Monday, August 29 In class: The Music of Poetry – lecture and discussion Assignment: In The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, read “Scansion” “Trimeter” “Tetrameter” “Pentameter” Write a 1-2 paragraph metrical analysis of “When I Was One and Twenty” and “The Tyger” (you can print them out from here) (scan poems, identify metrical patterns… Continue reading Weeks 2-3: The Sounds of Poetry
Month: August 2022
Week 1: The Materials of Poetry
Monday, August 22 In class: Introductions Course overview Poetry and Materiality “Why I Am Not a Painter” by Frank O’Hara “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas “Elegy for Three Astronauts” by Mary Ellen Solt “Strings” by Dan Waber Assignment: Read the first and third chapters in Orality and Literacy: The… Continue reading Week 1: The Materials of Poetry