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Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region V - Bicol
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ALBAY
MANCAO HIGH SCHOOL
MANCAO, RAPU-RAPU, ALBAY, 4517
HANDOUTS #2
CREATIVE WRITING
VARIOUS ELEMENTS, TECHNIQUES, AND LITERARY DEVICES
IN SPECIFIC FORMS OF POETRY
MELCS:
a. identify the various elements, techniques, and literary devices in poetry
b. determine specific forms and conventions of poetry
c. use selected elements of poetry in short exercises
d. explore innovative techniques in writing poetry
e. write a short poem applying the various elements, techniques, and literary devices
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In this part of your journey, we provide something for you to deepen your understanding
about poetry and its elements, literary devices and techniques. Please continue reading with
comprehension as you discover further knowledge that will help you out in your quest on the
remaining phases of this lesson.
What is Poetry?
Poetry is a form of literature which allows the writers who called to be “poets” to express their
thoughts, feelings, emotions, ideas about a particular theme or topic. When reading a poem, it is
common that we get confuse between poet and persona. Remember that poet is the author of the
poem or literary piece while persona is the SPEAKER or narrator of the poem.
Poetry is recognizable by its greater dependence on at least one more parameter, the line,
than appears in prose composition. It will be easy for us to identify if the literary piece is under poetry.
Poetry is cast in lines. It uses forms and elements and does not use ordinary syntax. We do not use
ordinary sentence formation since there are elements and techniques used by the poets.
Basically, poetry has significant elements that can be used by the poets to strengthen their
techniques and sustain it for recognition of poetic styles. Elements will help the poets to address the
message of the literary pieces to the audience or readers. Here are some of the elements of poetry as
categorized into six sub-elements namely: structure, sound, imagery, figurative language, fictional
elements, and poetic forms.
Theme is the lesson about life or statement about human nature that the poem expresses.
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Though related to the concept of a moral, or lesson, themes are usually more complicated
and ambiguous.
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To describe the theme of a poem is to discuss the overarching abstract idea or ideas being
examined in the poem.
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A major theme is an idea that a writer repeats in his work, making it the most significant idea
in a literary work.
A minor theme, on the other hand, refers to an idea that appears in a work briefly and gives
way to another minor theme.
Presentation of Themes
• the feelings of the main character about the subject written about
• through the thoughts and conversations of different characters
• the experiences of the main character in the course of a literary work
• the actions and events taking place in a narrative
Functions of Themes
• binds together various other essential elements of a poem
• is a truth that exhibits universality and stands true for people of all cultures
• gives readers better understanding of the main character’s conflicts, experiences, discoveries,
and emotions
• gives readers an insight into how the world works or human life can be viewed
Theme Vs Subject
• A poem’s subject is the topic of the poem, or what the poem is about
• The theme is an idea that the poem expresses about the subject or uses the subject to explore
Example:
So, for example, in the Edgar Allan Poe poem “The Raven”, the subject is the raven, who
continually repeats a single word in response to the speaker’s questions.
• The theme of the poem, however, is the irreversibility of death—the speaker asks the raven, in
a variety of ways, whether or not he will see his dead beloved again, to which the raven always
replies “nevermore.”
Tone
In fact, it suggests two attitudes: one concerning the people you’re addressing (your
audience) and the other concerning the thing you’re talking about (your subject). That’s what the term
tone means when it’s applied to poetry as well. Tone can also mean the general emotional weather of
the poem.
• the attitude expressed in a poem that a reader sees and feels
• the writer’s attitude toward the subject or audience
1. STRUCTURE
Form is the appearance of the words on the page of the reference. It may be different nowadays since
layout artist may simply adjust and create the desired form of poem. Poetic Line or Line is a group of
words that form a single line of poetry.
Example: “Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house” is the well- known first poetic
line of “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore.
Kinds of Metrical Lines/Numbers of Feet
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monometer = one foot on a line
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pentameter = five feet on a line
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dimeter
= two feet on a line
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hexameter
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trimeter
= three feet on a line
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heptameter = seven feet on a line
= six feet on a line
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tetrameter
= four feet on a line
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octometer
= eight feet on a line
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Almost all accentual-syllabic poetry in English, except for isolated lines in lyrics, will have four or five
feet in the line. Probably trimeter through hexameter will be all the terms you will ever have to use.
Stanza is a section of a poem named for the number of lines it contains.
