Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 21W.756 (Fall 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Writing and Reading Poems 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Writing and Humanistic Studies 
• Course Instructor(s):
• William Corbett 
• Course Introduction:
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  21W.756 Writing and Reading Poems
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features sample student work in assignments and links to poetry recordings in related resources.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course is an examination of the formal structural and textual variety in poetry. Students engage in extensive practice in the making of poems and the analysis of both students' manuscripts and 20th-century poetry. The course attempts to make relevant the traditional elements of poetry and their contemporary alternatives. There are weekly writing assignments, including some exercises in prosody.