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14. POETRY14.2.1 Main Poem Title layout parameters\PoemTitleheadstart\printPoemTitlenonum\printPoemTitlenum\afterPoemTitlenum\printPoemTitletitle{〈title〉}\afterPoemTitleThe essence of the code used to typeset a numbered 〈title〉 from a \PoemTitle is:\PoemTitleheadstart\printPoemTitlenum\afterPoemTitlenum\printPoemTitletitle{title}\afterPoemTitleIf the title is unnumbered then \printPoemTitlenonum is used instead of the\printPoemTitlenum and \afterPoemTitlenum pair of macros.The various elements of this can be modified to change the layout. By default thenumber is centered above the title, which is also typeset centered, and all in a \large font.The elements are detailed in the next section.14.2.2 Detailed Poem Title layout parameters\beforePoemTitleskip\PoemTitlenumfont\midPoemTitleskip\PoemTitlefont\afterPoemTitleskipAs defined, \PoemTitleheadstart inserts vertical space before a poem title. Thedefault definition is:\newcommand*{\PoemTitleheadstart}{\vspace{\beforePoemTitleskip}}\newlength{\beforePoemTitleskip}\setlength{\beforePoemTitleskip}{1\onelineskip}\printPoemTitlenum typesets the number for a poem title. The default definition,below, prints the number centered and in a large font.\newcommand*{\printPoemTitlenum}{\PoemTitlenumfont \thepoem}\newcommand*{\PoemTitlenumfont}{\normalfont\large\centering}The definition of \printPoemTitlenonum, which is used when there is no number, issimply\newcommand*{\printPoemTitlenonum}{}\afterPoemTitlenum is called between setting the number and the title. It ends aparagraph (thus making sure any previous \centering is used) and then may add somevertical space. The default definition is:\newcommand*{\afterPoemTitlenum}{\par\nobreak\vskip \midPoemTitleskip}\newlength{\midPoemTitleskip}\setlength{\midPoemTitleskip}{0pt}266