03-21-2014, 08:23 PM
If you quote someone else's work in your poem do you need to credit them? Does it matter whether or not you think people should recognize the quote? Can it be considered plagiarism if you don't?
Example: Sylvia by JG
Example: Sylvia by JG
(03-18-2014, 06:06 AM)ellajam Wrote: I also think if you're going to quote in the body of the poem you might want to footnote the credit.
(03-21-2014, 11:53 AM)71degrees Wrote: You do not need the footnote. If a reader doesn't know it's Plath, there would no hope for them anyway. The quoted response is enough.
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