Writing Poetry (Online)
offered by Oxford University

Public University
1 Campus
Estd. 1096

Writing Poetry (Online)
at
Oxford University
Overview

Ability to articulate their intentions and achievement in engaging with poetic form

Duration	10 weeks
Total fee	₹43,750
Mode of learning	Online
Course Level	UG Certificate

Writing Poetry (Online)
at
Oxford University
Highlights

Earn a certificate of completion from Oxford university

Writing Poetry (Online)
at
Oxford University
Course details

Skills you will learn

English

Who should do this course?

For anyone who would like to start to write - or to write better - poetry

What are the course deliverables?

A wide range of verse forms and structures
Notable examples of poetic forms from the history of literature in English
The relative advantages and challenges of one verse form over another
Which forms and techniques are best suited to one's own emerging voice
Competence and confidence in writing in a wide range of verse forms

More about this course

This course is designed to demystify poetic composition, and to help students to gain the confidence to produce poems of their own
It introduces students to a wide range of poems and poetic techniques with the aim of enabling them to gain a deeper appreciation of how poetry works, an understanding of the forms best suited to the kind of statements that they are interested in making, and confidence in deploying such devices as metre, rhyme, figurative language
This course aims to introduce participants to a wide variety of poetic technique and form

Writing Poetry (Online)
at
Oxford University
Curriculum

Rhyme, Rhythm and Metre

Figurative Language

Divisions

Blank Verse

Syllabic verse and free verse

Free Verse II

Lyric Poetry

The Sonnet

Pastoral

What More and What Next

Writing Poetry (Online)
at
Oxford University
Faculty details

Mr Simon Pomery

Simon Pomery’s first collection of ‘infinity poems’, Four Pints of Guinness for Tony Conrad, will be published by FLUF in summer 2019. His work has appeared in Sure Hope, 3am Magazine, P.N. Review, the TLS etc. His PhD research at Royal Holloway is on poethics in recent experimental poetry.

Writing Poetry (Online)
at
Oxford University
Entry Requirements

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Prerequisite: Familiar with using a computer for purposes such as sending email and searching the Internet

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Yes
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