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Do you put poem in quotation marks?

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yes,

but there are some poems that use quotations like this: 'John is not patient' said my mother and some use it like this: "John is not patient" said my mother. So you should look that up if you want to know how to use it correctly

---- Yes, you put poems in quotations, though it depends on the length. The Iliad can be underlined or italicized since it's so long. Most short stories/poems are quoted and most long stories/poems are italicized/underlined.

Also, the person who wrote "'John is not patient' said my mother [...]" is incorrect. You would have to write it as such: 'John is not patient,' said my mother.

You need a comma, as the sentence is not yet over. 'Said my mother' is not a sentence. Furthermore, the single quotations ( ' ) and double ( " ) are only different because most countries use single quotations, whereas the U.S. uses double quotations. However, they both serve the same purpose. And if you are quoting something within a quote, you use the opposites.

So I said, "And if you are quoting something within a quote, you use the opposites."

So I said, "So I said, 'And if you are quoting something within a quote, you use the opposites.'"

It's rather like Inception.

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No but you do put a comma after each line though (just in case you didnt know.).

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