Instr:                  Susan Firer
Office:               CRT 576,   229-6993
e-mail:                sfirer@uwm.edu
Office hours:    by appointment

Course Information:                   MWF   9:30am   CRT 321
 

Course Description
 

 To introduce students to some basic structures and techniques through the analysis of a wide range of poetry.  In combination with their reading and discussion, students will also implement what they've learned by writing a ten page maanuscript which is tied to the poetry studied in class for structure and technique.

Texts:
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY, 6th edition, edited by A. Poulin Jr.
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND, edited by Steve Kowit

Weekly Calendar:
Week 1     Image
Week 2     Syllabic Verse
Week 3     Sonnet
Week 4     Line
Week 5     Element Ode
Week 6     Dramatic Monologue
Week 7     Villanelle
Week 8     Destina
Week 9     Occasional
Week 10   List Poem
Week 11   Narrative
Week 12   Epistle
Week 13   Prose Poem