# Poetry

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Insert poetry. Use special spacing formats. Or quote song lyrics.

- **Name:** `core/verse`
- **Category:** [text](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-text/)
- **API Version:** [3](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-api-versions/)
- **Block Type:** [Static](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/) (saved in post content)
- **Keywords:** `poetry`, `poem`, `verse`, `stanza`, `song`, `lyrics`

## Attributes

_Defined via the [`attributes`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/) property in block.json._

| Attribute | [Type](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#type-validation) | [Default](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#default-value) | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `content` | `rich-text` | — | [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#value-source): `rich-text`. [Selector](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#value-source): `pre`. [Role](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#role): `content` |

## Supports

_Defined via the [`supports`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/) property in block.json._

- [`anchor`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#anchor): `true`
- [`background`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#background):
  - `backgroundImage`: `true`
  - `backgroundSize`: `true`
  - `gradient`: `true`
- [`color`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color):
  - [`gradients`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-gradients): `true`
  - [`link`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-link): `true`
- [`dimensions`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#dimensions):
  - `minHeight`: `true`
- [`typography`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#typography):
  - [`fontSize`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#typography-fontsize): `true`
  - [`lineHeight`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#typography-lineheight): `true`
  - [`textAlign`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#typography-textalign): `true`
- [`spacing`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#spacing):
  - `margin`: `true`
  - `padding`: `true`
- [`interactivity`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#interactivity):
  - `clientNavigation`: `true`

## Block Markup

This is a [**static block**](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/). The markup is saved directly in the post content.

```html
<!-- wp:core/verse -->
<pre class="wp-block-verse">A <em>verse</em>…<br>And more!</pre>
<!-- /wp:core/verse -->
```

## Source

- [block.json](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/verse/block.json) ([reference](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-metadata/))
- [Source directory](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/verse/) — browse `edit.js`, `save.js`, `index.php`, and more.

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