Explore some of the best poetry from England – classics that are beautiful and memorable including poems from: Donne, Shakespeare, Shelley, Wordsworth, Blake and Coleridge. We’ll cross centuries and styles and learn about what makes these poems and their poets so famous. Each week, one or more poems will be introduced. Each poem will be unpacked for it’s content, context and techniques. We will also discuss themes, tone and audience.

DELIVERY MODE

• Hybrid (Face-to-Face and Online simultaneously)

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Understand how poetic techniques are used effectively by the poet to affect an audience
2. Perceive the rich diversity of subject and style within Australia’s poetic canon
3. Unpack poetry through understanding how to analyse from a three reading approach
4. Understand the importance of context, tone and delivery in bringing a poem to life