I have to agree with Elizabeth here. Semantically I'd say that this is one of the few occasions where a <br/> would be appropriate. The verses would be paragraphs of course.
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Elizabeth Spiegel < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have to say I'm at a loss to see how a poem can be interpreted as a list! > One of the simplest tests (for me) of 'is this markup semantically > appropriate?' is to consider what your reaction would be if you saw it > without styles (or more correctly, with default styling). I would > certainly > be taken aback to see a verse marked up as a bulleted list! > > And consider the effect in a screen reader: would it help the vistor to > hear > at the beginning of each verse 'list of twelve items bullet Shall I compare > the to a summer's day? Bullet Thou art more lovely and more temperate > bullet > etc' > > Elizabeth > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Aldona > Sent: Sunday, 22 June 2008 12:46 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] Marking Up Poems > > I've been reading the marking up poems thread with interest but it seems > no one has made what seems to be the most obvious suggestion. When I was > still in class we had an exercise with a poem and used an unordered > list. Would this be a viable option? You could even have a different > list for each verse and then still do the fancy styling. What do people > think of that as an option? > > IceKat > > > > Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > >>> Must you Australian's *always* have the last say? ;) > >> > >> not always, but often. esp if it ends in beer and a party > > > > Is that why what you say most often makes no sense? > > > > :-) > > > > Georg > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
