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A Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg begins the class by discussing Sapphic meter in Ancient Greek poetry. He then moves on to read various poets' take on…
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A Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg begins the class by singing poems by Sappho and songs by William Blake and Isaac Watts accompanied by harmonium. The rest of…
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A Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg spends the class reading and discussing the work of various poets throughout the ages who have dealt with the Sapphic form…
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A Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. For the duration of the class Ginsberg discusses Sapphic meter using various poems to demonstrate the ancient form.
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A Basic Poetics class taught by Alice Notley in Allen Ginsberg's stead. Notley begins the class by discussing the work of John Dryden then segues into discussing the work of John Gay. Notley…
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A Basic Poetics class taught by Alice Notley in Allen Ginsberg's stead. Notley begins the class with a discussion and partial reading of Alexander Pope's poem "The Rape of the…
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A Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg begins the class by speaking about the heroic couplet form. Ginsberg then segues into reading and discussing the poetry of…
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A Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg spends the majority of the class fielding questions from the class and discussing the practice of writing with regards to…
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A Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg and class begin by discussing the poetry of Hart Crane and John Milton with regards to prosody. Ginsberg spends most of the…
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A Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. The majority of the class is spent reading and discussing the work of the poets John Suckling and Andrew Marvell. The work of Anne…
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A Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg and class read and discuss the poetry of Hart Crane George Herbert Henry King and Dylan Thomas. Ginsberg also speaks…
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A continuation of a Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg and class discuss and read from the works of Ben Jonson and Robert Herrick. Ginsberg focuses mostly on the…
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A Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. Ginsberg reads from his book "The Gates of Wrath" to demonstrate to his students certain forms of English meter as employed…
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A Basic Poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. In this class he continues his discussion of Old English poetry stressing this time the alliterative aspects of the verse. Also…
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The eighteenth class in Basic Poetics taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. In this class he uses "A Litany in Time of Plague" by Thomas Nashe to discuss cadence and description in…
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