Reading Poetry

Calendar

Ses #	Topic	Key dates
1	Recognizing patterns
2	Making poetry in English	1 page introduction due
3	From evidence to analysis
4	Etymologies and rhythms
5	Guest lecture: Shigeru Miyagawa, Senior Associate Dean of Open Learning at MIT Language as system(s)
6	The shape of sentences and the shape of information	3 pp. informal essay due
7	Reading line breaks	3 pp. informal essay due
8	Fixed forms, rhymed and otherwise
9	Guest lecture: Nick Montfort, Poet and MIT Professor New work in computer-generated poetry	3 pp. informal essay due
10	Sound patterns and sense
11	Reading a difficult poem (1)	Presentation on part of an assigned poem
12	Reading a difficult poem (2)	5 pp. revision of and expansion of an informal paper due
13	How do metaphors work?
14	Guest lecture: Tyehimba Jess, Poet
15	How does allusion work? (History)	5 pp. report on “The Waste Land”
16	Guest lecture: Charles Shadle, MIT Lecturer
17	Guest lecture: Kimberly Brown, MIT Visiting Professor	4–5 pp. analytic essay on reading, discussion, and book due
18	Guest lecture: Martha Collins, Poet Translating Poetry
19–23	Student-initiated readings and presentations	5–6 pp. final presentation report due (drawing on work from your student-initiated class)