14 Apr, 2010
Approaching Poetry With The Open University
Posted by: Dan Smith In: Writing / Literature
Course / Program Name: Approaching Poetry
Hosted by / Sponsored by: The Open University
Course of Study: Writing / Literature
Course Link: Take This Course
Description: This free online course from The Open University is aimed at those who already have a good grasp of poetry writing and consider themselves to be at an intermediate level. It is expected to take approximately 20 hours to complete.
Consisting of 10 sections that follow a lengthy and in-depth introduction, each of the 10 sections covers a topic related to the understanding of poetry and what most poets would consider to be necessary knowledge items, such as rhythm and poetic inversion.
Although the course may be aimed at those who already have an understanding of poetry, it covers a topic that a lot of beginner poets find intriguing – poems that don’t rhyme – meaning that some parts of the course may be of use to those new to poetry writing.