Program Studi Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Fakultas Pendidikan Bahasa dan Seni
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Course:
Exploring Poetry
Code:
IG 315
Chs:
2 Chs
Semester:
3
Prerequisite:
Students taking this course are required to have satisfactorily completed
Foundation of Literature course with a minimun grade of C.
Lecturer:
Eki Qushay Akhwan
Objectives
Upon completing the course, students are expected to be able to understand the different elements
that build a poem, explore its subject matter with sufficient depth, appreciate poetry as a literary
genre, and become an informed reader who can express their opinions about a poem with the level
of sophistication that is expected of a language-major student.
Course Description
The course guides the students to explore, discuss, and appreciate the complexity of poems as a
literary genre and develops their ability to analyse and interpret poetry. It is geared towards
appreciating poetry through understanding the elements that build it, such as the choice of diction,
the use of figurative language, sounds and rhythms, symbolism and allusions, etc. The understanding
of how these elements work in a poem is expected to equip the students with the necessary tools to
be able to read, interpret, and discuss poems with enough sophistication that is expected of a
language-major student.
Learning Activities
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Exposure, modeling, and exposition: Students are presented with a poem and are guided
with questions and exposition to recognize the element(s) that the instructor wants them to
focus on and how it/they work in the text.
Group work guided practice: Students are given a different poem to discuss in groups and
find how a particular element or set of elements work in the text.
Whole class guided practice: Different groups of students discuss and contribute their
understanding of the text and how a particular element or set of elements work in the said
text that they have discussed in groups.
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Independent practice: Students are given an assignment to read a poem and write a short
response paper based on their reading and understanding of the text.
To support all the above activities, students are required to independently read the listed
chapters of the text books and other relevant sources.
Media
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Laptop, LCD Projector, Whiteboard
Evaluation and Grading
Grading elements:
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Assignment Journal
Response papers (2 x 15%)
Midterm test
Final test
TOTAL
Grading scale:
A
B
C
D
E
10%
30%
30%
30%
____________ +
100%
86 - 100
71 - 85
56 - 70
41 - 55
< - 40
Weekly Syllabus
Session Topics
1
Introduction to the course and syllabus; an
overview of poetry.
2
The words and diction of poetry
3
Character and setting
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Sources
1. Syllabus and course
outline handout
2. Poems: An Indonesian
poem of choice (to be
informed later), Hope
(Lisel Mueller)
3. Robert, Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs (2004,
ch. 13, pp. 609 – 619)
1. Poems: Of Being
(Denise Levertov),
Hello, Hello Henry
(Maxine Kumin)
2. Robert, Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs (2004,
ch. 14, pp. 635 – 642)
1. Poems: London
(William Blake)
2. Robert, Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs (2004,
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4
Imagery
1.
2.
5
Figures of Speech
1.
2.
6
Tone and The Creation of Attitude in Poetry
1.
2.
7
Consolidation and Response Paper Modeling
8
MID TERM TEST
9
Prosody: Sound, Rhythm, and Rhyme in
Poetry
10
Symbolism and Allusion
11
Brief Introduction to Westn Myths: Icarus,
Phoenix, Oedipus, Pan
Myths: System of Symbolic Allusion in Poetry
12
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1.
2.
ch. 15, pp. 664 – 670)
Poems: Sonnet 130:
My Mistress’ Eyes Are
Nothing Like the Sun
(William
Shakespeare), If You
Love for The Sake of
Beauty (Friedrick
Ruckert)
Robert, Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs (2004,
ch. 16, pp. 695 – 700)
Poems: Sonnet 18:
Shall I Compare Thee
to A Summer’s Day?
(William
Shakespeare),
Remember (Joy Harjo)
Robert, Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs (2004,
ch. 17, pp. 725 – 732)
Poems: Theme for
English B (Langston
Hughes), My Papa’s
Waltz (Theodore
Roethke)
Robert, Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs (2004,
ch. 18, pp. 758 – 766)
Selected poems
Handout
1. Poems: To Hear An
Oriole Sing (Emily
Dickinson), We Real
Cool (Gwendolyn
Brooks)
2. Robert, Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs (2004,
ch. 19, pp. 794 – 809)
1. Poems: No Coward
Soul Is Mine (Emily
Bronte)
2. Robert, Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs (2004,
ch. 21, pp. 885 – 892)
1. Online Sources
1. Poems: Selected
poems for different
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2.
13
Ideas and Theme in Poetry
1.
2.
14
Shape of The Poem
1.
2.
15
16
Western myths
Robert, Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs (2004,
ch. 22, pp. 921 – 953)
Poems: Do You Think
... (Robert Creely),
True Love (Judith
Viorst)
Robert, Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs (2004,
ch. 23, pp. 955 – 984)
Selected poems to
illustrate different
shapes/forms of
poetry
Robert, Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs (2004,
ch. 20, pp. 845 – 856)
Consolidation and Review
FINAL TEST
References
Main Text Book
Robert, Edgard P. and Henry Jacobs (Eds.). Reading and Writing about Poetry. (New York:
Pierson Prentice Hall, 2004)
Supplementary Readings
Brooks, Cleanth and Robert Penn Warren. Understanding Poetry (3rd Edtiton) (New York:
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960)
Elizabeth, Mary. Painless Poetry. (New York: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., 2001)
Farrell, Edmund James et al (Eds.). Exploring Life through Literature. (Glenview, Illinois:
Foresman and Company, 1973)
Pradopo, Rahmat Joko. Pengkajian Puisi. (Yogyakarta: Gadjah Mada University Press, 1987)
Waluyo, Herman J. Teori dan Apresiasi Puisi. (Jakarta: Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2002)
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COURSE OUTLINE
SESSIO
NS
TOPICS
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
1
Introductio
n to the
course and
syllabus; an
overview of
poetry
At the end of the
session, students are
expected to know the
coverage of the course,
have the general idea of
and can explain what
poetry is
2
The words
and diction
of poetry
3
Character
and Setting
4
Imagery
5
Tone and
The
Creation of
Attitude in
Poetry
6
Figures of
Speech
7
Consolidati
on and
Response
Paper
Modeling
8
MID TERM
TEST
Students are expected to
be able to identify
different kinds of diction
used in poetry and
discuss how they affect
poems.
Students are expected to
be able to identify and
discuss how characters
and setting are
embedded in a poem
and how they affect the
poem’s message.
Students are expected to
be able to identify and
discuss how different
kinds of imegery produce
different effect s in
poetry.
Students are expected to
be able to identify
elements that convey
poetic tones and discuss
how a tone is created in
a poem and the effect it
has on the poem’s
message.
Students are expected to
be able to identify
different kinds of figures
of speech in poetry and
discuss how they
expand meanings and
affect the poem.
Students are expected to
be able to consolidate
the knowledge they have
acquired and discuss a
poem from different
aspects they have
learned thus far;
students are expected to
be able to write an
academically acceptable
essay about a poem.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
EVALUATION
SOURCES
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Lecturing
Discussion
Questions
and answers
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Syllabus and
course outline
handout
Poems
Robert,
Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs
(2004
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Questions
and answers
Lecturing
Modeling
Discussion
Questions
and answers
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Questions
and answers
Assignment
journal

