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Title
Author Anonymous

This infobox is meant to be used on articles about specific poems. For novels that are just long poems, {{Infobox Book}} should be used.

For example: Suicide in the Trenches, Dolores (Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs). See the huge Category:Poems.

Blank infobox:

{{Infobox Poem
| title = 
| author = 
| authors =
| image = 
| imagesize =
| caption =
| lines =
| line1 = 
| line2 = 
| linenum = 
| language =
| titlenoteng =
| written =
| released =
| part of =
| meter =
| scheme =
| form =
| themes =
| footnotes =
}}

What the parameters mean:

title Title of the poem. Use quotation marks or italics as needed.
author author of the poem. If not used, the text "Anonymous" will show
authors use instead of "author" if more than one author contributed
image the name (without the image prefix) of an appropriate image, preferably not of merely text (unless important manuscript). Image size and caption are part of the image.
lines the number of lines
line1 a significant quote from the poem, italicized
line2 use with line1 if you wish to quote two lines
linenum the line numbers of the quote, if appropriate
language original language of the poem
titlenoteng If not written in English, original title of the poem. Use in addition to "title"
written approximately when the poem was written
released when the poem was released to the public, or published
part of if part of a larger work, list that
meter meter. For example: Iambic tetrameter
scheme rhyme scheme, if any. For example: AABBABC, couplet
form use if meter and scheme are covered by one element. For example: Blank verse, Onegin stanza
themes themes in poem, if any
footnotes self-explanatory