Monday, November 20

• In class
  • Lecture on Closed Form, Sonnet, Sestina, Villanelle, Haiku, and the Oulipo
    • Villanelle
      • "Do not go gentle into that good night"
      • Dylan Thomas reading the poem.
    •  Haiku
      • Famous haiku by Matsuo Basho
      • Old Pond haiku translations
      • Basho's Frogger
      • @HaikuD2
    • The Oulipo
      • "Cent mille milliards de poémes"
      • N+7 Generator
      • Snowball - "Liminal Poem"
• Assignment
  • In the Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, read entries on Free Verse.

Wednesday, November 22

• In class
  • Lecture on free verse and open form.
    • "The Red Wheelbarrow"
    • "We Real Cool"
    • "If I Told Him, A Completed Portrait of Picasso"
• Assignment
  • Review everything for the Midterm Exam, which will be on Wednesday, November 29.
  • Write a 1-paragraph proposal of what you plan to write Essay #1 about and what is your angle on the poem. Be prepared to share it in class on Monday.

Friday, November 24 - Thanksgiving Recess