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Topic
Note: When a reading is assigned
for discussion, bring the book from
which the reading comes with you to class. Otherwise, you'll be marked absent. |
Reading
- POYH: In the Palm of
your Hand
- 13Ways: Thirteen Ways
of Looking at Poem
- CAP: Vintage Book of
Contemporary American Poetry
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8/24 |
Introduction to Course: Four
Levels of Poetry
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Homework
- 13Ways pp 1-28
- Bishop "The
Bight" and "Brazil, January 1, 1502"
from CAP
- Join the class message
board
what
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8/26 |
Poetic
Reading and invention
- Reading
- Keeping a notebook
- Discussion: Bishop "The
Bight" and "Brazil, January 1, 1502"
from CAP
- L'homme
arme
- Etymology of Awful:
[Middle English aweful, awe-inspiring, blend of
awe, awe; see awe, and *ayfull, awful (from Old
English egefull : ege, dread + -full, -ful).]
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Homework
what
to study for quiz |
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T |
8/31 |
Mixing memory and desire
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Homework
- POYH 64-78; 94-100
- Exercise(1): *Write one of the following (due Sunday
night September 12):
- object poem based on "Consider the Accordion"
- refrain poem based on MacNeice
- Mullen's Momma Sayings
- Poem based on a photograph
what
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R |
9/2 |
Image and Metaphor
- The Image
- Tenor and vehicle
- Synaesthesia
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Homework
- Reading
sheet due for Tuesday (save as lastname_firstname_2.doc
or docx)
- Read these Directive examples:
- Find three surprising metaphors in CAP. Be prepared
to discuss them
what to study
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T |
9/7 |
VOICE/PERSONA
- Who is speaking?
- How many voices
- Is a character created as a mask for the poet? In
other words, is there a persona?
- Does the poet fictionalize him/herself?
- Does the poet draw attention to him/herself?
- Is the voice introverted? Meditative?
- Does the poem imply a particular context or setting
or set of circumstance? How are they presented?
- How private are the circumstances? How general?
- How is the sound, syntax and/or structure used to
help shape the voice?
- What tone does the speaker adopt?
Is the voice controlling? powerful? weak? playful?
ignorant? naive?
- What is the point of view? Is there more than one
point of view being presented?
Directives
Imperative
mood
Context
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Homework
- Reading
sheet due for Monday
- (2) *Write a directive. Send it to me electronically
(as an attachment) by Sunday night September 12.
- Read 13Ways 374-405
what to study for quiz |
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9/9 |
All Directives AND all memory poems due electronically
by Sunday night.
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Homework
- Read and respond to the poems posted for the next
class as well as the poems posted on the
class message board.
- Print the poems for in-class discussion and bring
them to class, along with two copies of your comments. (Use the same structure to comment on the poems
online).
what to study for quiz |
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T |
9/14 |
Reading sheet tips
Workshop
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Homework
- Read and respond to the poems posted for the next
class as well as the poems posted on the
class message board.
- Print the poems for in-class discussion and bring
them to class, along with two copies of your comments. (Use the same structure to comment on the poems
online).
- Read POYH 225-233 (Nature Poems)
what to study for quiz |
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R |
9/16 |
Workshop
Nature poems and cliche poems
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Homework
what to study for quiz |
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T |
9/21 |
Persona poems
Repetition |
Homework
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9/23 |
Sestinas--group sestina
Interesting words
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Homework
- Reading
sheet due for Monday
- (5) *Write a sestina. Hand in your sestina or persona
poem electronically (as an attachment) for workshop
by Sunday night.
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T |
9/28 |
All sestinas and persona poems due electronically
by Sunday night. Please indicate which one you prefer
to workshop.
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Homework
- Read and respond to the poems posted for the next
class as well as the poems posted on the
class message board.
- Print the poems for in-class discussion and bring
them to class, along with two copies of your comments. (Use the same structure to comment on the poems
online).
what to study for quiz |
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R |
9/30 |
Workshop
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Homework
- Read and respond to the poems posted for the next
class as well as the poems posted on the
class message board.
- Print the poems for in-class discussion and bring
them to class, along with two copies of your comments. (Use the same structure to comment on the poems
online).
Reminder: you must have a paper topic
by next Wednesday |
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T |
10/5 |
Workshop
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Paper Topic Due
Homework
- Reading
sheet due for Monday
- Read and respond to the poems posted for the next
class as well as the poems posted on the
class message board.
- Print the poems for in-class discussion and bring
them to class, along with two copies of your comments. (Use the same structure to comment on the poems
online).
