ENGL 1186 — Introduction to Poetry

Poetry is a verbal art form universally understood to be one of a culture's highest forms of expression, truth, and questioning. Students explore the way poets use words in concentrated form to convey sensory, emotional, imaginative, and intellectual experience. Students practice close and full reading of a variety of poems, noting imagery, figurative language, sound, and tone.

Prerequisites: ENGC 0960, EAP 1100, ENGC 1101