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## Poetry 101: Approaches to Poetry

[How to Do a Close Reading](http://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/)  
Produced by the Harvard Writing Center

[Readings in the Parlor: The Art of Close Reading ](http://english.fas.harvard.edu/whats-happening/calendar-and-upcoming-events/)  
Produced by the Harvard English Department

## Poetry 101: Poetry Glossaries & Guides

- [Key to Poetic Form](/key-to-poetic-forms)
- [Guide to Poetic Terms](/guide-poetic-terms)
- [Guide to Prosody](/guide-prosody)
- [Glossary of Poetic Genres](/glossary-poetic-genres)

M.H. Abrams, [A Glossary of Literary Terms](http://lms01.harvard.edu/F/XYEFKHLLCMNI8U6S1YQTFVGL4S7U7E3BLNLRGXN44NYA7K7AIJ-11304?func=find-c&CCL_TERM=(sys=011498657))

Derek Attridge, [Poetic Rhythm](http://lms01.harvard.edu/F/PKQ79MJJKGKRUSKEPF6PAABVF4K631FFP7TDR9HL34JHTUE99C-25754?func=find-c&CCL_TERM=(sys=005691148))

Paul Fussell, [Poetic Meter and Poetic Form](http://lms01.harvard.edu/F/RJXKJFSPV98C5BVXPYRVV9PLNX81IX63U2MRNQD5FLVLKHX2HT-26428?func=find-c&CCL_TERM=(sys=000513669))

John Hollander, [Rhyme's Reason](http://lms01.harvard.edu/F/UCLUPQA13L5L44CRL5U2NMQM7AFXJMJXDG1H6TMXVCSUDYQ6K6-26638?func=find-c&CCL_TERM=(sys=001722384))

Helen Vendler, [Poems, Poets, Poetry](http://lms01.harvard.edu/F/NDP5CLNQKAXL897XIUTTKUI4G351D12M3VDB9TQIXKDQM7KATT-27178?func=find-c&CCL_TERM=(sys=008838214))

Miller Williams, [Patterns of Poetry](http://lms01.harvard.edu/F/CEKH31URJNFSVU5G5X7XYE6LGL6YV199DLKRGNJJDS4HX2FF4A-27838?func=find-c&CCL_TERM=(sys=000473159))

[The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics ](http://lms01.harvard.edu/F/QPL4KQBR3M4B8NA5D12G7BRRP1LFJ4CG8F3R7XS6PPFEMLD8N1-28490?func=find-c&CCL_TERM=(sys=002799494))

[The Princeton Handbook of Multicultural Poetries](http://lms01.harvard.edu/F/FM1VFQG7TLMG5VF6XM8U2ATRR6FSESCY6MVBSX37VMV81113RF-29012?func=find-c&CCL_TERM=(sys=006633859))

[The MLA International Bibliography](http://web.a.ebscohost.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/ehost/search/advanced?sid=30f4aae5-782e-4b9d-8880-37d80b0f8fc4@sessionmgr4006&vid=0&hid=4114)

[Oxford Reference Online: Literature](http://www.oxfordreference.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/search?t0=ORO:AHU01560)

[The Poetry Foundation Poetry Tool](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/) [Representative Poetry Online Glossary](http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/glossary)

## Harvard Faculty: 15-Minute Poetry Intensives

Sort   ![Burt](/sites/g/files/omnuum11456/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/poetry-at-harvard/files/burt_stephen_small.jpg?itok=WoR_ppnh) 

 

[Poetry Intensive with Stephen Burt](/file_url/129)  
On Laura Kasischke and Randall Jarrell



   ![Cifuentes](/sites/g/files/omnuum11456/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/poetry-at-harvard/files/cifuentes_luis_small.jpg?itok=aqS2yht6) 

 

[Poetry Intensive with Luis Cifuentes](/file_url/130)  
On Maria Victoria Atencia



   ![Cranston](/sites/g/files/omnuum11456/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/poetry-at-harvard/files/cranston_edwin_small.jpg?itok=eefJFr9o) 

 

[Poetry Intensive with Edwin Cranston](/file_url/132)   
On Mizuno Ruriko



   ![Greenblatt](/sites/g/files/omnuum11456/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/poetry-at-harvard/files/greenblatt.png?itok=0ncOC3UY) 

 

[Poetry Intensive with Stephen Greenblatt](/file_url/133)  
On Thomas Wyatt's "They Flee from Me"



   ![Greene](/sites/g/files/omnuum11456/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/poetry-at-harvard/files/greene_virginie_small.jpg?itok=SLccPamR) 

 

[Poetry Intensive with Virginie Greene](/file_url/134)   
On Medieval French Poetry and Contemporary French Performance Poetry



   ![New](/sites/g/files/omnuum11456/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/poetry-at-harvard/files/new_lisa_small.jpg?itok=TTNn7-85) 

 

[Poetry Intensive with Lisa New](/file_url/135)   
On Robert Frost's "After Apple-Picking"