Grades 8 - 12
Web-based
college undergraduate
one course below:
0.5 credit
Session Dates and Application Deadlines
20 weeks, 12 weeks Early Summer, or 6 weeks Intensive Mid Summer This course is an introduction to contemporary poetry, emphasizing prosody. Prosody is the term given to the musical aspects of poetry, the patterns and conventions of sound, and the effects they have on the reader or audience. Imagery in poems is also explored. Students write their own poems and also read and comment on the work of well-known poets such as William Blake, Lucille Clifton, and Seamus Heaney. Comprehensive revision, based on in-depth critiques from the instructor, is strongly emphasized. The course includes a required, on-line, asynchronous writers' workshop in which participants post feedback for one another.
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All CTY Online courses require a properly-maintained computer with Internet access and a recent-version web browser (such as Explorer 6, Firefox, or Safari). Students are expected to be familiar with standard computer operations (e.g. login, cut & paste, email attachments, etc). |
Spam blockers, parental controls, and other internet filtering software must allow email from JHU (jhu.edu & jhem.jhu.edu), and from the instructor's email address (provided at start of course). Important: Frequent changing of a student's screen name or email address is inversely proportional to success. |
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