To format an MLA works-cited list entry for a poem include the poem’s author, the poem’s title, the title of the work in which the poem appears (anthology title, book title, etc.), the editor or author of the work in which the poem appears, the publisher, the year, and the page number. If applicable, also include the anthology’s details, such as edition number and volume number.
Format
Author Last Name, First Name. “Poem Title.” Book Title, Editor’s First and Last Name, general editor, # ed., vol. #, Publisher Name, Publication, Year, p. #.
Example
Frost, Robert. “Home Burial.” Poetry: A Pocket Anthology, R.S. Gwynn, general editor, 3rd ed., Penguin Academics, 2002, pp. 213-15.