Poem (MLA)
In-text citation
MLA-68
When Homer’s Odysseus comes to the hall of Circe, he finds his men “mild /
Explain
- For a poem, cite the part (if there are a number of parts) and the line numbers, separated with a period.
- For poems that are not divided into parts, use line numbers. For a first reference, use the word “lines”: (lines 5-8). For later references, use just the numbers: (12-13).
Works cited entry
Homer. The Odyssey. Translated by Robert Fagles, edited by Bernard Knox, Penguin Books, 2006.