ENGL 880 - Poetry Writing

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Trinity College

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The American poet and critic Randall Jarrell once said that "To have written one good poem..it's like sitting out in the yard in the evening and having a meteorite fall in one's lap." The aim of this course is to encourage the fall of one such meteorite into each class member's lap. Beginning and more advanced writers, teachers, and professionals curious about how writing poetry might improve their prose, may all find this course useful. As part of our search for useful and relevant models, we will read poems from the whole of the world literature, from Sappho to Czeslaw Milosz, with particular attention paid to modern and contemporary American poetry. The course will be taught workshop-style, built around weekly writing assignments and in-depth discussion of poems produced by class members. A final portfolio will be requi 1.00 units, Seminar

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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