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Certificate of Achievement
IBRAHIM ABDULLAH MOHAMMED MASHNI
has completed the following course:
Manchester Metropolitan University
This course explored what inspires poetry, how we write poems and how to tell when your poem is finished. The course considered different poetic forms such as found poetry, the cento, sonnets, free verse, ghazals, as well as things to help writers make formal choices such as line breaks, metre, rhyme, and rhythm. Through new writing exercises and techniques, learners developed their own ‘voice’ in their poems and collaborated on each other’s work to reflect on and improve it.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dr Adam O'Riordan
Academic Director of Manchester Writing School
Manchester Metropolitan University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Experiment with different techniques and new exercises to help generate new work
- Develop your own ‘voice’ in your poems
- Discuss how to read poetry for new ideas
- Investigate what poets from the past and present say about how we write poetry
- Collaborate on each other’s work and reflect on how to give positive and encouraging comments
Syllabus
On this course we will be asking questions such as:
- What is poetry and what is a poet?
- What choices go into writing a poem?
- What is the difference between craft and technique?
We will also be considering different poetic forms such as found poetry, the cento, sonnets, free verse, ghazal, as well as things to help you make formal choices such as line breaks, metre, rhyme, and rhythm. As well as developing your writing skills, we will think about developing your inner editor and how to support others in writing their work in a poetry workshop.
Issued on 6th July 2020
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