Example: A couplet is a stanza of two lines. The first stanza from “Barbara Frietchie” by John Greenleaf
Wittier is a couplet:
Up from the meadows rich with corn,
Clear in the cool September morn,
Kinds of Stanza
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Couplet = a two-line stanza
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Triplet (Tercet) = a three-line stanza
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Quatrain = a four-line stanza – This is the usual kind of stanza
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Quintet = a five-line stanza
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Sestet (Sextet) = a six-line stanza
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Septet = a seven-line stanza
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Octave = an eight-line stanza
Enjambment is when there is no written or natural pause at the end of a poetic line, so that the wordflow carries over to the next line. It affects the forms of the poem on a page. It can create certain form
relevant to a poem’s content.
The general rules of Capitalization and Punctuation in poetry are not always followed; instead, they are
at the service of the poet’s artistic vision.
Verse is a line in traditional poetry that is written in meter.
Example: In “When I do count the clock that tells the time” from Shakespeare’s “Sonnet Number
Twelve,” the underlined syllables are accented, giving the line a metric pattern known as an iambic
pentameter (see Meter).
Traditional Form
Poems with rhyme and with meter.
Free Verse
Unlike metered poetry, free verse poetry does NOT have any repeating patterns of stressed and
unstressed syllables. Does NOT have rhyme.
Free verse poetry is very conversational - sounds like someone talking with you. A more modern
type of poetry.
Blank Verse
Written in lines of iambic pentameter but does NOT use end rhyme.
With METER without end RHYME
Questions to Ponder: Can you recall some of your favorite poem way back in elementary and
junior high school? Can you identify its structures? Which of the structural examples do you think
common?
2. SOUND
Rhythm is the basic beat in a line of a poem.
Example: “Whose woods these are, I think I know” is the first line from “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy
Evening” by Robert Frost. Notice that the accented words (underlined) give the line a distinctive beat.
Meter is a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Meter happens when the stressed and
unstressed syllables of the words in a poem are arranged in a repeating pattern. In meter, when poets
write, they need to count out the number of stressed (strong) syllables and unstressed (weak) syllables
for each line. They repeat the pattern throughout the poem.
FOOT is a unit of meter.
A foot can have two or three syllables.
Usually consists of one stressed and one or more unstressed syllables.
TYPES OF FEET
The types of feet are determined by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.
1. trochee (adjective form, trochaic) stressed-unstressed
a) Never/ never/ never/ never/ never
b) In the/ spring a/ young man's/ fancy/ lightly/ turns to/ thoughts of/ love. (In spite of a few feet
where the stress is debatable, especially foot 3, this poem is generally trochaic, as a look at
the rest of it would show. It is very common to omit the final unstressed syllable in this meter;
see c. under accentual-syllabic above.)
2. anapest (anapestic) unstressed-unstressed-stressed
a) It was man/y and man/y a year/ ago (The variation in the last foot is common.)
b) The Assyr/ian came down/ like a wolf/ on the fold, And his co/horts were gleam/ing in purp/le
and gold.
3. dactyl (dactylic) stressed-unstressed-unstressed
a) This is the/ forest pri/meval, the/ murmuring/ pines and the/ hemlocks (The two stressed
syllables in the last foot are required by the classical Greek form of the epic, which Longfellow
is imitating.)
b) What if a/ much of a/ which of a/ wind
4. spondee (spondaic) stressed-stressed
The spondee appears in isolated feet and never as a dominant meter in an entire poem. It is a
convenient way of describing feet in which it is hard to determine which syllable is stressed (e. g.,
young man's and hemlocks above) and of describing passages like the following from sonnets, where
Donne uses the spondees to hammer home the woes people can face in life and Hopkins uses them
along with internal rhyme, assonance, and alliteration for an unusual sound effect.
a) All whom/ war, death,/ age, ag/ues, tyr/annies, Despair,/ law, chance,/ hath slain,/ and you/
whose eyes Shall be/hold God
b) Crushed. Why/ do men/ then now/ not reck/ his rod?
5. pyrrhic (pyrrhic) unstressed-unstressed. See 6 d. below for an example. At the/ round earth's/
ima/gined cor/ners blow.
The beginning of this line from Donne has a Pyrrhic Foot followed by a Spondee. This combination
(called a Double or Ionic Foot) often appears at the beginning of a line.
