This group’s main focus lies on the whole genre of (English and American) poetry. Our students annotate a wide variety of poems, which differ in genre, literary periods, and style. Examples include poems by Edgar Allan Poe, William Wordsworth, Emily Brontë, John Donne, Richard Crashaw, and John Cleveland. Students of this group practice the close reading of poetry, as well as the literary criticism and theory of poetry.
Summer Semester 2026
This semester, the Annotating Poetry Group meets weekly on Tuesdays 2–4pm (c.t.).
Introductory session: May 5
During those meetings we discuss the progress of our works and brainstorm for new ideas about the different poems.
The meetings take place in room 465 of the Neuphilologikum (Brechtbau).
The block sessions will take place on Saturday May 9 and Sunday May 31 from around 10 am–4 pm (c.t.) in room 306 of the Neuphilologikum (Brechtbau).
Students interested in joining please contact me by email: annotating-literature [at] es.uni-tuebingen.de