Appreciating Poetry 231 ENG

Course Description & Syllabus 

Description and Objective:

 The objective of this course is to introduce the students to English poetry; to enable them to understand and appreciate its essential characteristics as a literary genre. With the help of these select poems, covering a wide range of themes, the students will be acquainted with the craft of verse. It also seeks to equip the students with the necessary techniques like devices of comparison, devices of grammar, devices of sound, etc. to critically appreciate the poems. The textbook contains a glossary of literary terms for easy reference.

Text books:

• Sound and Sense An Introduction to Poetry by Laurence Perrine & Thomas R. Arp.
• NTC's Dictionary of Literary Terms by Kathleen Morner and Ralph Rausch

Course Plan :

• WEEK 1: Registration
• WEEK 2: Introduction to poetry
• WEEK 3: "The Eagle" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• WEEK 4 : Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare
• WEEK 5 : "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
• WEEK 6 :"Ballad of Birmingham" by Dudley Randall
• WEEK 7 : "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath
• WEEK 8: 1st mid Term Exam
• WEEK 9: *** BREAK ***
• WEEK 10 : "Metaphors" by Sylvia Plath
• WEEK 11 : "The Sick Rose" by William Blake
• WEEK 12 :"I Wander Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth
• WEEK 13 : "I'm nobody! Who are you?" by Emily Dickinson
• WEEK 14 : 2^nd mid Term Exam
• WEEK 15 : "Dying" by Emily Dickinson.
• WEEK 16 : Make up exam & Revision                                     

Grading Policy:

•   Attendance, Home Assignments and participation : 10 points ( copying Home Assignment from another student will cost you your grade). 
• 1^st and 2^nd In-Term Exam: 25 points ( Cheating will not be tolerated, there is NO excuses will be accepted ).                                      
•  Final Exam: 40 points.