How to Read and Understand Poetry

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Lecture One: "What to Look (and Listen) for in Poems", Part 1

Lecture One: "What to Look (and Listen) for in Poems", Part 2

Lecture One: "What to Look (and Listen) for in Poems", Part 3

Lecture One: "What to Look (and Listen) for in Poems", Part 4

Lecture One: "What to Look (and Listen) for in Poems", Part 5

Lecture Two: "Memory and Composition", Part 1

Lecture Two: "Memory and Composition", Part 2

Lecture Two: "Memory and Composition", Part 3

Lecture Two: "Memory and Composition", Part 4

Lecture Two: "Memory and Composition", Part 5

Lecture Two: "Memory and Composition", Part 6

Lecture Three: "Poets Look at the World", Part 1

Lecture Three: "Poets Look at the World", Part 2

Lecture Three: "Poets Look at the World", Part 3

Lecture Three: "Poets Look at the World", Part 4

Lecture Three: "Poets Look at the World", Part 5

Lecture Three: "Poets Look at the World", Part 6

Lecture Four: "Picturing Nature", Part 1

Lecture Four: "Picturing Nature", Part 2

Lecture Four: "Picturing Nature", Part 3

Lecture Four: "Picturing Nature", Part 4

Lecture Four: "Picturing Nature", Part 5

Lecture Four: "Picturing Nature", Part 6

Lecture Five: "Metaphor and Metonymy I", Part 1

Lecture Five: "Metaphor and Metonymy I", Part 2

Lecture Five: "Metaphor and Metonymy I", Part 3

Lecture Five: "Metaphor and Metonymy I", Part 4

Lecture Five: "Metaphor and Metonymy I", Part 5

Lecture Five: "Metaphor and Metonymy I", Part 6

Lecture Six: "Metaphor and Metonymy II", Part 1

Lecture Six: "Metaphor and Metonymy II", Part 2

Lecture Six: "Metaphor and Metonymy II", Part 3

Lecture Six: "Metaphor and Metonymy II", Part 4

Lecture Six: "Metaphor and Metonymy II", Part 5

Lecture Six: "Metaphor and Metonymy II", Part 6

Lecture Seven: "Poetic Tone", Part 1

Lecture Seven: "Poetic Tone", Part 2

Lecture Seven: "Poetic Tone", Part 3

Lecture Seven: "Poetic Tone", Part 4

Lecture Seven: "Poetic Tone", Part 5

Lecture Seven: "Poetic Tone", Part 6

Lecture Eight: "The Uses of Sentiment", Part 1

Lecture Eight: "The Uses of Sentiment", Part 2

Lecture Eight: "The Uses of Sentiment", Part 3

Lecture Eight: "The Uses of Sentiment", Part 4

Lecture Eight: "The Uses of Sentiment", Part 5

Lecture Eight: "The Uses of Sentiment", Part 6

Lecture Nine: "The Uses of Irony", Part 1

Lecture Nine: "The Uses of Irony", Part 2

Lecture Nine: "The Uses of Irony", Part 3

Lecture Nine: "The Uses of Irony", Part 4

Lecture Nine: "The Uses of Irony", Part 5

Lecture Nine: "The Uses of Irony", Part 6

Lecture Ten: "Poetic Forms and Meter", Part 1

Lecture Ten: "Poetic Forms and Meter", Part 2

Lecture Ten: "Poetic Forms and Meter", Part 3

Lecture Ten: "Poetic Forms and Meter", Part 4

Lecture Ten: "Poetic Forms and Meter", Part 5

Lecture Ten: "Poetic Forms and Meter", Part 6

Lecture Eleven: "Sound Effects", Part 1

Lecture Eleven: "Sound Effects", Part 2

Lecture Eleven: "Sound Effects", Part 3

Lecture Eleven: "Sound Effects", Part 4

Lecture Eleven: "Sound Effects", Part 5

Lecture Eleven: "Sound Effects", Part 6

Lecture Twelve: "Three Twentieth-Century Villanelles", Part 1

Lecture Twelve: "Three Twentieth-Century Villanelles", Part 2

Lecture Twelve: "Three Twentieth-Century Villanelles", Part 3

Lecture Twelve: "Three Twentieth-Century Villanelles", Part 4

Lecture Twelve: "Three Twentieth-Century Villanelles", Part 5

Lecture Twelve: "Three Twentieth-Century Villanelles", Part 6

Lecture Thirteen: "Free Verse", Part 1

Lecture Thirteen: "Free Verse", Part 2

Lecture Thirteen: "Free Verse", Part 3

Lecture Thirteen: "Free Verse", Part 4

Lecture Thirteen: "Free Verse", Part 5

Lecture Thirteen: "Free Verse", Part 6

