Course Summary

English Poetry from Chaucer to Ted Hughes with Leader

Origins of Poetry
The origins of poetry and some of the earliest poetry available.

Elements of Poetry
The parts that make up poetry as a whole

Chaucer
The Poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer and his contribution to English Literature

Renaissance Poetry
Poetry of the English Renaissance and four Renaissance poets in detail

The Metaphysical Poets
The Metaphysical poets of the 17th century

Late 17th Century Poets
Three of England's greatest poets of the later part of the 17th century -– Milton, Dryden and Pope.

18th Century Poets
The poetry of Byron, Keats, Shelley, Wordsworth and Coleridge.

19th Century Poets ( The Victorians)
Browning, Tennyson & Hopkins

The War Poets
In this unit we will look at the major poets of the two world wars.

20th Century Poetry
In this unit we will look at poetry in the 20th century.

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