ENGL 071A — Fundamentals of Creative Writing/Poetry 3 Units

Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of writing poetry, such as figurative language, and will explore poetic forms, including the sonnet, blank verse, ballad, haiku, villanelle, and free verse. Students will discuss and analyze poems written by published writers and by their classmates. (C-ID ENGL 200 when combined with ENGL 071B )