Verse block

Go to the List of Blocks

The Verse block is specifically designed for writing poetry, song lyrics, or other literary expressions. Unlike the Paragraph block, the Verse block preserves all spaces and line breaks exactly as you enter them. This makes it ideal for content where formatting, such as indentation or line breaks, is critical to the meaning or presentation.

Common uses for the Verse block

• Poetry: Maintain the structure of stanzas and verses
• Song Lyrics: Preserve the formatting of choruses and verses
• Literary Excerpts: Keep the original spacing and line breaks intact

Add a Verse block

To add a Verse block, click on the “Block Inserter” (+)  and select the Verse block.

You can also type /verse and hit enter in a new paragraph block to add one quickly.

Detailed instructions on adding blocks

Block toolbar

Every block comes with unique toolbar icons and block-specific user controls that allow you to manipulate the block right in the editor.

The Verse block shows nine buttons in the block toolbar:

• Transform to
• Drag icon
• Move arrows
• Change text alignment
• Bold
• Italic
• Hyperlink
• More Rich Text options
• More options

The layout of the Verse block on your site may vary according to the styles set by the theme you are using.

Transform to

Click on the “Transform” button to convert the Verse block into a Paragraph, Group, Details, Preformatted or Columns block.

Block-moving tools

To drag and drop the block to a new location on the page template, click and hold the rectangle of dots, then drag to the new location. The blue separator line indicates where the block will be placed. Release the left mouse button when you find the new location to place the block.

Move arrows

Use the block-moving tools to move the Verse block.

The drag or six dots icon allows you to freely reposition the block anywhere within the editor by holding the icon and dragging it to the new location.

You can also use the arrow icons to move the block up or down within the group of nested blocks or when there are multiple blocks.

Get more information about moving a block within the editor.

Change text alignment

• Align text left – Make the block left-aligned.
• Align text center – Make the block alignment centered.
• Align text right – Make the block right aligned.

Bold and Italics

You can select the text of the block and use the “Bold” option or “Ctrl+B” / “Cmd+B” on your keyboard to bold it, which is usually heavier than the surrounding text.

You can select the text of the block and use the “Italic” option or “Ctrl+I” / “Cmd+I” on your keyboard to italicize it, which usually appears slanted to the right.

Link

Use the link option to add a link to the Verse block. It’s also possible to set it to open the link in a new tab.

Read about more link editing options.

More rich text options

The drop-down menu to the left of the More options menu contains a range of additional rich text editing options such as highlighting, inline code, strikethrough, and more.

Read about more rich text editing options.

More options

The Options menu represented by three vertical dots on the far right of the toolbar gives you more features such as the ability to duplicate or remove the block.

Read about these and other settings.

Block settings

Every block has specific options in the editor sidebar in addition to the options found in the block toolbar. 

Color

The Verse block provides Color settings options to change the text and background colors.

See this guide for more information about changing colors

Background image

Choose the Add background image button to select an image to appear behind the text of the Verse block.

Typography

The Verse block provides typography settings to change the font family, size, appearance, line height, letter case, letter spacing, and decoration.

Get more details about changing typography settings

Dimensions

The Verse block provides dimension settings options to change padding and margin size.

Learn more about dimension controls

Border

The Verse block provides border settings options to add border color, width, and radius.

Learn more about border settings

Advanced

HTML anchor allows you to make a unique web address for a particular Table block. Then, you’ll be able to link directly to a Table block of your page. The Additional CSS class(es) lets you add CSS class(es) to your block, allowing you to write custom CSS and style the block as you see fit.