Do you find poetry difficult to understand?

This course gives you the tools to read, analyze, and interpret poetry in English with clarity and confidence. Through a practical, guided approach, you will learn how poems construct meaning—line by line, image by image.

Working with Emily Dickinson and her legacy in William Carlos Williams, Susan Howe, and Lorine Niedecker, the course introduces a clear method for close reading that you can apply to any poem.

What you gain

• A clear method to read and understand poetry in English
• The ability to identify the lyric voice and interpret meaning with precision
• Practical tools to analyze images, symbols, and rhetorical devices
• Greater confidence when reading complex texts
• Transferable skills for teaching, translation, or literary writing
• A deeper understanding of poetry as one of the most challenging and refined literary forms, with direct applications to your teaching, research, and writing

Program (4 sessions)

1. The Lyric Voice
   Who is speaking in the poem?
2. The Poetic Object
   How poetry transforms reality
3. Language and Rhetoric
   How meaning is created through form
4. Contemporary Lyric
   From Dickinson to modern poetry

Schedule & Format

Four classes
Time and dates: Saturdays, 10:00–11:30 (ARG) / 15:00 (CET)
Offered in English

Who is this course for?

• Advanced students of English
• Translators and teachers
• Writers and poetry readers

Format

• Live online sessions
• Guided close reading
• Practical analytical tools

Certification

Participants who complete the course will receive a Certificate of Participation and Attendance

Outcome

By the end of the course, you will be able to approach any poem in English with a structured analytical method, moving from confusion to interpretation with clarity and confidence.

Enrollment

Limited spots available — secure your place now

Enroll now and start reading poetry with clarity, precision, and confidence