How to Read, Understand, Analyze, Enjoy and Talk About Poetry

Learn the basic tools of poetic critical analysis while engaging with a range of poems from the Renaissance to modern-day and from a range of cultures and perspectives. Learn to scan a poetic line, recognize the major poetic forms, analyze poetic imagery and, most importantly, wrestle with and appreciate the joy of poetry.

DEANNA K. KREISEL is an associate professor of English at UBC. Her main research specialty is Victorian literature and culture.