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FORM OF POETRY Section 001 / Fall 2004 / Susan Tichy / Tuesday 7:20-10:00 / Thompson Hall 106 SCHEDULE Week 1: Aug 31: What is form? Weeks 2-5: Foundations of English Poetry Week 3: Sept 14: Syllable-stress
Meter, Scansion, Theories of Metrical Meaning Week 4: Sept 21: Stanza
Form, Rhyme, Intro to Classical Poetics / Start small group
workshop / Start handing in poems & scheduling
conferences toward the first portfolio Week 5: Sept 28: Poetic Closure,
Poetic Structure / Workshop
Week 6: Oct 5: Poetry as
Discourse / Midterm exam distributed Fall Break: No class on Oct 12.
Week 8: Oct 26: Roots of
Free Verse / Workshop / Portfolio due Week 9: Nov 2: Phrasing,
"Parsing Meter", & Syllabics / Workshop Week 10: Nov 9: Panel Discussions:
Free Verse Prosody & Line
Week 12: Nov 23: Translating
Visual Art Techniques: Cubism & Collage / Workshop Week 13: Nov 30: Visual
& Concrete Poetry / Workshop or in-class writing Week 14: Dec 7: Panel Discussions: Genres & Modes / Portfolio due / Final exam distributed Exam Date: Dec 14: Final exam due at 7:30 p.m.
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