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R |
10/7 |
Workshop |
Homework:
what to study for quiz |
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T |
10/12 |
Accentual verse and syllabic verse
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Homework:
- POYH 65-69,146-153
- (6) *Write a poem either in syllabics or in anglo-saxon
verse
what to study for quiz |
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R |
10/14 |
Fall Break |
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T |
10/19 |
Fall Break |
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R |
10/21 |
Blank
verse (with Kim McMurtry's blank
verse version)
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Homework:
- Reading
sheet due for Monday
- (7) *Write at least 14 lines in Iambic pentameter
- 13Ways chapter 3
what to study for quiz |
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T |
10/26 |
More on blank verse
slant rhyme and rhyme hiding
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Homework
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R |
10/28 |
Rhyme, continued....and Ecstatic poetics
Exercise: Half
poems
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Homework
- Reading
sheet due for Monday
- Read POYH 102-120
- (8) Write "ecstatic" poem (optional).
- by Sunday evening, send at least 2 or 3 poems, including
the following poems, as attachments (6) *accentual
or syllabic, (7) *blank verse. Make sure you put only
one poem per document; entitle the document [lastname]_poemname.doc[or
docx].
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T |
11/2 |
Found Poems, Collages, and Cut-outs
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- Read and respond to the poems posted for the next
class as well as the poems posted on the
class message board.
- Print the poems for in-class discussion and bring
them to class, along with two copies of your comments. (Use the same structure to comment on the poems
online).
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R |
11/4 |
Workshop (new poems have been posted
online too--don't forget to give feedback)
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Tomorrow is the last day to drop with a W
- Reading
sheet due for Monday
- 9) Write a found poem, collage, or cut-out
- Read and respond to the poems posted for the next
class as well as the poems posted on the
class message board.
- Print the poems for in-class discussion and bring
them to class, along with two copies of your comments. (Use the same structure to comment on the poems
online).
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T |
11/9 |
Workshop
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- Read and respond to the poems posted for the next
class as well as the poems posted on the
class message board.
- Print the poems for in-class discussion and bring
them to class, along with two copies of your comments. (Use the same structure to comment on the poems
online).
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R |
11/11 |
Workshop
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Homework:
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T |
11/16 |
Rhyming
Rhyme Dictionary
Terza rima or infernal meter
Villanelle
- Villanelle (a
definition with examples including Thomas, Do
Not Go Gentle...
- Another definition with most
of the classic examples including Bishop, Art
of Losing; Roethke, I Wake to Sleep
- E.A. Robinson, The
House on the Hill
- Wilde, Theocritus:
A Villanelle
- Auden, Villannelle (note white text)
- Justice, Villanelle
at Sundown
- Disch, Rapist's
Villanelle
- Williams, Villanelle
for the Cows (search)
- Kumin, The
Nuns of Childhood
- Cramer, Villanelle
After Burial and Entropic
Villanelle (scrolll down)
- a
list of other villanelles by famous authors (not
all links guaranteed to work)
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Homework:
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R |
11/18 |
Workshop
Poems about Art
Poems about Poetry
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- (11) Write an ekphrastic poem or ars poetica
- Read and respond to the poems posted for the next
class as well as the poems posted on the
class message board.
- Print the poems for in-class discussion and bring
them to class, along with two copies of your comments. (Use the same structure to comment on the poems
online).
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T |
11/23 |
PAPER DUE
Discussion of papers
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- Read 13 Ways Chapter 4 (Elegies)
- Read and respond to the poems posted for the next
class as well as the poems posted on the
class message board.
- Print the poems for in-class discussion and bring
them to class, along with two copies of your comments. (Use the same structure to comment on the poems
online).
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11/25 |
Thanksgiving holiday |
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T |
11/30 |
Workshop and discussion of papers |
- Read and respond to the poems posted for the next
class as well as the poems posted on the
class message board.
- Print the poems for in-class discussion and bring
them to class, along with two copies of your comments. (Use the same structure to comment on the poems
online).
- Read Online: Broughton, Song
for Sampson, Levine, Animals
are passing from our lives; Hardy, Last
Words to a Dumb Friend and At
Castle Boterel; Bishop, North
Haven, Millay from To
Elinor Wylie; Roethke, Elegy
for Jane; Justice, Psalm
& Lament; Dickey, Dusk
of Horses
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12/2 |
Workshop
Elegies and the Portfolio |
Tomorrow is the last day for a medical W
(12) Write an elegy for the portfolio |
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T |
12/7 |
Workshop
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12/9 |
workshop |
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M |
12/13 |
Shakespeare final 12-2:30 PM |
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12/14 |
Poetry workshop final 12-2:30 PM |
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12/15 |
Modern Poetry Final 6-8:50 PM |
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