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Video Collection: The Art of Poetry

An archive of all the mini-lectures and conversations from Robert Pinsky’s Massive Open Online Course, The Art of Poetry.

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“Jabberwocky”: Sense = Nonsense

“Jabberwocky”: Sense = Nonsense

Freedom & Meaning

1:58

Freedom, “But Not This Door…”

Freedom, “But Not This Door…”

Freedom & Meaning

2:23

Freedom From, Freedom To

Freedom From, Freedom To

Freedom & Meaning

4:07

The Opposite of Freedom

The Opposite of Freedom

Freedom & Meaning

3:12

Airy Towers: The Feeling of Freedom

Airy Towers: The Feeling of Freedom

Freedom & Meaning

1:47

The Feeling of Freedom

The Feeling of Freedom

Freedom & Meaning

2:54

An Art-Making Animal

An Art-Making Animal

Difficulty and Pleasure

3:09

The Craving for Difficulty

The Craving for Difficulty

Difficulty and Pleasure

2:39

The Universe is Expanding

The Universe is Expanding

Difficulty and Pleasure

3:52

Understanding or Interpreting?

Understanding or Interpreting?

Difficulty and Pleasure

5:23

Interplanetary Languages

Interplanetary Languages

Difficulty and Pleasure

5:09

Wanting to Say a Line

Wanting to Say a Line

Difficulty and Pleasure

3:31

Michelangelo Meets O’Hara

Michelangelo Meets O’Hara

Difficulty and Pleasure

4:54

The Joy of Kvetching

The Joy of Kvetching

Difficulty and Pleasure

5:42

Pleasure in Difficulty

Pleasure in Difficulty

Difficulty and Pleasure

1:05

A Note About This Course

A Note About This Course

Difficulty and Pleasure

1:13

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Featured Poems

Gilgamesh
Chard Whitlow
To Earthward
Sea Rose

Featured Poets

Elizabeth Bishop
Henry Reed
Ben Jonson
Robert Frost

Featured Topics

Music and Poetry
Freedom & Meaning
Form as a Quality
Difficulty and Pleasure

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