six roses on a book of poetry

ENGL 1420: Poetry

Introduces students to how to read a poem by examining the great variety of poems written and composed in English from the very beginning of the English language until recently. Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Literature and the Arts Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities Departmental Category: General Literature...

abstract movement

ENGL 1420: Poetry

Poetry is alive. Poets have written for more than a thousand years and continue to study, write and perform poetry today. Poetry is not meant to wither and die in dusty pages on forgotten shelves. It is meant to be heard, read and voiced—aloud and alive. This course will introduce...

ENGL 1420: Poetry (Fall 2019)

Introduces students to how to read a poem by examining the great variety of poems written and composed in English from the very beginning of the English language until recently. Additional Information: Arts Sci Core Curr: Literature and the Arts Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities Departmental Category: General Literature...

An abstract painting with many scribbled marks

ENGL 1420-002: Poetry (Spring 2019)

I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide or press an ear against its hive. I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out, or walk inside the poem's room and feel the walls...

Silhouette of a woman over a landscape

ENGL 1420-003, 004: Poetry (Spring 2019)

Introduces students to how to read a poem by examining the great variety of poems written and composed in English from the very beginning of the English language until recently.

Illustration of Bob Dylan

ENGL 1420-001: Poetry (Spring 2019)

This course introduces you to the great variety of poetry written in English and to some of poetry's most creative and powerful voices. We will begin by training ourselves in how to recognize a poem – its meter, rhyme, structure, and intense focus on words – and in how to...

Cogs, wheels, and differently shaped letters spelling out Poetry

ENGL 1420-003: Poetry

This course introduces students to reading poetry by examining the great variety of poems written and composed in English from the very beginning of the English language until recently.

A gold pen doodling in a red, black, and gold scrolling design

ENGL 1420-001, 002: Poetry

This course introduces students to reading poetry by examining the great variety of poems written and composed in English from the very beginning of the English language until recently.