. When I run the script below I get the following errors (just a sample)
Undefined control sequence. \fancyhfoffset
Missing \begin{document}. \fancyoffset[
etc.…
Aengus
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How do I get space before title?
I attempt to get larger space between the poem number and the title of the poem, but do not succeed. What should I do?
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage{verse}
\PassOptionsToPackage{bookmarks, colorlinks=false,…
Frode Alfson Bjørdal
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Unwanted line shift
How do I get rid of the unwanted line shift between the second and third line?
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage{verse}
\PassOptionsToPackage{bookmarks, colorlinks=false, hidelinks}{hyperref}
% Use PoetryTeX;…
Frode Alfson Bjørdal
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Writing poems and tales
i am trying to write a book of poems and short tales.
I do not pretend change font colour and things like that. Only poems and tales with a title. Maybe you know about some useful templates also.
As i am new in Latex just came here for some…
HernanProust
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