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- user-manual: verse
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When you need to preserve indents and line breaks, use the `verse` block name.
Verses are defined by setting `verse` on a paragraph or an excerpt block delimited by four underscores (`+____+`).

.Verse paragraph syntax
[source]
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include::ex-verse.adoc[tag=para]
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.Result: Verse paragraph
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include::ex-verse.adoc[tag=para]
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When the verse content includes blank or indented lines, enclose it in an excerpt block.

.Verse delimited block syntax
[source]
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include::ex-verse.adoc[tag=bl]
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.Result: verse block
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include::ex-verse.adoc[tag=bl]
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