[uf-new] I propose a new microformat for poems.

[paul_wilkins at xtra.co.nz]

From: Michael Walker <mike at yarrt.com>
> <div class="poem">
>    <p class="verse">
>      Standing by the roadside,<br />
>      A tall dark man,<br />
>      Wore a long brown coat,<br />
>      Stood in the rain.
>    </p>



I've never been keen with using breaks.

A
more semantically correct answer is provided with XHTML 2.0 where a
line element is defined so that awful breaks aren't required in things
like poems.
If they were used, then the poem would look like this:

<p class="verse">
  <l>Standing by the roadside,</l>
  <l>A tall dark man,</l>
  <l>Wore a long brown coat,</l>
  <l>Stood in the rain.</l>
</p>

Until such code is supported though, a modified form can be used

<p class="verse">

  <span class="l">Standing by the roadside,</span>

  <span class="l">A tall dark man,</span>

  <span class="l">Wore a long brown coat,</span>

  <span class="l">Stood in the rain.</span>

</p>


with a style of
.l { display: block; }


It's bulkier than just having breaks, but it gives warm fuzzies to the the semantic leprechaun within me.

-- 
Paul Wilkins