Template:RQ:Whitman Leaves of Grass

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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from two editions of Walt Whitman's work Leaves of Grass, the 1st edition (1855), and an 1892 edition that contains the final version of Whitman's poems. It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:

• 1st edition (1855).
• 1892 edition.

The template takes the following parameters:

• |edition= – mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the 1st edition (1855), specify |edition=1st. Otherwise, the template defaults to the 1892 edition.
• |collection= – some of the poems are arranged into collections. Use this parameter to specify the name of the collection. Where an English Wikipedia article about the collection exists, the template links to this article. For help with linking other articles to this template, leave a message on the talk page or at "Wiktionary:Grease pit".
• |1=, |chapter=, or |poem= – mandatory in some cases: the name of the poem quoted from. In the 1892 edition this must be specified. In the 1st edition (1855) the poems are unnamed, but some of the poems were given names in later editions. This parameter can be used to specify these names, which will be displayed in brackets. Where an Engish Wikipedia article about the poem exists, the template links to this article. For help with linking other articles to this template, leave a message on the talk page or at "Wiktionary:Grease pit".

• |part= and/or |stanza= – if a poem is divided into parts and/or stanzas, the part and/or stanza number quoted from in Arabic numerals.
• |2= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page or range of pages quoted from in Arabic or lowercase Roman numerals as the case may be. If quoting a range of pages, note the following:
  • Separate the first and last page number of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=10–11 or |pages=x–xi.
  • You must also use |pageref= to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).

This parameter must be specified to have the template link to an online version of the work.

• |column= or |columns= – if the work is divided into columns, the column number quoted from in Arabic numerals, either |column=1 or |column=2. If both columns are quoted from, either omit this parameter or separate the numbers with an en dash, like this: |columns=1–2.
• |3=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
• |footer= – a comment on the passage quoted.
• |brackets= – use |brackets=on to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.

1st edition (1855)

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Whitman Leaves of Grass|edition=1st|poem=I Sing the Body Electric|stanza=1|page=77|passage=The bodies of men and women '''engirth''' me, and I '''engirth''' them, / They will not let me off nor I them till I go with them and respond to them and love them.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Whitman Leaves of Grass|edition=1st|I Sing the Body Electric|stanza=1|77|The bodies of men and women '''engirth''' me, and I '''engirth''' them, / They will not let me off nor I them till I go with them and respond to them and love them.}}
• Result:
  • 1855 July 4, Walt Whitman, “[I Sing the Body Electric]”, in Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.: , →OCLC, stanza 1, page 77:

    The bodies of men and women engirth me, and I engirth them, / They will not let me off nor I them till I go with them and respond to them and love them.

1892 edition

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Whitman Leaves of Grass|poem=Passage to India|stanza=9|page=322|passage=O soul, voyagest thou indeed on voyages like those? / '''Disportest''' thou on waters such as those?}}
• Result:
  • 1870, Walt Whitman, “Passage to India”, in Leaves of Grass , Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, , published 1892, →OCLC, stanza 9, page 322:

    O soul, voyagest thou indeed on voyages like those? / Disportest thou on waters such as those?