LG
(i.e. line group)
Description: contains a group of verse lines functioning as a formal
unit e.g. a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
Attributes: [None: global and inherited attributes only.]
Example:
<lg type=free>
<l>Let me be my own fool
<l>of my own making, the sum of it
</lg>
<lg>
<l>is equivocal.
<l>One says of the drunken farmer:
</lg>
<lg>
<l>leave him lay off it. And this is
<l>the explanation.
</lg>
Part: base tag set for common core features
Member of classes: chunk, divn, metrical [and indirectly also:] common
DTD file: teicore2
Data description: contains verse lines or nested line groups only, pos-
sibly prefixed by a heading.
May occur within: add argument body castList corr div div0 div1 div2
div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 epigraph epilogue equiv item lg metDecl
note performance prologue q quote remarks set sic sp stage view
May contain: argument byline closer docAuthor docDate epigraph head l
lg opener salute signed trailer
Declaration:
<!ELEMENT lg - O ((%m.divtop)*, (l | lg)+,
(%m.divbot)*) >
<!ATTLIST lg %a.global
%a.divn
%a.metrical >
Discussed in 6.11.1, "Core Tags for Verse," on page 14.
Discussed in 6.11, "Passages of Verse or Drama," on page 14.
Discussed in 10.2.4, "Speech Contents," on page 19.
This tag is optional.
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Open Tag: REQUIRED
Close Tag: OPTIONAL
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