What is a poem – a story, an idea, a set of sounds, a catalog of images? What does a poem do, and what do you do with one? 20th Century Poetry introduces students to the fundamental elements of poetry (meter, rhyme, metaphor, image, form) as well as key poets and movements throughout the century. Students read, analyze, discuss, and develop theories about particular poems and poetry over the semester. In addition, students write some exercises and a few poems in order to engage with the techniques under analysis more closely.

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Resources from 2015

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The Annotated Mariner: Reading and Writing in the Margins, Michael W. Hancock

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From Present to Past: Contextualizing the Sonnet, Nicole Trackman

Resources from 2012

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Chaucerian Self-Portrait, Margaret T. Cain

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Manipulating Tone, Margaret T. Cain

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Millie Dies in Style: Crafting Poems in Four Poetic Styles, Dan Gleason

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Name that Invention: Examining Connotation and Sound, Dan Gleason

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America in Verse: The Laureate Project, Leah Kind, Dan Gleason, Erin Micklo, and Margaret T. Cain

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Angel Island Poetry: Reading and Writing Cultures, Adam Kotlarczyk

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Explicating Poetry: Shakespeare's Sonnet 46, Adam Kotlarczyk

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Determining the Tone in a Poem, Erin Micklo

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Performing Poetry: Managing Tone, Pitch, Volume and Rate, Erin Micklo

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The "Purposes" of Poetry, Tracy A. Townsend

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Triggering Subjects v. Actual Subjects, Tracy A. Townsend

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A Poet’s Cento: Reflecting on the Written Word through Writing, Nicole Trackman

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Imitism: Learning Imagism through Imitation, Nicole Trackman