Break tags: Valid for prose and poetry?

[ChipOManiac]

Poetry of usually divided into stanzas like so

Her man sang
she blushed
the gorgon died

and so on.

In this case is using the break tag valid semantically within a paragraph like so:

<p>
  Her man sang<br/>
  she blushed<br/>
  the Gorgon died
</p>

?

Thanks for any answers.

[xhtmlcoder]

Yes that is correct usage.

[ChipOManiac]

Yes that is correct usage.

Thank you for the reply

Edit: umm how do I edit my first post as solved? I can't seem to find an Edit post anywhere near it.

[xhtmlcoder]

The 'Edit Post' button only stays active for about 30-mins and there is no need to add solved to the original anyway. Usually just a reply like; "that works or thanks that answers/fixes my problem" to an answer is sufficient. In either case many questions can have multiple solutions.

[ChipOManiac]

The 'Edit Post' button only stays active for about 30-mins and there is no need to add solved to the original anyway. Usually just a reply like; "that works or thanks that answers/fixes my problem" to an answer is sufficient. In either case many questions can have multiple solutions.

Oh, well thanks again then

[Yallow]

Finally someone using a <br> correctly. I can't tell you how many times I have seen people using <br> tags instead of padding or margins.

[ChipOManiac]

Finally someone using a <br> correctly. I can't tell you how many times I have seen people using <br> tags instead of padding or margins.

Been there, done it, got bashed for it, reformed myself, and now I can't thank the guy who bashed me enough.

[xhtmlcoder]

No problem. Song lyrics and poems are typically some of the very few places where where the BR element usage would make any sense.

[Stomme poes]

I use them for postal addresses, for when they must be displayed the "postal" way. Address formatting is one area some people can argue over, but I already decided long ago that the newlines belong.

I just saw a CMS doing bad br's:

<ul>
<li>
<p>
some text
</p>
<br/>
</li>
...
</ul>

lawlz.

[felgall]

No problem. Song lyrics and poems are typically some of the very few places where where the BR element usage would make any sense.

The other one I can think of is with computer code in languages where the positions of the line breaks makes a difference to what the code does.