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HTML
<svg id="a" height="210" width="400">
<path id="b" d="M150 0 L75 200 L225 200 Z" />
</svg>
JavaScript
$("#b").hover(function() {
console.log($(this)[0].outerHTML);
});
<svg id="a" height="210" width="400">
<path id="b" d="M150 0 L75 200 L225 200 Z" />
</svg>
$("#b").hover(function() {
console.log($(this)[0].outerHTML);
});