Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2016-2017
FWIS 127 - HOW POEMS WORK
Long Title: HOW POEMS WORK
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Description: Poems start from the meaning of the words and build up through the lines and sentences--and the tension between them--through the play of the vowels and consonants, and the differences between the images and metaphors. When these relationships are understood, a conversation about what the poem means can begin.
Course URL: http://pwc.rice.edu/