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6. iamb (iambic) unstressed-stressed
The iamb is far and away the most common foot in English, comprising as much as 90-95 percent of
English verse. It is also the most conversational of the feet and therefore the most flexible and most
susceptible to variations. One such variation, as illustrated in the previous two quotes, is the
substitution of spondees for iambs. Others are listed below:
a) Five years/ have passed,/ five sum/mers with/ the length Of five/long wint/ers! . .
In addition to the spondees in the first line, the word with receives what is called a courtesy accent;
that is, it must be given more than normal conversational stress to fill out the line. Critics have argued
that the basic rhythm of spoken English usually dictates about four stresses per line (the form of Old
English verse) and that lines of poetry with five feet will therefore contain one courtesy accent. This
example also shows how a poet can manipulate meter for effect. Wordsworth stresses the sense of the
time lapse by repeating five and long (and its noun form length) and stressing these words in normally
unstressed positions.
b) Scoffing/ his state/ and grin/ning at/ his pomp.
In addition to the courtesy accent in the fourth foot, Shakespeare includes a trochee in the first foot. A
trochee in an iambic line is called a reversed foot. In iambic pentameter verse, a reversed foot occurs
frequently in the first foot, sometimes in the third and fourth, and almost never in the second and fifth.
c) To be/ or not/ to be;/ That is/ the question.
The extra unstressed syllable at the end of the line, though not common, is still a possible variation in
an iambic line. Note the fourth foot is reversed (unless you startle people by saying "That IS the
question," as Peter O'Toole is said to have done in one production of Hamlet).
d) At the/ round earth's/ ima/gined cor/ners blow.
The beginning of this line from Donne has a Pyrrhic Foot followed by a Spondee. This combination
(called a Double or Ionic Foot) often appears at the beginning of a line.
e) Of all/ that in/solent Greece/ or haught/y Rome,
An anapest in an iambic line is more common in some ages and poets (here, Jonson) than in others.
f) And my/ tears make/ a heaven/ly Lethe/an flood.
This line by Donne shows such a wide range of variations that we might not call it iambic if it were not
in a sonnet with other iambic lines. As a clergyman, Donne almost certainly pronounced heaven as one
syllable (the way it is in hymns), and he appears to have stressed the second syllable of Lethean. The
line thus contains three regular feet, a spondee, and an anapest. Donne generally makes his "Holy
Sonnets" very irregular to combine powerful emotion and a oratorical effect as in a sermon. But the
point is that knowing what the regular meter was supposed to be helps us identify and describe the
effect Donne creates.
There are some other exotic feet such as the amphibrach (unstressed-stressed- unstressed), but for all
practical purposes, these six are the ones you need to know).
Rhythm is the beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem. It can be created by meter, rhyme,
alliteration, and refrain.
There are five types of rhythm, but we will just focus with Accentual-syllabic. The number of syllables
and the number of accents is both counted, and the stressed and unstressed syllables are usually
alternated in a consistent pattern. When we think of poetry in English, this is the form we think of, and
it is the most common form from the time of Chaucer to the advent of free verse in the late nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries:
a. And justify the ways of God to men. (5 accents, 10 syllables)
b. And malt does more than Milton can (4 accents, 8 syllables)
To justify God's ways to man.
c. Wake: the silver dusk returning (4 accents, 8 syllables with final
Up the beach of darkness brims. unstressed syllables in lines 2 & 4
And the ship of sunrise burning omitted, a common variation)
Strands upon the eastern rims.
HOW TO FIND A METER IN ACCENTUAL-SYLLABIC VERSE
1) Find syllables that would ordinarily be accented in a dictionary and in conversation. In the line
"And justify the ways of God to men," for example, the first syllable in justify and the syllables
comprising ways, God, and man would receive stress in normal conversation. There is a problem:
although in the dictionary and in analyzing meter, we usually talk as if there were only two levels
of stress (stressed and unstressed), linguists suggest that there may be as many as four in actual
spoken English. Thus, in the word justify, the just is stressed more than i or fy, but fy is stressed
more than i. Nevertheless, if you look at enough lines, you should be able to get an overall sense
of the meter. The important thing to remember is that skillful poets will have a meter, which fits a
pattern, but which is also true to the actual rhythms of spoken English; their work should
sound natural.
