WR 341 - Poetic Forms

(3.00 cr.)

A study of the ways poems are put together through the science of prosody and the less exact methods of free verse. Each system has its distinctive history, vocabulary, and seminal texts; the thesis is that, whether imposed or discovered, form can always be analyzed. Students read and write about the scholarship of the science, perform extensive scansions and explications of poems, and write their own poems in received, concocted, and ad hoc forms.

Prerequisite: WR 230 .
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer
Years Typically Offered: Annually