CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY

Catalog description

This course introduces students to writing poetry. Students will learn the key formal elements of the poet’s craft, including meter, rhyme, canonical verse forms, imagery metaphor, irony, diction, and the creation of poetic characters. Weekly writing exercises enable students to explore a wide variety of poetic styles; by the end of the course, students will produce a portfolio of poetic work that they share with peers and possibly with the public. May repeat for credit.