2) Because poets want their work to sound natural, the meter of a given line, or even passage, may
vary slightly from the basic pattern; therefore, you need to go over several lines assigning the
stresses where they would fall in normal conversation. If you look at enough lines, a general
pattern should emerge.
3) A stressed syllable will be accompanied by some unstressed syllables, and in English they usually
(though not always) come before the stressed syllable. A stressed syllable and the unstressed
syllable(s), which go with it, are called a Foot. If you look at several lines, it should become clear
whether the unstressed syllables precede or follow the stressed.
4) After you have found the stressed and unstressed syllables, you may then put strokes between the
feet to determine the meter. The meter depends on the Type and Number of feet in a line. In the
example below, the type of foot has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed, and there are
five such feet. The meter would therefore be labeled iambic pentameter (iambic for the type of
foot and pentameter for the number).
The cur/ few tolls/ the knell/ of part/ ing day.
End Rhyme has same or similar sounds at the end of words that finish different lines.
Example: The following are the first two rhyming lines from “The King of Cats Sends a Postcard to His
Wife” by Nancy Willard:
Keep your whiskers crisp and clean,
Do not let the mice grow lean,
Hector the Collector
Collected bits of string.
Collected dolls with broken heads
And rusty bells that would not ring.
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Internal Rhyme has same or similar sounds at the end of words within a line.
Example: A line showing internal rhyme from
When they said the time to hide was mine,
- “The Rabbit” by Elizabeth Maddox Roberts
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.
- “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
Rhyme Scheme is a pattern of rhyme in a poem. A rhyme scheme is a pattern of rhyme (usually end
rhyme, but not always).
Example: A quatrain – a stanza of four lines in which the second- and fourth-lines rhyme – has the
following rhyme scheme: abcb (see Quatrain).
The Germ by Ogden Nash
A mighty creature is the germ,
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Though smaller than the pachyderm. (a)
His customary dwelling place
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Is deep within the human race. (b)
His childish pride he often pleases (c)
By giving people strange diseases. (c)
Do you, my poppet, feel infirm?
(a)
You probably contain a germ.
(a)
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within words in a line. Example: A line showing assonance
(underlined) from “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore:
The children were nestled all snug in their beds
Sounds of a for words like Lake Fate
Base Fade
Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds within words in a line.
Example: A line showing consonance (underlined) from “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” by Clement Clarke
Moore: Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
“silken, sad, uncertain, rustling . . “
Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Example: Notice the alliteration (underlined) in “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the
Garbage Out” by Shel Silverstein.
Tongue Twisters are perfect examples of Alliteration
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
Onomatopoeia are words that sound like their meaning.
Example: buzz, swish, hiss, gulp
Repetition is sounds, words, or phrases that are repeated to add emphasis or create rhythm. Parallelism
is a form of repetition.
Examples: Two lines from “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll showing parallelism:
Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Refrain is a line or stanza repeated over and over in a poem or song. Example: In “Jingle Bells,” the
following refrain is repeated after every stanza:
Jingle Bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh!
Word Play is to play with the sounds and meanings of real or invented words. Example: Two lines from
the poem “Synonyms” by Susan Moger:
Claptrap, bombast, rodomontade,
Hogwash, jargon, and rant
Note: Imageries and Figures of Speech were already presented in the previous
module/handout/topic. Take a glimpse for you to recall it.
Questions to Ponder: Why do you think tone is important in writing a poem? Does it affect your
interest as a reader? Can you identify the tone elements of your favorite poem?
3. ELEMENTS OF FICTION
(Poems may contain some or all elements of fiction. For example, a narrative poem (a poem that tells
a story) may contain all elements.)
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Setting is the time and place where a story or poem takes place.
Point of View / Narrative Voice is the person narrating a story or poem (the story/poem could be
narrated in first person (I, we), second person (you), or third person limited or omniscient (he/she,
they).
Characterization is the development of the characters in a story or poem (what they look like,
what they say and do, what their personalities are like, what they think and feel, and how they are
referred to or treated by others).
Dialog or Dialogue is the conversation between the characters in a story or poem.
Dialect or Colloquial Language is the style of speaking of the narrator and the characters in a
story or poem (according to their region, period, and social expectations).
Conflict is the problem or situation a character or characters face in a story or poem.
Plot is the series of events in a story or poem.
Tone and Voice are the distinctive, idiosyncratic way a narrator has of telling a story or poem (tone
and voice depend on the intended audience, the purpose for writing, and the way the writer or
poem feels about his/her subject).
