Online Class: Poetry 101: The Way We Word
|  | | | If you've ever wanted to learn a little more about the basics of poetry, this course is for you. If you've toyed with poetry for years, but want to start getting serious, this course is for you. If you want to have fun writing original poems and reading others', this course is for you.
| | Course Cost: 6 Month Subscription Basic Course (no certificate) = $18.00 Course with Certificate & CEUs = $43.00 |
The class, Poetry 101: The Way We Word aims to provide a clear notion of how imagery, metaphor, sound, rhythm, rhyme, and form combine to create a poem. Students will create original poems using the tools of poetry. They also will have the added benefits of sharing their work in a workshop environment and, hopefully, become a better poet, as well as a better reader of poetry.
With time to write original poems, post them, and respond to posts, the course should take six weeks to complete. If you take one week on each lesson and corresponding assignment, you should earn your "Certificate of Outstanding Achievement" in six weeks.
Instructor Scott Wiggerman has a B.A. in English, Grand Valley State University, 1975. M.A. in English and M.L.S., Western Michigan University, 1980. He has published "Vegetables and Other Relationships." Austin, Texas: Plain View Press, 2000. He is an editor of 5 anthologies of poetry: "di-verse-city," (1997), "di-verse-city too" (1998), "tres di-verse-city" (1999), "2001: a di-verse-city odyssey," (2001), and "anniversary di-verse-city," (2002). His individual poems have appeared in numerous publications and poetry anthologies. Earn a certificate and CEUs upon successful completion (additional shipping/handling charges apply for hard copy delivery). UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course,
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 Course Description An introduction to the tools of poetry: imagery, metaphor, sound, rhythm, rhyme, and form. By the end of the course, students should have a clear understanding of what makes a poem a poem, as well as a handful of new poems that they have written. Through a series of six lessons, we will hit upon the essential tools for creating a poem: imagery, metaphor, sound, rhythm, rhyme, and form. Each lesson expands upon the previous lesson to show the interconnectivity of these essential tools, but each one also looks at the tool in and of itself. In the process, we will look at how these tools are used in various poems, by means of definitions, explanations, and examples. The focus is not on poetic terms, but on processes; while designed for the beginning poet, the course would also be a good brush-up for intermediate and even advanced poets. Lesson by lesson, you will then apply these tools to poems of your own creation through assignments. So that we can all learn from each other, these original poems will be posted and "workshopped," meaning not only will you write poems, but you will comment on others' poems. Similarly, you will receive feedback from others on your own poems. Think of the workshop aspect as one of "constructive criticism," a means of creative revision, of growing as a poet.
Course Lessons |  | Lesson 1: Imagery: Where It All BeginsWithout strong imagery, a poem has no foundation to work on. This lesson will look at how imagery is the essential building block of poetry. | Lesson 2: Metaphors Be With YouThis lesson concentrates on the metaphor, a tool of figurative language that poets use for comparison. We will look at both good and bad (e.g., mixed) types, as well as qualities to aspire to. | Lesson 3: Sounds Good to Me!This lesson focuses on the three major tools of sound: alliteration, assonance, and consonance. | Lesson 4: Rhythm's Gonna GetchaThis lesson looks at the variety of ways that a poem establishes its rhythm, including metrical, accentual, and free verse techniques. | Lesson 5: Rhyme TimeThis lesson looks at the many ways of incorporating rhyme into poetry, particularly end-rhyme, internal rhyme, and near rhyme. | Lesson 6: Forms, Formats, and FormulasThis lesson focuses on both the layout of poems into lines and stanzas, as well as specific forms poetry may take. |
Optional Certificates Awarded - Certificate of Class Participation
- Certificate of Appreciation
- Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
Certificates may be awarded by the instructor at his/her own discretion and are based on student merit.
To save your award and have a hard-copy delivered, there is a $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and delivery of the award, as well as access to the UniversalClass™ Portfolio Service that documents your achievements online.
Official awards have a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award (great for employers
to verify your achievement).
| | Additional Information | Course Title | : | Poetry 101: The Way We Word | | CEU Value | : | | | Course Number | : | 4129 | | Course Type | : | Professional Development | | Course URL | : | | | Course Rating | : | Reviewed & Approved on June 6, 2002 | | Instructor | : | | | Syllabus | : | | | Duration | : | Continuous: Enroll anytime! | | Course Fee | : | Basic Course: $18 | | | | |
NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment.
This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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