An Introduction to American Poetry

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Last updated on June 14, 2026 10:52 am

Encounter famous American poets to appreciate their influence on the new country forming around them while you hone your analytical skills.

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Follow the development of American poetry in the modern era with this free online course that explains how such verse reflects the struggle of the new nation to define itself. We explore the influences that define the genre as we identify what makes these works uniquely American. This entails close study of famous poets like Robert Frost and William Carlos Williams as we place them in context and follow their words across the New World.

What You Will Learn In This Free Course

  • Discuss the historical and literary …
  • Identify key features that define Am…
  • Outline the deeper meaning of variou…
  • Describe the context of some promine…
  • Discuss the historical and literary context of American poetry
  • Identify key features that define American Modernism
  • Outline the deeper meaning of various famous poems
  • Describe the context of some prominent American poets
  • Summarize the different poetic sub-genres that emerged in the United States
  • Explain the importance of some modern American poets
  • American Poetry

    This module, American Poetry, will introduce you to poetry in America during the modern era. You will learn about the different features present in poetry during this time. You will also learn about important poets, analyze their poems and learn the meaning behind them.

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