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An introduction to selected modes and forms of poetry with an emphasis on close textual analysis. Examples will be taken from different historical periods and poetic traditions. Course topic changes; please see the Class Search for the current topic.

From the Instructor: An introduction to selected modes and forms of poetry with an emphasis on close textual analysis. ?All you need is love? goes the Beatles song. From the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans up till the present day, poets have talked about being in love, mourned love lost, and sought to capture what love is and often in short compositions with songlike qualities. To understand how a few sentences, or phrases, or words can express strong personal feelings, this course introduces students to the study of poetry by focusing on literary devices such as meter, metaphor, symbol, and apostrophe and poetic forms such as the sonnet, elegy, ode, and lyric. Poems from many eras and traditions will be examined to uncover conventions about how love and emotion are understood, experienced, and questioned, and to consider how ideas about ?eros the bittersweet? are shared among cultures and across time. LIT 61P fulfills a lower-division requirement for students majoring and minoring in Literature.

Days & Times	Room	Instructor	Meeting Dates
	Online	Chew,K.J.	06/26/23 - 07/28/23