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FORMAL POETRY:  A WORKSHOP IN THE ART OF MEMORABLE LANGUAGE

 

 

    

    

     

   

     

     

    

    

     
 

 

THE U.C.L.A.
          

 

 

 EXTENSION

 

 

WRITERS' PROGRAM will offer the following course, 
taught by Leslie Monsour, during the Spring Quarter:

Formal Poetry: A Workshop in the Art of Memorable Language.

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WHO MAY  

ATTEND

This workshop is designed for experienced poets who wish to pursue alternatives to free verse by employing a contemporary approach to traditional prosody. The emphasis will be on the use of iambic meter, with some attention to accentual and syllabic versification, as well as methods of utilizing rhyme. Examples will be taken from modern works of  poetry, ranging from Robert Frost to the so-called “New” Formalists. 

 


TEXT 

 

BOOK 

 

The required textbook for this class is Timothy Steele’s All the Fun’s in How You Say a Thing (available in paperback). 

 

 

PRE 

 

REQUISITE

X 422.3 Introduction to Poetry Writing, XL 133A Creative Writing: Poetry, or instructor’s permission. Enrollment limited to 15 students.

 

 
INFO 

RMATION 

For enrollment information:                
 

Call 

 (310) 825-9971 or (818) 784-7006 
 
 
 

Snail  Mail 

 inquiries to:

P.O. Box 24901
Department K
UCLA Extension
Los Angeles, CA 90024-0901

 
 

Online 

 click here for the UCLA extension website.
 
 

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