Creative Writing: Advanced Poetry Workshop
An intensive advanced poetry workshop where students write original poetry through drafting and revision, provide peer feedback, and analyze published poetry's craft elements.
Summary
Past student reviews · Sarah Anderson
The class structure was described as organized, with the professor never asking students to contribute more than she knew they could handle.
What you’ll be able to do
Know how to develop the creative and technical skills necessary to conceive, execute, and revise original literary work in poetry.
Demonstrate sensitivity to language and style on both the artistic and technical levels.
Develop the critical, analytical, and editing skills necessary to evaluate literary works in progress, both the student’s own work in progress and that of the student’s peers.
Develop the ability to read literary works not only for their social, historical, intellectual, formal, and interpretive value, but for their capacity to inspire and generate new work, and to see in a finished work the process of its being made.
Develop the critical and analytical skills necessary to evaluate literary works in progress, to guide classroom discussion, and to convey concepts of craft to undergraduate students
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapENGL 409 or graduate/professional standing. Students may not be concurrently enrolled inENGL 307, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 469, 508, or 695
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- All of
- Any of
- ENGL 409
- graduate/professional standing
- Students may not be concurrently enrolled inENGL 307, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 469, 508, or 695
- Any of
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the class
Past student reviews · Sarah Anderson
Students described Sarah Anderson as an intelligent and organized instructor who was enthusiastic about Modern American literature and poetry.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.39 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Past student reviews · Sarah Anderson
The class structure was described as organized, with the professor never asking students to contribute more than she knew they could handle.
Past student reviews · Sarah Anderson
A student considered her the most amazing professor they had worked with, noting her excitement for the material and intelligence regarding the subject matter.
Topics
- Original poetry composition, drafting, and revision
- Peer review and detailed feedback on poetry
- Analysis of craft elements in published poetry
Skills
- Conceiving, executing, and revising original literary work in poetry
- Critical, analytical, and editing skills to evaluate literary works in progress
- Sensitivity to language and style on artistic and technical levels
- Analyzing craft elements in published poetry for use in original work
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2025— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
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