APA 7
APA 7th Edition is the most commonly used referencing style here at the University of Portsmouth. Below you will find general guidance on how to reference and cite using APA 7th Edition, as well as examples for the specific sources you are likely to use in your assignments.
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An individual poem from an anthology should be referenced in the same way as a chapter in an edited ebook or print book.
A whole anthology by single or multiple authors should be referenced in the same way as an ebook or print book with single or multiple authors.
Use the editor(s) as the author part of your reference and citation, and use your sentence to mention the poet or author by name if required, as shown in the example below.
Reference
Bell, I. (Ed.). (2006). Selected poems. Penguin.
In-text Citation
In this poem Donne uses the technique to... (Bell, 2006, p. 57)