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The Art of Poetry
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- 6 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on March 28, 2016
- Ends on May 9, 2016
Course details
Syllabus
- How to think about, read, listen to, and engage with poems
- Historical and contemporary poems through topics like form, poetry and music, parody, and difficulty
- The means to inspire your own lifelong study of poetry
Prerequisite
Instructors
- Robert Pinsky
- Duy Doan
- Laura Marris
- Calvin Olsen
- Tomas Unger
- Sarah Handley
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