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Some other basic environments

The verse environment
For writing verse or poetry. Separate lines with the newline command (\\)
and stanzas with a blank line, the same as for separating paragraphs in
text.

The verse environment is for poetry. Lines which wrap are

outdented.
This is because individual lines are important
Because it’s for poetry!

The verse environment is for poetry. Lines which wrap are

outdented.
This is because individual lines are important
Because it’s for poetry!

The quote environment

The quote environment does not indent its paragraphs, but it
does separate them with space. The quote environment does not
indent its paragraphs, but it does separate them with space.
The quote environment does not indent its paragraphs, but it
does separate them with space. The quote environment does not
indent its paragraphs, but it does separate them with space.

The quotation environment

The quotation environment does indent its paragraphs. The
quotation environment does indent its paragraphs. The quota-
tion environment does indent its paragraphs.
The quotation environment does indent its paragraphs. The
quotation environment does indent its paragraphs. The quota-
tion environment does indent its paragraphs.

The different environments for quotations are very similar. I would recom-
mend you choose one and run with it rather than mixing the two in a single
document.
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The verbatim environment

This environment is for displaying literal TEX code source. It has some
improvements in the memoir class, based on the verbatim package.

% An example document
\documentclass[article]{memoir}
\begin{document}
Hello world.
\end{document}