When typing the title of a poem do you underline it in text?

You don't underline the title of a poem in text. Here's why:

* Modern Style: Underlining was more common in the past, but today it's generally considered outdated.

* Italicization: The preferred way to format a poem title in text is to *italicize* it.

* Quotation Marks: If you are writing about a poem and quoting lines from it, you would use quotation marks around the lines of poetry.

Here's an example:

"The Raven" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems. In the first lines, the speaker says, "*Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."*