The benefits of the <PRE> HTML tag

(will you teach a
wretch to live
straighter than a needle)

ask
  her
    ask
      when
        (ask and
        ask
        and ask
again and) ask a
brittle little
person fiddling
in
the
rain

        e.e.cummings

Lookey, using the <PRE> tag, I can display preformatted texts, notably e.e.cummings poetry. That should be a big help to my friend the alpha noodle over at Carpe Verbum, who's trying to display homage to edward.

Preformatted text is ours!