Description
This course is an introduction to the basic elements of the art of poetry. Students will learn how to scan lines for meter and rhythm, learn to analyze in detail the use of figures such a metaphor, metonymy, personification, allusion, and identify and appreciate techniques of sound and structure. Students will explore and discuss figures of logic like irony, parody, allegory and perspective. Students will learn to understand and appreciate the human condition through the voices and poems of diverse people. (Pre-requisite ENG 155)