Lecture Fourteen: "The English Sonnet I", Part 1

Lecture Fourteen: "The English Sonnet I", Part 2

Lecture Fourteen: "The English Sonnet I", Part 3

Lecture Fourteen: "The English Sonnet I", Part 4

Lecture Fourteen: "The English Sonnet I", Part 5

Lecture Fourteen: "The English Sonnet I", Part 6

Lecture Fifteen: "The English Sonnet II", Part 1

Lecture Fifteen: "The English Sonnet II", Part 2

Lecture Fifteen: "The English Sonnet II", Part 3

Lecture Fifteen: "The English Sonnet II", Part 4

Lecture Fifteen: "The English Sonnet II", Part 5

Lecture Fifteen: "The English Sonnet II", Part 6

Lecture Sixteen: "The Enduring Sonnet", Part 1

Lecture Sixteen: "The Enduring Sonnet", Part 2

Lecture Sixteen: "The Enduring Sonnet", Part 3

Lecture Sixteen: "The Enduring Sonnet", Part 4

Lecture Sixteen: "The Enduring Sonnet", Part 5

Lecture Sixteen: "The Enduring Sonnet", Part 6

Lecture Seventeen: "Poets Thinking", Part 1

Lecture Seventeen: "Poets Thinking", Part 2

Lecture Seventeen: "Poets Thinking", Part 3

Lecture Seventeen: "Poets Thinking", Part 4

Lecture Seventeen: "Poets Thinking", Part 5

Lecture Seventeen: "Poets Thinking", Part 6

Lecture Eighteen: "The Greater Romantic Lyric", Part 1

Lecture Eighteen: "The Greater Romantic Lyric", Part 2

Lecture Eighteen: "The Greater Romantic Lyric", Part 3

Lecture Eighteen: "The Greater Romantic Lyric", Part 4

Lecture Eighteen: "The Greater Romantic Lyric", Part 5

Lecture Eighteen: "The Greater Romantic Lyric", Part 6

Lecture Nineteen: "Poets Thinking—Some Twentieth-Century Versions", Part 1

Lecture Nineteen: "Poets Thinking—Some Twentieth-Century Versions", Part 2

Lecture Nineteen: "Poets Thinking—Some Twentieth-Century Versions", Part 3

Lecture Nineteen: "Poets Thinking—Some Twentieth-Century Versions", Part 4

Lecture Nineteen: "Poets Thinking—Some Twentieth-Century Versions", Part 5

Lecture Nineteen: "Poets Thinking—Some Twentieth-Century Versions", Part 6

Lecture Twenty: "Portayals of Heroism", Part 1

Lecture Twenty: "Portayals of Heroism", Part 2

Lecture Twenty: "Portayals of Heroism", Part 3

Lecture Twenty: "Portayals of Heroism", Part 4

Lecture Twenty: "Portayals of Heroism", Part 5

Lecture Twenty: "Portayals of Heroism", Part 6

Lecture Twenty-One: "Heroism: Some Twentieth-Century Versions", Part 1

Lecture Twenty-One: "Heroism: Some Twentieth-Century Versions", Part 2

Lecture Twenty-One: "Heroism: Some Twentieth-Century Versions", Part 3

Lecture Twenty-One: "Heroism: Some Twentieth-Century Versions", Part 4

Lecture Twenty-One: "Heroism: Some Twentieth-Century Versions", Part 5

Lecture Twenty-One: "Heroism: Some Twentieth-Century Versions", Part 6

Lecture Twenty-Two: "Poets Talking to (and for) Works of Art", Part 1

Lecture Twenty-Two: "Poets Talking to (and for) Works of Art", Part 2

Lecture Twenty-Two: "Poets Talking to (and for) Works of Art", Part 3

Lecture Twenty-Two: "Poets Talking to (and for) Works of Art", Part 4

Lecture Twenty-Two: "Poets Talking to (and for) Works of Art", Part 5

Lecture Twenty-Two: "Poets Talking to (and for) Works of Art", Part 6

Lecture Twenty-Three: "Echoes in Poems", Part 1

Lecture Twenty-Three: "Echoes in Poems", Part 2

Lecture Twenty-Three: "Echoes in Poems", Part 3

Lecture Twenty-Three: "Echoes in Poems", Part 4

Lecture Twenty-Three: "Echoes in Poems", Part 5

Lecture Twenty-Three: "Echoes in Poems", Part 6

Lecture Twenty-Four: "Farewells and Falling Leaves", Part 1

Lecture Twenty-Four: "Farewells and Falling Leaves", Part 2

Lecture Twenty-Four: "Farewells and Falling Leaves", Part 3

Lecture Twenty-Four: "Farewells and Falling Leaves", Part 4

Lecture Twenty-Four: "Farewells and Falling Leaves", Part 5

Lecture Twenty-Four: "Farewells and Falling Leaves", Part 6 / [The Teaching Company promo]