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English 3740: Studies in Poetry

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Hello Students! 2013-08-14 news
"Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins 2013-08-14 readings
"Why I Am Not a Painter" by Frank O'Hara 2013-08-16 readings
Week 2 Readings 2013-08-17 readings
Assignment: Responding to a Love Poem 2013-08-21 Assignments
Week 3 Readings: Tone and Speaker 2013-08-23 readings
Week 4: Speaker, Situation, Setting 2013-09-04 readings
Week 5: Time and Place 2013-09-09 readings
Week 6: Language Choices 2013-09-13 readings
Essay #1: Analysis of a Poem 2013-09-16 Assignments
Week 7: Essay and Exam 2013-09-20 news
Week 8: Writing Literal and Figurative Language 2013-09-30 readings
Week 9: The Sounds of Poetry 2013-10-07 readings
Week 10: Sound and Structure 2013-10-14 Assignments, readings
A Tool for Practicing Prosody 2013-10-16 resources
Bonus Opportunities 2013-10-21 bonus
Week 12: External Form 2013-10-28 readings
Week 13: The Whole Poem 2013-11-04 readings
Week 14: Poetry in Context 2013-11-13 Assignments, readings
Week 15: Poetry in Context 2013-11-22 readings
Essay #2: Contextual Analysis of a Poem 2013-11-22 Assignments
Electronic Poetry 2013-12-02 readings
End of Semester Survival Guide 2013-12-07 Assignments, news
Fall 2015 Startup 2015-08-14 news
Week 1: Poetry and Memory 2015-08-14 Assignments
Week 2: Rhythm, Meter, and Rhyme 2015-08-21 Assignments, readings
Week 3: Patterns of sound 2015-08-28 Assignments, readings
Week 4: Sounding it out 2015-09-07 Assignments
Bonus: Greeting Card Analysis 2015-09-07 bonus
Week 5: Sound Check 2015-09-11 Assignments, readings
Week 6: Lines, Stanzas, Poetic Form 2015-09-21 Assignments
Week 7: Written Poetry 2015-09-25 Assignments, readings
Week 8: Time and Motion 2015-10-02 readings
Week 9: Videopoetry 2015-10-14 readings
Week 10: Review and Assessment 2015-10-26 Assignments
Week 11: Generative Poetry 2015-10-26 Assignments
Week 12: Constraint Based Writing 2015-11-01 Assignments
Week 13: Bots! 2015-11-06 Assignments
Week 14: I [game] E-Poetry 2015-11-16 Assignments, readings
Week 15: Writing About E-Poetry 2015-11-23 Assignments, readings
English 3325: Modern Poetry - The Hipster Edition 2015-11-25 news
Week 16: Poetry and Meaning 2015-11-30 Assignments, readings
Week 17: Shutdown 2015-12-07 Assignments, readings
Final Exam 2015-12-11 Assignments
The Poetry Sequence 2017-08-13 news
Fall 2017 Startup 2017-08-14 Assignments
Week 1: Poetry, Media, Technology 2017-08-16 Assignments
Week 2: Poetry as a Technology 2017-08-21 Assignments
Week 3: Rhyme, Rhythm, Meter, Cadence 2017-08-28 Assignments
Week 4: Articulatory Acrobatics 2017-09-11 Assignments
Week 5: Play 2017-10-30 Assignments
Week 6: Writing Sound 2017-11-06 Assignments, readings
Week 7: Structure and Form 2017-11-13 Assignments
Week 8: Closed and Open Form 2017-11-20 Assignments
Week 9: The Search for Meaning 2017-11-27 Assignments
Week 10: Meaning and Metaphor 2017-12-04 Assignments
Week 11: Writing in Time 2017-12-11 Assignments
Week 12: Generative Poetry 2017-12-18 Posts
Week 13: Reading Electronic Poetry 2018-01-06 Assignments
Week 14: Digital Materiality and Media Specific Analysis 2018-01-08 Assignments
Week 15: Poetic Contexts 2018-01-15 Assignments
Week 16: Poetic Traditions 2018-01-22 Assignments
Fall 2017 Final Exam 2018-01-28 Assignments
Hello ASU Students! 2019-08-17 Posts
Week 1: The Materials of Poetry 2019-08-20 Posts
Week 2: The Sounds of Poetry 2019-08-29 Posts
New Group Forum 2019-09-03 Assignments
Week 3: The Music of Poetry 2019-09-03 Assignments
Week 4: Looking at Poems 2019-09-10 Assignments
Essay #1: Material Analysis of a Poem 2019-09-17 Assignments
Week 5: Poetry Beyond the Page 2019-09-17 Assignments
Week 6: Poetry and Meaning 2019-09-24 Assignments
Week 7: Poetic Contexts and Traditions 2019-10-01 Assignments
Weeks 8 & 9: From Analog to Digital Poetry 2019-10-17 Assignments
Week 10: Videopoetry and Kinetic Poetry 2019-10-23 Assignments
Week 11: Generative Poetry 2019-10-29 Assignments
Week 12: Bots and Multimodality 2019-11-05 Assignments
Week 13: Meaningful Interactivity 2019-11-12 Assignments
Essay #2: Researched Analysis and Interpretation of an E-Poem 2019-11-14 Assignments
Week 14: E-Lit History and Methods 2019-11-19 Assignments
Weeks 15 & 16: Past, Present, and Future of Poetry 2019-12-03 Assignments
Week 1: The Materials of Poetry 2022-08-22 Posts
Weeks 2-3: The Sounds of Poetry 2022-08-29 Posts
Weeks 4-5: The Page and Beyond 2022-09-12 Posts
Essay #1: Analysis and Interpretation of Sound in a Poem 2022-09-16 Assignments
Week 6: Poetry and Meaning 2022-09-26 Posts
Weeks 7 & 8: Looking at Poems 2022-10-03 Posts
Weeks 9 & 10: Videopoetry 2022-10-19 Posts
Essay #2: Analysis and Interpretation of Visual Materiality in a Poem 2022-10-28 Assignments
Week 11: Cyborg Poets 2022-10-31 Posts
Weeks 12-13: Meaningful Interactivity 2022-11-07 Posts
Week 14: Hacking and Preserving Digital Poetry 2022-11-21 Posts
Weeks 15-16: History and Politics of E-Poetry 2022-11-28 Posts
Essay #3: Analysis and Interpretation of an E-Poem 2022-11-28 Assignments
Fall 2022 Shutdown 2022-12-12 Posts

Week 4: Speaker, Situation, Setting

September 4, 2013

readings

Monday, September 2

Holiday - no class

Wednesday, September 4

Read Chapter 2 (68-92)

Friday, September 6

Read Chapter 3 (93-105)

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