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Lesson: Elements, techniques and literary devices in poetry – Weeks 3-4
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why do writers need to use techniques and literary devices in writing poetry?
This time you will learn about the three structures of poetry. I expect you to write your own poem
using one of these structures.
Activity 1: Establish
Write your ideas about the terms below. Write your answers in the columns.
VERSE
BREAK
ENJAMBMENT
TYPOGRAHY
I hope you are able to at least write something on the boxes. Check your answers now. Look at the
short definitions below.
1. Verse - a literary device that denotes a single line of a poem
TYPES OF VERSE
FREE VERSE
have no fixed meter and no end rhyme
BLANK VERSE
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written in metrical, regular, but unrhymed lines
2. BREAK
⚫ A device which is used at the end of a line and the beginning of the next line in a poem.
⚫ It is employed with a traditional punctuation.
⚫ The place where the poet chooses to end one line and begin another.
3. ENJAMBMENT
⚫ It is moving over from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark.
⚫ It is running on of a thought from one line to another without final punctuation.
4.Typography - it is the visual component of the written word
⚫ It is the art and technique in arranging type to make the written language legible, readable,
and appealing when displayed.
Isn’t exciting to create your own using those structures? Which of the structures would you use in
writing your poem today? Why?
Activity 2: Equip
Look here! You will now read some poems where you can see how poets employed the three
structures of poetry. Read carefully and identify which structure is used. Write your answer in the
box below each poem.
Sweet pet by day, hunter by night.
She sleeps,
She eats, she plays. My feet caught in
white paws.
Turning and turning in the widening
gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot
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She’s up the fence, watching her prey
- a bird.
Poor thing, better run quick, ‘cause
watch, she’ll
pounce!
She’ll sweetly beg for fuss, but don’t
be fooled.
hold;
The blood dimmed tide is loosed, and
everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is
drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the
worst
Are full of passionate intensity…
Answer:
It is a beauteous Evening, calm and
free;
The holy time is quiet as a Nun
Breathless with adoration; the broad
sun
Is sinking down in its tranquility;
The gentleness of heaven is on the
Sea;
Listen! The mighty Being is awake
And doth with his eternal motion
make
A sound like thunder---everlastingly.
Answer:
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and asleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and
quiet breathing”
Answer:
Answer:
How well did you do it? Let us find out. Listen to the correct answer.
Activity 3: Enlighten
How to write a poem using verse, break and enjambment?
It is now your turn to write your own example. Follow the simple guide below.
Choose a topic
Decide on which
structure to employ
Start writing
Be personal,
organize and share
Maybe you find it hard to choose a topic, look at the list of possible topics that may interest you.
After choosing one topic, USE AN EXTRA SHEET OF PAPER.
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My favorite meal
my sanctuary
The Talisay Tree
my favorite song
My mother
my pet
How to know that you’re in love
an event that changed your life
Your first love
COVID 19 Pandemic
Activity 4: Examine
After identifying what typography is and its elements, it is your turn to show your skill and talent in
using typography.
Try to create typography of you favorite Biblical verse or philosophy in life. Create one like a
bookmark. Ready? Use AN extra sheet of paper or send a picture of your output through
Messenger.
Job well done! I know you could really do it.
Activity 5: Evaluate: Read the questions below then write the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which line uses enjambment?
Or crust and sugar over like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
A. Maybe it just sags
B. Or does it explode?
C. like a heavy load
D. There is no enjambment
2. What is the breaking of a syntactic unit between two verses?
A. Irony
C. Enjambment
B. Meter
D. Stanza
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3. What category of poetry is based on unrhymed lines and lack of a regular meter?
A. Blank Verse B. Free Verse
C. Prose
4. What category of poetry has no set rhyme scheme but a defined meter?
A. Blank Verse
B. Free Verse
C. Repetition
5. What structure of poetry is used in this?
"Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove”
-William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 116”
A. Break
B. Free Verse
C. Enjambment
What did I learn MOST in this lesson?
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What part do I need to study further?
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References:
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/poetry-101-learn-about-poetry-different-types-of-poems-an
d-poetic-devices-with-examples
https://careerfoundry.com/en/blog/ui-design/beginners-guide-to-typography/#:~:text=In%20esse
nce%2C%20typography%20is%20the,emotions%20and%20convey%20specific%20messages.
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