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<lg1>

<lg1> (line group) contains a first-level (i.e. largest) group of verse lines functioning as a formal unit e.g. a stanza, refrain, verse paragraph, etc.
Attributes Global attributes and those inherited from comp.verse, divn
Example 
<lg1 n="VIII" type="stanza">
   <lg2 type="sestet">
      <l>In the first year of Freedom's second dawn</l>
      <l>Died George the Third; although no tyrant, one</l>
      <l>Who shielded tyrants, till each sense withdrawn</l>
      <l>Left him nor mental nor external sun:</l>
      <l>A better farmer ne'er brushed dew from lawn,</l>
      <l>A worse king never left a realm undone!</l>
   </lg2>
   <lg2 type="couplet">
      <l>He died &dash; but left his subjects still behind,</l>
      <l>One half as mad &dash; and t'other no less blind.</l>
   </lg2>
</lg1>
Module Declared in file teivers2.dtd; Base tag set for Verse: enabled by TEI.verse
Class comp.verse; divn
Data Description contains verse lines or nested line groups only, possibly prefixed by a heading.
May contain addSpan alt altGrp anchor cb certainty delSpan fLib fs fsLib fvLib fw gap head index interp interpGrp join joinGrp l lb lg2 link linkGrp milestone pb respons span spanGrp timeline
May occur within argument body castList div div0 div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 epigraph epilogue metDecl performance prologue set
Declaration 
<!ELEMENT lg1 %om.RO;
((%m.Incl;)*, (head, (%m.Incl;)*)?,((l|lg2),(%m.Incl;)*)+)> 
<!ATTLIST lg1  
      %a.global;
      %a.divn;>
See further 9.2 Structural Divisions of Verse Texts

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