Understanding Poetry
Training Provider: Singapore University of Social Sciences
Course Reference: TGS-2024047276
S$1,461
About This Course
Identify key elements of poetry and explain how they function in poems.
Show how poetic language and form produce meaning in poems.
Discuss treatment of themes and issues in poems.
Assess poems through critical analysis of their literary features.
Examine the thematic and stylistic effects of key poetic conventions and forms in in poems.
Compare treatment of themes and issues in poems.
What You'll Learn
ELT201 Understanding Poetry looks at the beauty and creativity of language in poems. The focus is on reading and understanding poems, experiencing the pleasure of poetry, as well as appreciating the complexity of this art form. ELT201 introduces the sounds, language, structure, and types of poetry, as well as key poetic conventions and traditions. Students will read a range of poems, from conventional to experimental forms, and from historical to the present-day poems. They will also look at poetic creativity and the value of poetry in today’s world.
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