At the project Henrik Ibsen's Writings we encode detailed metrical
structures in both poems and verse dramas. We use <lg> and <l> for metrical
structures and <div> for drama structures. We do not number the <lg>
elements, since they are nesting. We have added more attributes for
notation of deviations and anacruses. Here is an example, the opening
passage of Norma:

<div type="act">
<div type="scene">
...
<lb/><sp who="ARIOVIST"><spOpener><speaker>Ariovist</speaker>.</spOpener>
<lb/><lg type="stikisk knittel" an="single" met="bi+ 8|9" rhyme="r|R"><l
first="yes" met="v-vv-vv-vv-" rhyme="a">Her staae vi paa Frihedens frieste
Jord,</l>
<lb/><l met="vv-vv-v-vv-" rhyme="a">I det gamle, ja, i det ældgamle
Nor!</l></lg>
<lb/><stage>(afsides)</stage>
<lb/><p>Ja, for Norge er Død og Pine et ældgammelt Land.</p></sp>
...
</div>
</div>

We have also changed our dtd to allow more elements inside <lg>, for
instance <div> (suitable when whole scenes are written in the same meter).

Stine Brenna Taugbøl.

At 16:19 01.03.2004 -0500, you wrote:
>I am curious:
>
>How many projects encoding poetry use the TEI's provision for marking
>the metrical or rhyme scheme?
>
>And how many projects encoding poetry use numbered LG elements (i.e.
><lg1>, <lg2>, etc.)?
>
>Many thanks--Julia
>
>--
>Julia Flanders
>Director, Women Writers Project
>Scholarly Technology Group
>Box 1841, Brown University
>Providence, RI 02912
>401-863-2135
>http://www.wwp.brown.edu