Poetry 100 Certificate Course

There are 9 lessons:

1. Introduction
   • Nature and Scope of Poetry
   • Brief description of the many different types of poetry
   • Poetic Devices (Rhyme, Assonance, Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Imagery, Symbolism, Similie, Metaphor)
   • Styles that tell a Story (Monody, Ballad, Epitaph)
   • Classic Styles (Sonnet, Ode, Haiku)
   • Monorhyme
   • Trick Poems (Limerick, Tonge Twister, Shape Poem, Palindrome)
   • Styles classified according to Arrangement of Lines (Quatrain Style, Pantoum, Free Verse, Villanelle, Clerihew, Damante, Acrostic Style)
   • Keeping a Notebook
   • Editing
   • Terminology.
2. The Work of Other Poets
   • Shakespeare
   • Kendall
   • Batejeman
   • Angelou
   • Shelley
   • Dickinson
   • Edgar Allen Poe
3. Encouraging your creativity.
   • Exploring Creativity
   • Understanding your own Creativity
4. Developing different styles of poetry A (Some Classic Styles)
   • Ode
   • Sonnet
   • Italian Sonnet
   • Haiku
   • Writing Haiku
5. Developing different styles of poetry B (Following the Rules)
   • Quatrain
   • Pantoum
   • Acrostic
   • 21st Century Visual Poetry
6. Developing different styles of poetry C (Poetry for Story Telling)
   • Developing a Story in Poetry
   • Planning a Story
   • Developing Your Voice
   • Ambience
   • Ending a Story
   • Epitaph Style
   • Monody
7. Developing different styles of poetry D (Styles for Fun and Trickery)
   • Funny Poems
   • Tongue Twisters,
   • Limericks
8. Getting your work published (how and where)
   • Creative Writing Resources
   • Other Industry Resources
   • How and Where to Get Published
   • Self Publishing
   • Vanity Publishing
9. The next phase (how to continue to improve)

• Learn to Write All types of Poetry -Serious, Witty, Funny
• Develop your ability to write and understand different types of poetry
• Explore how you can use your poetry -at home, work and play

Whatever you write has sound. People hear your words in their heads, and so the sounds you create can draw people's attention to your message. Poets use a range of musical and figurative devices to achieve their effects. Some of these effects relate to the rhythm and metre of the words. The study of rhythm, stress, and pitch in speech is called prosody. In poetry, the meter (or metre) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse.

The process by which we create a poem may be more important than the actual poem we create. Studies have shown that creativity can emerge after periods of depression and loneliness. Creative expression can benefit us in many ways. For example, Elizabeth Layton created line drawings to develop her talent and used her creativity to overcome her depression. As you will learn, many great poets may have experienced depression and loss.