Poetry

Course CodeBWR109
Fee CodeS2
Duration (approx)100 hours
QualificationTo obtain formal documentation the optional exam(s) must be completed which will incur an additional fee of $36. Alternatively, a letter of completion may be requested.

Learn to Write Great Poetry 

  • Learn the techniques

  • Improve your skills under guidance from experienced, published professional writers

  • Pursue your passion and explore possibilities for becoming a published poet

  • Engage your readers, learning to expose emotion through the written word

Whatever you write has sound. People hear your words in their heads, and so the sounds you create can draw people's attention to your message. Poets use a range of musical and figurative devices to achieve their effects. Some of these effects relate to the rhythm and metre of the words. The study of rhythm, stress, and pitch in speech is called prosody. In poetry, the meter (or metre) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse.

Who can benefit from taking this course?

  • Anyone interested in writing poetry or poetry analysis.

  • Writers seeking to improve their prose, or develop a lyrical voice and/or tone.

  • Children's writers looking to better understand rhyming schemes and how to implement rigid or flexible structures in children's writing.

  • Writers looking to develop their creative process, or enhance their existing creative process.

  • People looking to engage in reflection, meditation, and healing through writing.

Learn about the different types of poetry and develop your skills to both understand and write poetry, through this course.

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Lesson Structure

There are 9 lessons in this course:

  1. Introduction
    • Nature and Scope of Poetry
    • Brief description of the many different types of poetry
    • Poetic Devices (Rhyme, Assonance, Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Imagery, Symbolism, Simile, Metaphor)
    • Styles that tell a Story (Monody, Ballad, Epitaph)
    • Classic Styles (Sonnet, Ode, Haiku)
    • Monorhyme
    • Trick Poems (Limerick, Tongue Twister, Shape Poem, Palindrome)
    • Styles classified according to Arrangement of Lines (Quatrain Style, Pantoum, Free Verse, Villanelle, Clerihew, Damante, Acrostic Style)
    • Keeping a Notebook
    • Editing
    • Terminology.
  2. The Work of Other Poets
    • Shakespeare
    • Kendall
    • Betjeman
    • Angelou
    • Shelley
    • Dickinson
    • Edgar Allen Poe
  3. Encouraging your creativity.
    • Exploring Creativity
    • Understanding your own Creativity
  4. Developing different styles of poetry ... Some Classic Styles
    • Ode
    • Sonnet
    • Italian Sonnet
    • Haiku
    • Writing Haiku
  5. Developing different styles of poetry ... Following the Rules
    • Quatrain
    • Pantoum
    • Acrostic
    • 21st Century Visual Poetry
  6. Developing different styles of poetry ...Poetry for Story Telling
    • Developing a Story in Poetry
    • Planning a Story
    • Developing Your Voice
    • Ambience
    • Ending a Story
    • Epitaph Style
    • Monody
  7. Developing different styles of poetry ... Styles for Fun and Trickery
    • Funny Poems
    • Tongue Twisters
    • Limericks
  8. Getting your work published
    • Creative Writing Resources
    • Other Industry Resources
    • How and Where to Get Published
    • Self Publishing
    • Vanity Publishing
  9. The next phase ... how to continue to improve

TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND ENROL NOW!

Study this course for the love of poetry.

Learn to write beautiful or meaningful poems.

Write for personal interest or to improve your writing skills for work.

Become a poet.

You can enrol on the course now, but if you have any questions about the content of the course or studying with ACS, then please get in touch with us today - use our FREE COURSE COUNSELLING SERVICE to get in touch with our expert tutors. They will be pleased to help you!

 

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