ENGL223

Students will recognize literary patterns; repetition, meter, various rhyme forms including internal rhyme, blank verse, varieties of rhythm, alliteration, assonance, consonance, etc.

Students will explore denotation and connotation of words and phrasings, their implications to meaning, the evocation of emotion through work choice and juxtaposition, and the uses and effects of enjambment.

Students will employ the use of the line as a primary form, line breaks, stanza development, free verse versus closed, effects on narration and diction in a poem.

Students will recognize and use figurative language such as symbol, allegory, metaphor, simile, trope, and explore the relationship the literal and figurative, the closely observed and the abstract, and develop layers of meaning in a poem.

Students will construct concrete and abstract poems and use persona, theme, tone, and effective titles to create structure and control their effects.

Students will explore the use, variety, and appropriation of traditional punctuation in poems, as well as the importance of what is not revealed.

Students will experiment with character and dialogue in poetry when appropriate.

Students will employ paradox, tension, and conflict.

Students will explore publishing, how to research markets, prepare work for submission, develop a query letter, and learn the different types of publications from journals and literary magazines, and explore genre vs. mainstream publishing trends.