ENG 241 - Lyric Poetry

Institution:

University of Rochester

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This is a course about how to read a poem. We will examine poetry's extreme uses of metaphor, its use of language that is by turns more raw, more plain, and more ambiguous than ordinary prose. We'll be thinking about the force of poetic gesture and poetic voice, about poetry's way of telling a story and its way of keeping secrets, about poetry's immense playfulness, its attention to particularly charged moments of passion and knowledge, and its way of animating the inanimate. We will look closely at the formal tools of lyric poetry – meter, rhyme, sound-shape, line – and the use of traditional genres such as riddle, ballad, hymn, ode, and elegy. Readings will concentrate on the work of a small group of poets, including William Shakespeare, John Keats, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, and Elizabeth Bishop. Applicable English cluster: Major Authors; Poems, Poetry, and Poetics.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rochester.edu

Phone Number:

(888) 822-2256

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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