A textbook I use for my introductory poetry classes, the classic Western Wind, defines sentimentality as «emotion in excess of its object.» (firstthings.com)
Kenyon went to the University of Michigan, where she first encountered Hall in 1969 when she took his large, lecture - style poetry class. (religion-online.org)
At university and in my early twenties I attended poetry classes, where I was taught by Jo Shapcott and then Michael Donaghy. (bookbrowse.com)