Studying at York
Poets on Form: Exploring the Writing of Poetry Using Form - CED00006C
- Department: Centre for Lifelong Learning
- Module co-ordinator: EL529
- Credit value: 10 credits
- Credit level: C
- Academic year of delivery: 2023-24
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Autumn Term 2023-24 |
Module aims
The module aims to:
- Present students with a wide range of poetry forms that they will explore through close reading in order to inform and enhance their own poetry writing
- Guide students through studies of traditional and contemporary poetry; through fixed form and free verse
- Develop the skills, techniques and understanding required to enable them to express themselves imaginatively and with precision
- Encourage the idea of accessibility of poetry to be owned and enjoyed
- Reinforce the idea that poetry is a spoken art
- Develop students' abilities to critically evaluate their own writing and that of their fellow students
- Lead students to redraft and revise their work
- Guide students toward presenting their work in a professional manner.
Module learning outcomes
At the conclusion of the module the student should have:
- Furthered their understanding of the main characteristics of poetic writing in particular to:
- Grasping rhyme and rhythm
- Realising the importance of imagery
- Understanding a range of the poetic devices used to craft well written poems.
- Explored and written a range of poetic forms and understood their main elements.
- Begun to develop their personal style and voice.
- Demonstrated an ability to write poetry that is credible and original.
- Read widely the work of established poets.
- Furthered their critical faculties and improved their editing skills.
Assessment
| Task | Length | % of module mark |
|---|---|---|
| Essay/coursework Poetry Portfolio & Critical Commentary |
N/A | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Reassessment
| Task | Length | % of module mark |
|---|---|---|
| Essay/coursework Poetry Portfolio & Critical Commentary |
N/A | 100 |
Module feedback
The tutor will give regular individual verbal and written feedback throughout the module on work submitted.
The assessment feedback is as per the university’s guidelines with regard to timings.
Indicative reading
- Astley, Neil Staying Alive: Real Poems for Unreal Times (Bloodaxe, 2002)
- Benson, G & Chernaik, J (eds) Poems on the Underground 10th Ed (Cassell, 1999)
- O'Brien, Sean (ed) The Firebox: Poetry in Britain and Ireland since 1945 (Picador, 1998)
- Peter Sansom Writing Poems (Bloodaxe, 1994)
- Strand, M & Boland, E The Making of a Poem (Norton, 2001)
- Sweeney, M & Hartley Williams, J Writing Poetry (Teach Yourself: Hodder Headline, 1997)