| Base Tag Set for Verse (5086 words) |
 | This base tag set is intended for use when encoding texts which are entirely or predominantly in verse, and for which the elements for encoding verse structure already provided by the core tag set are inadequate. |
 | The tags described in section 6.11.1 Core Tags for Verse include elements for the encoding of verse lines and line groups such as stanzas: these are available for any TEI document, irrespective of the base tag set it uses. |
 | To use this element together with the base tag set for verse, the tag set for segmentation and alignment must also be enabled, by an additional declaration in the document type subset, as further described in section 3.3 Invocation of the TEI DTD. |