Robert,
Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs
(2004)
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Lecturing
Modeling
Discussion
Questions
and answers
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Questions
and answers
Assignment
journal

Robert,
Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs
(2004)
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Lecturing
Modeling
Discussion
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and answers
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Lecturing
Modeling
Discussion
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and answers
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Lecturing
Modeling
Discussion
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and answers
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Lecturing
Modeling
Discussion
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and answers
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Questions
and answers
Assignment
journal
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and answers
Assignment
journal
Questions
and answers
Assignment
journal
Questions
and answers
Assignment
journal

Robert,
Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs
(2004)
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Robert, Edgard
P. and Henry
Jacobs (2004)
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Robert,
Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs
(2004)
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Robert, Edgard
P. and Henry
Jacobs (2004)
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Prosody:
Sounds,
Rhythm,
and
Rhymes in
Poetry
10
Symbolism
and
Allusion
11
Brief
Introductio
n to
Western
Myths
12
Myths:
System of
Symbolic
Allusion in
Poetry
13
Ideas and
Theme in
Poetry
14
Shapes/For
ms of
Poetry
15
Consolidati
on and
Review
16
FINAL TEST
Students are expected to
be able to identify and
discuss different
elements of prosody and
how they affect the
poem.
Students are expected to
be able to identify and
discuss symbolism and
allusions embedded in a
poem and how they
affect the poem’s
message.
Students are expected to
have the basic idea of
prominent Western
myths and idenfity their
features and discuss
their meanings.
Students are expected to
be able to identify
elements of myths in a
poem and discuss their
meanings.
Students are expected to
be able to identify
general ideas and theme
of a poem using the
previous knowledge they
have acquired in the
course.
Students are expected to
be able to identify
shapes or forms of
poetry and discuss their
characteristics.
Students are expected to
be able to consolidate
the knowledge they have
acquired and discuss a
poem from different
aspects they have
learned thus far.
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Lecturing
Modeling
Discussion
Questions
and answers
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Lecturing
Modeling
Discussion
Questions
and answers
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Independent
reading/librar
y and online
research
Lecturing
Discussion
Questions
and answers
Lecturing
Modeling
Discussion
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and answers
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Lecturing
Modeling
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Lecturing
Modeling
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Questions
and answers
Assignment
journal

Robert,
Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs
(2004)
Questions
and answers
Assignment
journal
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Robert,
Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs
(2004)
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Encyclopedia
Online
resources
Questions
and answers
Assignment
journal
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Robert,
Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs
(2004)
Questions
and answers
Assignment
journal
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Robert,
Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs
(2004)
Questions
and answers
Assignment
journal
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Robert,
Edgard P. and
Henry Jacobs
(2004)
Questions
and answers
Assignment
journal
Questions
and answers
Assignment
journal
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Robert, Edgard
P. and Henry
Jacobs (2004)
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