Poetry Writing For Dreamers and Non-Dreamers
Poetry
Training
Provided by Online Training Directory
One-on-one mentorship. This course teaches the craft of poetry writing resulting in publication and ISBN(see full description).
This course focuses on the art of poetry on two levels, one as a craft and one as a concept. Basic structure and form are taught along with the encouragement to use only those formats supporting the poet`s vision and intent.
Students will work on a one-to-one mentoring basis with the instructor, Carol Givner. Each student will write three poems each week in various rhyme patterns and rhythms, including free verse. At the end of the course, the Ms. Givner will select the finest work of each poet and invite those artists to publish their work in a chapbook anthology released by Studio E with an ISBN.
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Poetry Writing For Dreamers and Non-Dreamers
Outcomes
The intended outcome is threefold. First, each student will emerge confidently from the course with the basics of poetry writing securely learned and reinforced through feedback from the instructor. Second, each new poet will have crafted quality poetry suitable for chapbook publication. And third, armed with an ISBN and a publishing credit on their resumes, they will continue to write poetry and submit their work for publication or reading.
Assessment
Assessments will not be made by letter grades, because writing poetry is not an ordinary pursuit. Work will be assessed by letters of comment on proficiency in poetic form and the poet`s ability to sail across unknown seas and discover new lands within themselves.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme? You will learn all standard rhyme schemes, as well as external and internal rhyme.
You''ve Got the Rhythm. Or Not. You will investigate patterns of meter and rhythm.
Quatrains and Couplets. Time to format your lines of work. Quatrains and couplets are the basic building blocks of most formal poems.
Sonnets, Shakespearean and Elizabethan. You will learn to craft two beautiful forms of the sonnet.
Blank Verse. Now that you know the structure, you can experiment with no rhyme, except the rhymes of the heart and mind.
Free Verse. And the ultimate freedom is yours, no rhyme, no defined patterns. Only you. "Singing in the Wilderness. Ah, Wilderness." -- Eugene O''Neill. SAMPLE LESSON WEEK 1 Welcome to Poetry for Dreamers and Non-Dreamers. I have a request to make. Please leave your uncertainty at the door and enter with a creative heart! You are welcome in the realm of the Muse. Here, you will learn to write a sonnet to perfection. You will be a poet. Sonnets are written about love and life. They have several basic rhyme schemes. A rhyme scheme is a pattern, with each line ending in a coordinating rhyme. Such as: I saw you in a dream. You were in my heart. We used to be a team, But now we are apart. Corny, I know. But it''s a non-copyrighted example for purposes of instruction. :) The rhyme scheme of the example is a b a b. The first and third lines rhyme, and the second and fourth lines rhyme. There are two kinds of sonnets, both consist of 14 lines each. One is the Shakespearean and the second is the Petrarchan. The English, or Shakespearean sonnet, has the rhyme scheme of abab, cdcd, efef, gg, in the form of 3 quatrains (a grouping of 4 lines) and 1 couplet (a grouping of 2 lines). The Petrarchan, or Italian sonnet, like the ones Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote to her lover, Robert Browning, and from the gossip they were a very romantic couple, usually has a rhyme scheme of abbaabba in the first part of 8 lines called the octave or octet, and xyzxyz or xyxyxy in the last part of 6 lines called the sestet. For your first assignment, I''d like you to write one English sonnet and one Italian sonnet about love or life or both. Do your best work, even if these are the first bits of poetry you''ve ever written. Please email them to me, and I will return them to you with my comments. Don''t worry. Think about my corny example. I know you can do better than that! Then we can move on to the second part of Lesson One, internal and external rhyme. So, curl up in your favorite chair with a pen and paper. Imagine yourself writing poetry to the person of your dreams. And remember, you can say anything in a poem, and it can never be held against you! Your excuse? You were swept away by the Muse! Best, Carol
Contact Hours: 24
The intended outcome is threefold. First, each student will emerge confidently from the course with the basics of poetry writing securely learned and reinforced through feedback from the instructor. Second, each new poet will have crafted quality poetry suitable for chapbook publication. And third, armed with an ISBN and a publishing credit on their resumes, they will continue to write poetry and submit their work for publication or reading.
Assessment
Assessments will not be made by letter grades, because writing poetry is not an ordinary pursuit. Work will be assessed by letters of comment on proficiency in poetic form and the poet`s ability to sail across unknown seas and discover new lands within themselves.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme? You will learn all standard rhyme schemes, as well as external and internal rhyme.
You''ve Got the Rhythm. Or Not. You will investigate patterns of meter and rhythm.
Quatrains and Couplets. Time to format your lines of work. Quatrains and couplets are the basic building blocks of most formal poems.
Sonnets, Shakespearean and Elizabethan. You will learn to craft two beautiful forms of the sonnet.
Blank Verse. Now that you know the structure, you can experiment with no rhyme, except the rhymes of the heart and mind.
Free Verse. And the ultimate freedom is yours, no rhyme, no defined patterns. Only you. "Singing in the Wilderness. Ah, Wilderness." -- Eugene O''Neill. SAMPLE LESSON WEEK 1 Welcome to Poetry for Dreamers and Non-Dreamers. I have a request to make. Please leave your uncertainty at the door and enter with a creative heart! You are welcome in the realm of the Muse. Here, you will learn to write a sonnet to perfection. You will be a poet. Sonnets are written about love and life. They have several basic rhyme schemes. A rhyme scheme is a pattern, with each line ending in a coordinating rhyme. Such as: I saw you in a dream. You were in my heart. We used to be a team, But now we are apart. Corny, I know. But it''s a non-copyrighted example for purposes of instruction. :) The rhyme scheme of the example is a b a b. The first and third lines rhyme, and the second and fourth lines rhyme. There are two kinds of sonnets, both consist of 14 lines each. One is the Shakespearean and the second is the Petrarchan. The English, or Shakespearean sonnet, has the rhyme scheme of abab, cdcd, efef, gg, in the form of 3 quatrains (a grouping of 4 lines) and 1 couplet (a grouping of 2 lines). The Petrarchan, or Italian sonnet, like the ones Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote to her lover, Robert Browning, and from the gossip they were a very romantic couple, usually has a rhyme scheme of abbaabba in the first part of 8 lines called the octave or octet, and xyzxyz or xyxyxy in the last part of 6 lines called the sestet. For your first assignment, I''d like you to write one English sonnet and one Italian sonnet about love or life or both. Do your best work, even if these are the first bits of poetry you''ve ever written. Please email them to me, and I will return them to you with my comments. Don''t worry. Think about my corny example. I know you can do better than that! Then we can move on to the second part of Lesson One, internal and external rhyme. So, curl up in your favorite chair with a pen and paper. Imagine yourself writing poetry to the person of your dreams. And remember, you can say anything in a poem, and it can never be held against you! Your excuse? You were swept away by the Muse! Best, Carol
Contact Hours: 24
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