A homeless man holding a poem he has just written. (Photo courtesy of Premasagar. Used with permission.)
Instructor(s)
William Corbett
MIT Course Number
21W.756
As Taught In
Fall 2006
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
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.