<lg>

| ## Text Encoding Initiative
### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines # <lg>

`<lg>` | (line group) contains a group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit, e.g. a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
Attributes | Global attributes and those inherited from chunk, divn
Example |
    <lg type="free">
       <l>Let me be my own fool</l>
       <l>of my own making, the sum of it</l>
    </lg>
    <lg type="free">
       <l>is equivocal.</l>
       <l>One says of the drunken farmer:</l>
    </lg>
    <lg type="free">
       <l>leave him lay off it. And this is</l>
       <l>the explanation.</l>
    </lg>
Module | Declared in file teicore2; Core tag sets: enabled when any TEI base is enabled
Class | chunk; divn
Data Description | contains verse lines or nested line groups only, possibly prefixed by a heading.
May contain | addSpan alt altGrp anchor argument byline cb certainty closer dateline delSpan docAuthor docDate epigraph fLib fs fsLib fvLib gap head index interp interpGrp join joinGrp l lb lg link linkGrp milestone opener pb respons salute signed span spanGrp timeline trailer
May occur within | add argument body castList corr div div0 div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 epigraph epilogue item lg metDecl note performance prologue q quote set sic sp stage view
Declaration |
    <!ELEMENT lg %om.RO; ((%m.divtop; | %m.Incl;)*,
                        (l | lg), (l | lg | %m.Incl;)*,
                        ((%m.divbot;), (%m.Incl;)*)*)>
    <!ATTLIST lg
          %a.global;
          %a.divn;>
See further | 6.11.1 Core Tags for Verse; 6.11 Passages of Verse or Drama; 10.2.4 Speech Contents

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