Intermediate Poetry Online Short Course

Course overview

Taught through a combination of lectures, close reading, discussion and exercises, this exciting six-week course is designed to help students broaden their understanding of poetry.

During the course, students gain inspiration on how to stretch a poem's ability to convey an experience or thought. Students find fresh ways to approach a poem and write regularly in response to creative prompts.

The course covers several key topics including forms of address, disruption, poetic forms, movement and imagery. By the end of the course students should have developed their ability to write different types of poems and expanded their knowledge of poetry.

Who this course is for

This course is aimed at anyone with a good foundational knowledge of poetry (intermediate level) and the ability to write fluently in English. Students should have taken a beginner poetry course or previously attended poetry workshops.