first line of first stanza
second line of first stanza
third line of first stanza.
(each linebreak is added by SHIFT+RETURN)

first line of second stanza
second line of second stanza
    intended third line of second stanza
    intended 4th line of second stanza
    (always with 4 spaces @ the beginnning of the line)

to begin a new stanza press RETURN
after each line of a stanza press SHIFT+RETURN…
…to beginn the next line of a stanza

 

This is an Example on how standardized formating of poetry can work within WordPress. To make it stand-out I selected the whole poem and changed the FONT to ITALIC and increased the FONT-SIZE to 14pt. (IMPORTNAT NOTICE! only working in Standard Editor – never switch to Advanced Layout Editor! It will delete all formating)