21L.704 | Spring 2006 | Undergraduate

Studies in Poetry: From the Sonneteers to the Metaphysicals

Course Description

This course introduces students to some of the most important practitioners of poetry in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England, locating them in their historical and social contexts. We will be emphasizing love poetry or amatory verse, by combining close reading of selected poems with an investigation of the …
This course introduces students to some of the most important practitioners of poetry in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England, locating them in their historical and social contexts. We will be emphasizing love poetry or amatory verse, by combining close reading of selected poems with an investigation of the contexts of English verse.

Course Info

Learning Resource Types
Written Assignments with Examples
Presentation Assignments
Text from Petrarch Sonnet VII.
Sonnet VII by Francesco Petrarch (1304 - 1374). (Image by MIT OpenCourseWare.)