Some basic housekeeping and saying hello.

In this activity there's a chance to learn about some of our favourite poems, and to share some of your own. What intrigues us about these poems? What puzzles us?

In this activity we'll think about the history of poetic tradition. We'll explore how poets have engaged with, adapted, and subverted different traditions.

Summing up what we have covered this week, and suggesting ways to take your thinking further.

This week we're thinking about poetic form—from the sonnet to the ghazal—and we'll discuss how you analyse poetic form.

In this activity, we'll think about the history of poetic form. We'll hear from poets on how they think about form, and you'll have a chance to share what you know about form. What is poetic form?

Brush up your poetry analysis skills with our poetry bootcamp. We'll learn how to think about metre and how to scan a line.

How do we put poems together? How do we print them? Here, we'll hear from the Thin Ice Press on printing poetry and you'll have a chance to think about how you might put a poem together.

Summing up what we have covered this week, and suggesting ways to take your thinking further.

This week we're discussing poetic intertextuality—how intertextuality works and how we consider it.

How do poets talk to other texts? What do they say when they do? In this activity, you'll have the chance to trace the intertexts of a poem, and hear from experts on their favourite poetic conversations.

Do you read poetry in translation? Reading and writing poetry is all about being attentive to language—and so is translating it. In this activity, you'll hear from our experts on why and how you should read poetry in translation.

How do poets talk to visual art? In this activity, you'll learn about the technique of ekphrasis, and get a chance to analyse a paired poem and painting.

Summing up what we have covered this week, and suggesting ways to take your thinking further.

In our final week, we're turning to writing about poetry. Now we know how to read poetry, how do we write about it?

In this activity, you'll have a chance to reflect on how you go about writing about poetry, and hear some advice from poetry scholars.

How do poets and critics write about poetry? We look at three case studies, and you'll have a chance to do some of your own research.

Is poetry 'useful'? How and why do we use it? You'll hear from writers and academics about how they approach poetry, and share your own ideas.

Try your hand at writing poetry. Our Writer in Residence Vahni Capildeo will talk you through the nuts and bolts of writing your own poetry.

Summing up what we have covered this week and on the course as a whole, and suggesting ways to take your thinking further.