Introduction
 
A poem is an expression of certain ideas in a form that is understandable and pleasant to others. Contrary to the traditional form of poem that describes love and nature, a modern poem may or may not reflect the real world.
 
Who should take this course?
 
This course is beneficial for students – who want to know more about modern poetry without having a prior knowledge or experience in this field and for amateur poets – who want to understand the meaning of different verses in the poem written by renowned poets. This guide contains a set of informative video tutorial which will help people in understanding (reading and writing) poetry in an efficient and timely manner.
 
What are the benefits of the course?
 
After completing this course, you will be able to know:
 
- Distinguish between good and bad poetry
- Understand poetry
- Write a few poetic words
 
Table of contents:
 
- Course Introduction
- Poetry and the arrest of life
- Richard Burton reads ‘Adlestrop’ by Edward Thomas
- Poetry and difficulty
- The poet on poetry
- "Sunday Morning" by Wallace Stevens
- “The graveyard by the sea” by Paul Valery
- "The Moon and the Yew Tree" by Sylvia Plath
- "At the Fishhouses," by Elizabeth Bishop
- "At the Fishhouses," Elizabeth Bishop
- What are they trying to tell us?
- Conclusion: What is it and how to understand it?
- James Merrill's "Santorini: Stopping the leak
- Love and the arrest of life
- Charles Wright’s black zodiac
- Stopping the leak - T.S. Eliot's Poem
- Poetry and the way it undermines us
 
Author Bio:
 
This efficient, effective and convenient guide has been designed and prepared by MARGARET SOLTAN, an associate professor of English at George Washington University in the heart of American capital - Washington D.C. Soltan has authored a blog “University Diaries”. Furthermore, she co-authored a book named “teaching Beauty in DeLillo, Woolf, and Merrill (Palgrave Macmillan)” four years ago.