Style is the way a writer uses words to craft a story or poem.
Mood is the feelings and emotions the writer wants the reader to experience.
Theme and Message are the main topic of a story or poem, and the message the author or poet
wants to convey about that topic.
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Questions to Ponder: Can you think of a poem with a character? How was it delivered? Is it
possible to tell a story even if it is a poem? If you were a poet, how would you use the presented
elements?
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FORMS OF POETRY
Found poems are created through the careful selection and organization of words and phrases
from existing text. These take existing texts and refashion them, reorder them, and present them
as poems. The literary equivalent of a collage found poetry is often made from newspaper
articles, street signs, graffiti, speeches, letters, or even other poems.
Tanaga is a type of Filipino poem which consists of four lines with seven syllables each with the
same rhyme at the end of each line. It has a 7-7-7-7 syllabic verse, with commonly an AABB rhyme
scheme
1. “Oh be resilient you Stake
Should the waters be coming!
I shall cower as the mos
To you I shall be clinging.”
2. Inumit na salapi
Walang makapagsabi
Kahit na piping saksi
Naitago na kasi.
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Like the Japanese haiku, Tanagas traditionally do not have any titles.
They are poetic forms that should speak for themselves.
Most are handed down by oral history, and contain proverbial forms, morals, and snippets
of a code of ethics.
A poetic form similar to the tanaga is the ambahan.
Unlike the ambahan whose length is indefinite, the tanaga is a compact seven-syllable
quatrain.
Diona is an ancient form of poetry that is composed of 7 syllables for every verse/line, 3
verses/lines for every stanza, and has a single rhyme scheme.
Sa kasalukuyan, tinatanggap ang diona bilang isang tulang may pitong pantig at tatlong
taludtod. Iisa ang tugmaan nito (pero may mga makabagong diona na hindi na rin ito
sinusunod). At sari-sari na ang tema.
1. Kung ang aso hinahanap
Pag nagtampo’t naglayas
Ikaw pa kaya anak.
– Ferdinand Bajado
2. Lolo, huwag malulungkot
Ngayong uugod-ugod
Ako po’y inyong tungkod
– Gregorio Rodillo
D. Haiku is a Japanese poem written in three lines followong the Five Syllables, Seven Syllables
and Five Syllables. Often focusing on images from nature, haiku emphasizes simplicity, intensity,
and directness of expression.
1. I call to my love
on mornings ripe with sunlight.
The songbirds answer.
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2. An old pond!
A frog jumps in—
the sound of water.
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An Acrostic poem is a poem where the first letters of each line spell out a word or phrase
vertically that acts as the theme or message of the poem. Sometimes a word or phrase can also
be found down the middle or end of the poem, but the most common is at the beginning. A lot
of people use these poems to describe people or holidays, and lines can be made up of single
words or phrases. Acrostic poems do not follow a specific rhyme scheme, so they are easier to
write.
A FRIEND
F is for the fun we had together
R is for the relaxing time we shared together
I is for the interesting moments we had
E is for the entertaining time we spent
N is for the never-ending friendship that we'll have
D is for the days we'll never forget
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
I wandered lonely as a cloud
The waves beside them danced; but they
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A poet could not but be gay,
A host, of golden daffodils;
In such a jocund company:
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
What wealth the show to me had brought:
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
F.
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A sonnet is a poem that has 14 lines and follows a specific rhyme scheme. It comes from the
Italian word that means “little song.” There are various types of sonnets, and each one is
formatted a little differently, following various rhyme schemes. The three main types are the
Italian (or Petrarchan) sonnet, the English (or Shakespearean) sonnet, and the Spenserian
sonnet. They are named after the poets who made them famous. These forms have been around
since the sixteenth century. The poem is written in three quatrains and ends with a couplet.
How Do I Love Thee?
By Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and
I love with a passion put to use
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In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
With my lost saints, I love thee with the breath,
I love thee to the level of every day's
Smiles, tears, of all my life! and, if God choose,
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I shall but love thee better after death.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right;
G. Concrete Poem is a poem that uses words to form the shape of the
subject of the poem (also known as a “shape poem”).
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For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
Cinquain is a five-line untitled poem, where
the syllable pattern increases by two for each
line, except for the last line, which ends in
two syllables (2,4,6,8.2).
G. