Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop
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Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop at Coursera Overview
Duration | 8 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 8 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop at Coursera Course details
- Why just write poems when you can write better ones? This course is built on the notion that the most exciting writing begins after the first draft. It is specifically for folks who believe that writing poems just to express oneself is like using the Internet just for email. After all, poetry can change the way you and your readers think of the world and its inhabitants; it can break new ground for language; turn a blank sheet of paper into a teeming concert of voices and music.
- Though any of us may have the potential to make that happen, having an understanding of how several tools of poetic composition can be used (and audaciously ?mis-used?) gives you more ways to try (and if we do this right, we might surprise ourselves most of all).
- We'll cover key poetic terms and devices by studying poems by a handful of modern and contemporary poets and then get a chance to try our own hand at writing new poem drafts from a select number of prompts. Throughout the course you will have the opportunity to workshop your poem drafts and get feedback on your work, working towards a more polished poem.
Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop at Coursera Curriculum
Introduction and the Poetic Line
Why Take This Course?
The Workshop Process
Workshopping in a MOOC, part 1
The Starting Line
Rack ?em Up: Gwendolyn Brooks' We Real Cool
We/Read Close. We/Take note.
Game Over
Poetry Prompt 1: Line
Syllabus
Instructor Presence and Staff Support
Workshopping in a MOOC, part 2
Academic Integrity
Course Resources
Week 1 Summary
On the Line
Abstraction and Image
What Does a Concept Smell Like?
Beauty?s in the Eye of the Bewildered: Harryette Mullen's [if your complexion is a mess.]
The Wonky Chocolate Factory
Read in the Shade
Poetry Prompt 2: Abstraction & Image
Week 2 Summary
Abstraction & Image
Metaphor and Other Formulas of Difference
It is What it Isn?t
Home Cooking: Victor Hernández Cruz's Red Beans
Lilies and Lava
After Dinner Meant
Poetry Prompt 3: Metaphor
Week 3 Summary
Metaphor
Rhyme
Read Any Good Snooks Lately?
There?s No ?A? in Showdown: Cathy Park Hong's Ballad in A
Lipo-what?!
What That Was
Poetry Prompt 4: Rhyme
Week 4 Summary
Rhyme
Rhythm
Give the Drummer Some!
Rock ?The Bells?: Edgar Allan Poe's The Bells
Put A Ring On It
For Whom the Bell Falls
Clap Clap Clap
Poetry Prompt 5: Rhythm
Week 5 Summary
Rhythm
Sharpened Poetry: Revision Strategies
Introduction
What is Revision?
Where Do I Start Revising?
How Do I Start Revising a Poem I?ve Written in Form?
How do I Incorporate Workshop Feedback Into the Revision Process?
Revision Recap
Give Yourself A Break
Furniture and Figures
Just in the Nick of Rhyme
Rhythm-a-Ning-a-Gain
Final Thoughts
Course Credits
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