Intermediate Poetry Writing

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3 Lecture Hour(s) 0 Lab Hour(s) Students will study the craft of writing and revising poetry. A text on contemporary poetry writing will be assigned to support the reading and analyses of published poetry. The course will examine literary devices, such as diction, imagery, metaphor, rhyme, sound values, line units, meter, and forms. This study will be supported by a workshop devoted entirely to analyzing and discussing student poems. Contemporary authors such as Lucille Clifton, Joy Harjo, Yusef Kumunyakaa, Thylias Moss, Adrienne Rich, Michael Harper, Sharon Olds, Audre Lorde, Amira Baraka, Ethridge Knight, Naomi Shihab, Nye Haki Madhubuti, and Rita Dove will be studied.