Poetry for Pleasure in the Winter, with Barry Wallenstein

Poetry for Pleasure in the Winter, with Barry Wallenstein
February 20, 2024 @ 1:00-2:15PM
These lectures with discussion will involve close readings of poems – classic, modern, and contemporary. Our aim is to listen to the sound poems make. What makes a successful language performance? We will discuss these works’ emotional truth, unity of expression, and attention-holding, pleasure-providing use of language.

Here is the poetry book for the winter semester: CLICK HERE

We'll discuss the poems on these pages:

• Sonnet 111 by Edna St. Vincent Millay – p. 48
• The Snow Man by Wallace Stevens – p. 60
• Spellbound by Emily Bronte – p. 14
• The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy – p.15
• Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas – p. 29
• Buffalo Bill’s Defunct and All Green Went My Love
• Riding by ee cummings – pp. 46-47
• Ballad of Great Weariness b Dorothy Parker – p. 51