Beginner's Guide To Writing Poetry

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A guide for writer's just starting out in writing poetry.

What Will I Learn?

  • understand the purpose of poetry
  • choose imagery that conveys feeling and tone
  • use metaphors, similies, and other figurative language to convey meaning
  • choose the form that best contains meaning for their poems
  • understand the importance of line breaks and stanzas to convey a tone
  • create several poems

Requirements

A notebook or journal for taking observational notes is highly recommended.
It is good to have some grounding in literary devices, but it is not necessary. These lessons explain the basic literary devices to you whether you are just encountering them or just need a refresher.

Description

Many people are intimidated by poetry, but we are actually surrounded by poetry every day. There is so much more to poetry than just what we see on greeting cards. In this course, you will learn the basic tools in every poet's toolbox and how to use those tools to write your own poems.

This course includes videos and exercises that you can download and complete at your leisure. By the end of the course, you should have 10-20 poems that you can compile into your very own poetry chapbook.

In the course you will learn:

  • Why we write poetry in the first place
  • How poems are structured (or not structured!)
  • What kind of devices poets use and how you can use them too
  • What you can do with your poems after you finish them
  • Where you can seek publication for your poems

If you have always wanted to write poetry, but you've been too scared to jump in the water, this course is for you!

Who is the target audience?

  • This course is for beginning poetry writers. No experience required.
  • This course is not for those who have taken higher level college poetry workshops, although those people may still benefit from the course.
  • This course covers the very basics in using figurative language, imagery, and structure in poetry writing.
  • This course is aimed at high school age and up.

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