Core Course, Lesson #02: What is a Poem?
 
You don't know much about poetry yet, but you'd like to?
You feel you've scratched the surface with poetry, but want to go deeper?
You know a thing or two about poetry, but could use some new perspectives?
 
It's tough to write a poem without a clear idea of what a poem is, but that question ‘what is a poem?’ is even tougher to answer! This lesson takes you on a whistle stop tour of Anglophone poetry to learn about what poetry once meant, how it changed, and what it means now.
 
What is included in this class?:
 
A (very condensed!) lecture on the history of poetry in English, some key points, how 'poetry' changed, how we might define a poem today.
An exercise on the differences between poetry and prose, with refelction. 
 
 
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