What is poetry (in English) and what does it do?

Poetry refines techniques of address and description, punctuation and intimacy more than in any other field of writing. Each week we will focus on a different feature of poetry from a non-chronological selection of poetic works in English from the seventeenth century to the present-day. By focussing on the formal production of rhythm, voice, setting and audience, you will become even more finely attuned to the effects of language in your research writing.