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An Introduction to Reading and Writing Poetry 
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An Introduction to Reading and Writing Poetry
 at 
Oxford University 
Overview

Learn everything you need to know about Reading and Writing Poetry and give a boost to your professional career

Duration

8 days

Total fee

71,000

Mode of learning

Online

Course Level

UG Certificate

An Introduction to Reading and Writing Poetry
 at 
Oxford University 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate of completion from Oxford university
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An Introduction to Reading and Writing Poetry
 at 
Oxford University 
Course details

What are the course deliverables?
  • Demonstrate a variety of poetic features in their own work
  • Be able to use some of these features with increased skill and confidence
  • Be able to write about their own work using appropriate terminology
  • Be able to discuss poetry more confidently
More about this course
  • Learn about various techniques and use them in their own work
  • They will produce poems and commentaries on their work
  • They will make a three-dimensional poem as well as visit the Ashmolean Museum to create ekphrastic works.
  • Students will complete a small portfolio of poems to take away with them
  • This course aims to allow students to produce a variety of poems in a supportive environment and be able to discuss what they have learned about poetry using appropriate terminology

An Introduction to Reading and Writing Poetry
 at 
Oxford University 
Curriculum

Session 1

Introduction - What am I doing here?

Session 2

The Naming of Parts

Session 3

Writing about poetry -what to say and how to say it

Session 4

Making a poem the Blue Peter way

Session 5

Do not go gentle into that villanelle

Session 6

Dr Who's Sonnet Screwdriver?

Session 7

Things fall apart -product recall

Session 8

Ekphrasis -a 'field trip-to the Ashmolean Museum

Session 9

The taboo of sex

Session 10

I give you this poem

Session 11

Your portfolio needs you

Session 12

Celebration: Where do we go from here?

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An Introduction to Reading and Writing Poetry
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Oxford University 
Faculty details

Mr Jeremy Hughes
Jeremy Hughes has published two novels – Wingspan (2013) and Dovetail (2011). He was awarded first prize in the PoetryWales competition and was short-listed for an Eric Gregory Award. He also publishes short fiction, life writing and reviews. He studied for the Master’s in creative writing at Oxford.

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