702337 - English Poetry
Credit Hours

3

Pre-requisite

_

Co-requisite

_

Distribution

3+0

This introductory course familiarizes students with basic poetic techniques and conventions such as voice, tone, diction, sound, form, rhyme, rhythm and various figures of speech, including imagery, metaphors, and symbols. These elements are demonstrated and analyzed through the introduction of a selection of English poems. The course also emphasizes textual strategies and accounts for their components in an attempt to develop further understanding of poetry as both an occasion for pleasure and a reflection of human activity.