A Machine Made of Words: Writing Your Best Poems

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Prerequisites: ENGL 2020 , ENGL 2030 , ENGL 2040 , ENGL 3030 , or ENGL 3040 . This course examines in more detail the ways in which poets construct machines from words -- that is, the way that the words of a poem provide their verbal, emotional, and intellectual energy. Through the examination and discussion of both contemporary published poetry and the work of students in the class, students will consider the question: how do poems use language to make sense of (or to defamiliarize) the world and our experience of it? The course counts toward the Certificate in Writing.