Poetry Courses and Certifications

Dante's Divine Comedy - Purgatory XXIV-XXVI: Poetics and the Italian Love Lyric

Exploración de la poética en la Divina Comedia: encuentros con poetas líricos italianos en el Purgatorio, examinando estilos poéticos y la inspiración divina en la creación literaria.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

John Milton: Paradise Lost

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Read John Milton’s Paradise Lostthrough a modern lens and contribute to the still-expanding scholarship of Milton’s enduring masterpiece.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-8 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Poetics as a Vocation: an Introduction to Rainer Maria Rilke (Live Online)

33 ratings at CourseHorse

Delve into the poetic and philosophical legacy of Rainer Maria Rilke, whose work reimagines solitude, inwardness, and the role of art in modern life.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• On-Demand
• $335.00

View High School: English 2

Develop critical reading, writing, and analysis skills through literature, poetry, and drama. Enhance vocabulary, research abilities, and oral communication techniques.

• Study.com
• 10 hours 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems

2 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems, looks at the short poems in German that were set to music by Franz Schubert (17971828) for a single voice with piano, a genre known ...

• OpenLearn
• 16 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

The Gorgeous Nothings: Emily Dickinson's Envelope-Poems

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Explore Emily Dickinson's envelope-poems through text and images, examining the envelope as a radical space for literary expression and transmission.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

T.S. Eliot's Auditory Imagination - Christopher Ricks Lecture

Explore T.S. Eliot's auditory imagination with Christopher Ricks, delving into editorial insights from Eliot's recordings and examining the nuances of sound, pronunciation, and poetic effects in his works.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Dante Alighieri: Science and poetry in The Divine Comedy

Explore Dante's Divine Comedy through a discussion of the sources and references of the poetry and modern science

• edX
• 4 weeks, 8-10 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Poetic Image: Borrowing Devices from Poetry to Make Lyrical Photographs (Live Online)

43 ratings at CourseHorse

Discover how poetic techniques like metaphor, symbolism, and parallelism can enrich your photographic storytelling.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• On-Demand
• $675.00

Queer Shakespeare: Poetry, Gender, and Desire (Live Online)

32 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore Shakespeare’s intricate depictions of gender, desire, and identity in a time before modern sexual categories.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• On-Demand
• $335.00

Gertrude Stein: Poetry, Transgression, and Play (Live Online)

33 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore the groundbreaking literary innovations of Gertrude Stein, whose playful and radical approach to language reshaped modern poetics.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• On-Demand
• $335.00

IGNOU;  Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University

Indian Poetics

Explore Indian Poetics' concepts, elements, and schools across Sanskrit, Tamil, and modern traditions. Gain insights into historical perspectives and contemporary relevance of this rich literary tradition.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Microcredential

Writing poetry and other creative writing, and promoting it

Discover how to write heartfelt poetry, overcome procrastination, build creative habits, and successfully publish your work through traditional publishers or Amazon self-publishing.

• Coursera
• 12 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course
• 7 courses

The Road to Rescue - Evie Shockley - Radcliffe Institute

Evie Shockley reads selected poems, including a work-in-progress narrative poem blending epic and speculative fiction, exploring African American literature, contemporary poetry, and black studies.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Difficult Miracle: The Living Legacy of June Jordan

Scholars, poets, and activists explore June Jordan's multifaceted work, discussing her poetry, activism, and lasting impact on literature and social justice in this panel celebrating her legacy at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video