Lectures were so so messy and all over the place. If there weren't TA sections, I would have failed this class. Would drift off topic during lectures as well.

I stopped attending lectures because I got nothing out of them; the professor would ramble on about things that did not correlate to the reading, like his hometown. The test is fill-in and blank, if memorization is not your strong suit, you will suffer. Do anything in your power to not take this class; it'll save you a lot of stress.

graded solely on section attendance, midterm, paper, and final. the paper and final occur around the same time. both tests have a fill in the blank section, which was absolutely ridiculous and taught nothing. the paper had no prompt, the only requirement was the page count. did not specify in the course description that the class was only poetry.

Lectures were unorganized/all over the place. Didn't know what was going on half the time. Only graded on section attendance, midterm & final, and paper. Exams are fill in the blank and a short response. Really didn't like the fill in the blank part, as that teaches nothing about the content of the readings and was hard to study.

Good Professor. The class consists of just reading lots of poems. Tests make sense - you're graded on the key ideas that the professor talks about (the hardest part) and then matching these quotes to the poems and poets, so mainly memorization. Don't bother with the textbook you can just look up the poets/texts.

This prof is awesome! No idea why he's rated low. If you show up and do the work you'll do well in the class. That's all anyone can ask. They check your thinking but incorporating an essay at the end, and check your knowledge with the fill in the blank tests. They're not everyones favorite, but if you go to lecture you will get a lot out of class