21W.756 | Fall 2006 | Undergraduate

Writing and Reading Poems

Course Description

This course is an examination of the formal structural and textual variety in poetry. Students engage in extensive practice in the making of poems and the analysis of both students' manuscripts and 20th-century poetry. The course attempts to make relevant the traditional elements of poetry and their contemporary …
This course is an examination of the formal structural and textual variety in poetry. Students engage in extensive practice in the making of poems and the analysis of both students’ manuscripts and 20th-century poetry. The course attempts to make relevant the traditional elements of poetry and their contemporary alternatives. There are weekly writing assignments, including some exercises in prosody.
Learning Resource Types
Written Assignments with Examples
Hands holding a piece of paper.
A homeless man holding a poem he has just written. (Photo courtesy of Premasagar. Used with permission.)