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ENGL 51A

Poems and Poets

Literary and Cultural Analysis

Grades

3.83

Average grade awarded in ENGL 51A. Not a rating: this is what the grades were.

In the A range

91%

of the 33 letter grades

D, F or W

0.0%

of every letter grade awarded, plus withdrawals

Taken pass/no pass

nobody in the record took it pass/no pass

The registrar's own records: 33 grades over 1 term, Fall 2021 to Fall 2025, summer excluded. Every instructor is pooled here. The table below splits them.

A+ 5 · 15.2%
A 16 · 48.5%
A- 9 · 27.3%
B 3 · 9.1%

Percentages are of the 33 letter grades. Grey bars are non-letter outcomes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Predicted GPA, raw average, sample size, terms, A range and the workload reviewers reported for every instructor with a grade record in this course
Instructor	Predicted GPA	Raw	n	Terms	A range	Workload	Winter 2026
BAHL, ADITYA MOHAN reviews ↗	3.82	3.83	33	1	91%	-	not teaching it

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Reviews for ENGL 51A

What comes first

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From the registrar's catalog

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Offers sample of enormous body of poetry written in English since Middle Ages. Reading of series of celebrated poets and their poems as way of exploring what poetry is and what it is for. Specifically, how works of art respond to conditions of social life as well as intimate personal experience. Consideration of poetry's political power. In-depth discussion about gender, race, class, sexuality, colonial violence, and, broadly, relationship between art and justice. Students are familiarized with key poetic forms, conventions, and techniques; learn how to read poem critically; and get better at putting thoughts in writing. Letter grading.

Sections in Winter 2026

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