5. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (often plural) an informal word for quotation mark: put it in quotes. interj an expression used parenthetically to indicate that the words that follow it form a quotation: the president said, quote, I shall not run for office in November, unquote....
To show the location of the quote, include line numbers (if specified in the text) or a page number (if the poem is published across multiple pages). Quoting and citing poetry in the text The second stanza begins with an ominous prophetic voice asking “What are the roots that clutch, ...