Subject Guides: MLA Citation Guide (9th ed.): Poetry and Drama

Poetry and Drama

Single Poem
Poetry Collection
Single Play
Play in a Collection

Poetry

Single Poem

Example: Diaz, Natalie. "It Was the Animals." Poets.Org, 2020, https://poets.org/poem/it-was-animals. Accessed 11 May 2024.

Elements: Author. "Title of source." Title of container, publication date, location. Date of access.

Poetry Collection

Example: Angelou, Maya. Maya Angelou: The Complete Poetry, Random House, 2015.

Elements: Author. Title of source, publisher, publication date.

Drama

Single Play

Example: Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun, Bloomsbury, 2009.

Elements: Author. Title of source, publisher, publication date.

Play in a Collection

Example: Shakespeare, William. "The Tempest." The Broadview Anthology of Drama: Plays from the Western Theatre, Concise ed., edited by Jennifer Wise and Craig S. Walker, Broadview Press, 2005, pp. 133-202.

Elements: Author. "Title of source." Title of container, version, contributors, publisher, publication date, location.