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Stu­dents prac­tice the craft of writ­ing ef­fec­tive lyric, nar­ra­tive and ex­per­i­men­tal poems, study­ing poems by ac­com­plished poets and pro­duc­ing poems of their own in a sem­i­nar and work­shop set­ting. Key con­cepts and skills in­clude ob­ser­va­tion and de­scrip­tion, the use of per­sona, im­agery, metaphor, con­no­ta­tion, sound, line breaks, struc­ture in po­etry, syn­tax and gram­mar. The course in­cor­po­rates a va­ri­ety of cul­tural per­spec­tives in the the­ory and prac­tice of writ­ing po­etry.

Students practice the craft of writing effective lyric, narrative and experimental poems, studying poems by accomplished poets and producing poems of their own in a seminar and workshop setting. Key concepts and skills include observation and description, the use of persona, imagery, metaphor, connotation, sound, line breaks, structure in poetry, syntax and grammar. The course incorporates a variety of cultural perspectives in the theory and practice of writing poetry.