ENGLISH G272-1 - The Art of Poetry #6470

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University of Massachusetts-Boston

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MWF 12:00 STOEHR In this course we will read a wide variety of poems from many times and cultures, including poems translated from other languages, all chosen for their clarity, forthrightness, and power to move a reader. In other words, poems that are short and readable, but dense with thought and feeling. We will study them intensively, against a background of statements of purpose and belief, also written by poets. Students will also work on poems of their own creating. Class discussions will focus on the aims and methods of particular poets and their poems, and there will be weekly papers attempting to connect what poets say they are trying to do with what they actually accomplish. Toward the end of the semester a longer paper, constructed out of earlier short papers, will be called for. There will be frequent short quizzes at the beginning of class. Regular and prompt attendance is required.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umb.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 287-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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