diff --git a/src/glxml.gleam b/src/glxml.gleam
index 082a923..b1ec66e 100644
--- a/src/glxml.gleam
+++ b/src/glxml.gleam
@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ pub type Attribute {
 pub type Element {
   EmptyElem(name: String, attrs: List(Attribute))
   Element(name: String, attrs: List(Attribute), elements: List(Element))
+  Text(content: String)
 }
 
 pub fn main() {
   parse_document(
-    "<?xml version=\"1.1\" encoding='UTF-8'?>\r\n   <!-- hello-world -->   \n<a attr='ha&#x20;&#38;#38;ha' battr='baba' ref='&amp;'/>",
+    "<?xml version=\"1.1\" encoding='UTF-8'?>\r\n   <!-- hello-world -->   \n<b><a attr='ha&#x20;&#38;#38;ha' battr='baba' ref='&amp;'/></b>",
   )
   |> echo
 }
@@ -70,7 +71,10 @@ fn parse_element(
   doc: String,
   doctype: Option(DocType),
 ) -> Result(#(Element, String), Nil) {
-  try_parsers([parse_empty_elem(_, doctype)], doc)
+  try_parsers(
+    [parse_empty_elem(_, doctype), parse_tagged_elem(_, doctype)],
+    doc,
+  )
 }
 
 fn parse_empty_elem(
@@ -91,6 +95,89 @@ fn parse_empty_elem(
   }
 }
 
+fn parse_tagged_elem(
+  doc: String,
+  doctype: Option(DocType),
+) -> Result(#(Element, String), Nil) {
+  case doc {
+    "<" <> tail -> {
+      use #(name, doc) <- result.try(parse_name(tail))
+      use #(attrs, doc) <- result.try(parse_attributes(doc, doctype, []))
+      let doc = trim_space(doc)
+      case doc {
+        ">" <> tail -> {
+          use #(content, doc) <- result.try(parse_content(tail, doctype, []))
+
+          case doc {
+            "</" <> tail -> {
+              use #(close_name, doc) <- result.try(parse_name(tail))
+              let doc = trim_space(doc)
+              case doc {
+                ">" <> tail -> {
+                  use <- bool.guard(
+                    when: name != close_name,
+                    return: Error(Nil),
+                  )
+
+                  Ok(#(Element(name, attrs, content), tail))
+                }
+                _ -> Error(Nil)
+              }
+            }
+            _ -> Error(Nil)
+          }
+        }
+        _ -> Error(Nil)
+      }
+    }
+    _ -> Error(Nil)
+  }
+}
+
+fn parse_content(
+  doc: String,
+  doctype: Option(DocType),
+  content: List(Element),
+) -> Result(#(List(Element), String), Nil) {
+  use #(chardata, doc) <- result.try(parse_chardata(doc, doctype, ""))
+  let new_content = case chardata {
+    "" -> content
+    _ -> [Text(chardata), ..content]
+  }
+
+  case doc {
+    "<" <> _ -> {
+      case try_parsers([parse_element(_, doctype)], doc) {
+        Ok(#(element, doc)) -> parse_content(doc, doctype, [element, ..content])
+        Error(_) -> Ok(#(list.reverse(new_content), doc))
+      }
+    }
+    _ -> Ok(#(list.reverse(new_content), doc))
+  }
+}
+
+fn parse_chardata(
+  doc: String,
+  doctype: Option(DocType),
+  chardata: String,
+) -> Result(#(String, String), Nil) {
+  case doc {
+    "]]>" <> _ -> Error(Nil)
+    "<" <> _ -> Ok(#(chardata, doc))
+    "&" <> _ -> {
+      use #(refval, doc) <- result.try(parse_reference(doc, doctype))
+
+      parse_chardata(doc, doctype, chardata <> refval)
+    }
+
+    "" -> Ok(#("", ""))
+    _ -> {
+      let assert Ok(#(char, tail)) = string.pop_grapheme(doc)
+      parse_chardata(tail, doctype, chardata <> char)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 fn parse_attributes(
   doc: String,
   doctype: Option(DocType),