[header] How to cite a poem [title] Use quotation marks at the beginning and end of the word, line or phrase you are quoting. [step] For example, write " i love thee freely " when you are quoting a line in elizabeth barrett browning's poem. [title] Mention the line of the poem you are citing in parentheses at the end of it. 
[step] So, in the example above, the citation would go: " i love thee freely " (7) when you are using that line from the poem. [title] Put your punctuation outside the parentheses when your citation ends the sentence.