In this short module, award-winning writer Siobhan Harvey will introduce you to the essentials of writing poetry. Offering an approach which will encourage you to use your eyes, ears and senses, you’ll be immersed in a variety of poetry crafting concepts, including cadence, aesthetics and structure. This is a module for writers new to poetry as much as for the experienced poet keen to refresh or re-engage their craft.
In this session you will learn about:
- Alliteration and assonance
- Line lengths and line breaks
- Word choice and
- Number patterning.
You will have also drafted and edited a poem based on your learnings.