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Saturday, July 6th, 2019 8:56 PM

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What's the best way to show theme song lyrics in quotes

Here's two examples of how the lyrics for a show's theme song are quoted. (and ignore the annoying all caps).

One has it with each lyric line as a separate quote line, and the other has it with the entire lyrics in one quote line.

I prefer the one where each lyric line is in a separate quote line (ie Wonder Woman), because it reads more easily.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074074/quotes/?tab=qt&ref_=tt_trv_qu

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058792/quotes/?tab=qt&ref_=tt_trv_qu

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jeorj_euler

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5 years ago

Good question...

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Peter_pbn

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5 years ago

"Quotes should not include line breaks, other than at the end of someone's speech. Any text after a line break will not appear on the site. This means that poems or songs have to be quoted with a slash to mark the end of each line:
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool / Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full."
https://help.imdb.com/article/contrib...

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mathepa_a3hykm7n2dxp2

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Yes, this variant is the only one acceptable when contributing, and all others work some ways in users' lists and polls.

According to the rules, quotes should not include line breaks. However, IMHO, it is good when the couplets have separate lines, e.g.:
Jingle bells, jingle bells, / Jingle all the way, / Oh what fun it is to ride / In a one-horse open sleigh.

Dashing through the snow / In a one-horse open sleigh / Through the fields we go / Laughing all the way.

Bells on bob-tail ring / Making spirits bright / What fun it is to ride and sing / A sleighing song tonight.
...and so on.

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