Course: ING 211 Introduction to Poetry

Topic outline

General
This introductory course to poetry aims to teach students the distinct features of the art of poetry and figurative language, while helping them to develop their analytical skills and improve their appreciation of poetry.
- Ders izlencesi File
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zeynep Z. Atayurt-Fenge URL
WEEK 1
- Introduction to the course File
- "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins File
WEEK 2
- Reading poetry File
- Essays on poetry URL
WEEK 3
- Understanding poetry File
- How to read a poem URL
WEEK 4
- Poetic language File
- "What makes a poem ... a poem?" URL
WEEK 5
- «A poem should not mean/ But Be» File
- "MacLeish's 'Ars Poetica'" File
WEEK 6
- "Elevated thought in elevated language" File
- Exercise-Figurative language File
WEEK 7
- Denotation and Connotation File
WEEK 8
- Metaphor and Simile File
- What is metaphor? File
WEEK 9 - Midterm exam
- Poetry analysis template File
WEEK 10
- Metaphor and Simile - continued File
WEEK 11
- Metaphor, Metonymy, Synecdoche, Apostrophe File
- Metonymy and Synecdoche URL
WEEK 12
- Symbolism, Allegory, Paradox File
- "Oedipus the King and 'The Road Not Taken'” URL
WEEK 13
- Understatement, Overstatement, Allusion, Tone File
- Hyperbole and Understatement URL
WEEK 14
- Musical Devices File