# Writing and Reading Poems

A homeless man holding a poem he has just written. (Photo courtesy of Premasagar. Used with permission.)

### Instructor(s)

William Corbett

### MIT Course Number

21W.756

### As Taught In

Fall 2006

### Level

Undergraduate

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

- Assignments: written with examples

## Course Description

This course is an examination of the formal structural and textual variety in poetry. Students engage in extensive practice in the making of poems and the analysis of both students' manuscripts and 20th-century poetry. The course attempts to make relevant the traditional elements of poetry and their contemporary alternatives. There are weekly writing assignments, including some exercises in prosody.

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- Literature > Creative Writing
- Literature > Poetry
- Literature > Criticism

William Corbett. 21W.756 Writing and Reading Poems. Fall 2006. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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