EGL306

Categories: Part 3, University Courses

About Course

EGL306 (The Language of Poetry) takes you into the world of poetry. It’ll open you to how language is used in poetry and how it differs from other literary genres. Overall, it takes you deeper into the analytical aspect of stylistics, unlike EGL305 that’s largely theoretical.

What Will You Learn?

  • The nature of poetry
  • How poets use language
  • The IRS of poetry
  • Style switching vs style interference
  • How to analyse poems
  • Linguistic and literary devices used in poetry
  • Etc.

Course Content

The Nature of Poetry

  • Introduction
    17:22
  • Scholarly Definitions of Poetry
    13:04
  • Forms of Poetry
    10:14
  • The IRS of Poetry
    18:36
  • Attributes of the Language of Poetry
    11:39

The Language of Poetry vs Other Literary Genres

The Stylistics of Poetry

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Linguistic and Literary Devices in Poetry

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