Creative Writing: Freefall: Writing Contemporary Poetry
Course details
Course code
Q00015385Course date
Number of classes
5 sessionsTimetable
Tutor
Stephen SmithFee range
How you'll learn
Venue
OnlineLevel of study
Entry Levels 1,2,3: If you have never studied this subject before and you’re not confident in your skills, Entry levels are a good starting point.
Level 1: Covers basic skills and knowledge needed for this subject
Level 2: Building on basic knowledge or experience. Similar to Grade 4/ C at GCSE or O level in England or Standards in Scotland.
Level 3: Learn about the topic in-depth and have a broad range of skills. Independent working Equivalent to an A level in England or Higher in Scotland.
Beginners: A perfect introduction if you have no experience and skills in this subject.
Improvers: The next step if you have basic skills or knowledge but want to progress them further.
Advanced: Build on the solid experience and skills you have in this subject, applying your skills and knowledge in a more complex way.
Course overview
Course description
Free verse or vers-libre, isn’t quite as free as the absence of rhyme and a strict metre might imply. We will discuss how writers such as Eliot, Pound, and later writers have influenced how lines are written and stressed. On this course we will explore:
How the ghosts of metre and rhyme may exist in free verse, and how to achieve this
How rhythm is generated within free verse through sonic devices.
How rhythms of conversational speech are related to the rhythm of free verse, and how this produces a form of elevated speech.
The course will explore one technique each week and concentrate on workshopping this via the development of a subject during each session. These sessions are built from simple inspiration tasks, discussion and experimentation with ideas and languages, and will enable students to develop writing within each session, along with honing their critical skills as an editor of their poems. Each workshop will be conducted in a mutually supportive atmosphere, in which students will be confident to express their thoughts, imaginations and emotions.
Advice will be given regarding how to edit one’s work and prepare it for submission to magazines or small presses. Come and enjoy writing in a supportive atmosphere.
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