| Details | | This is an online self-study group. I would send a Zoom invitation to you. We would look at poetry from around 80 to 150 years ago. G.M. Hopkins, Ezra Pound, W.B. Yeats, Dylan Thomas, Thomas Hardy, W.H. Auden, T.S. Eliot, Robert Graves, and others of that sort of period. We would change the poet each week but may return to that poet another time. I will tell the students which poems we will look at. They will start by listening to the poem online and thinking about what it means to them and making notes. They will then find out online, or from books, as much as they can about the Poet, their period and influences, and the Poem itself. With that personal knowledge, they can contribute positively to the Zoom discussion on Monday morning. If they do not like the poet or poem or are busy that week, they do not need to join the discussion that Monday but should let me know in advance so that I can let in someone else from the waiting list. I would consider myself a facilitator and each week a different student would volunteer to briefly lead the discussion, everyone would lead at some point, and I would try to ensure that each member had a chance to speak during the Monday session. |
