Poetry

This series of seven lessons focuses on the tools used by poets in order to create meaning. Each lesson will focus on a different tool and will include devices such as rhyme, rhythm, punctuation, how words add meaning, the structure of poems in terms of how stanzas are set out and the shapes of poems. There will also be a focus on the use of imagery in making metaphorical meaning in poetry. There are practical demonstrations and interviews with contemporary South African poets as well as examples of traditional poetry.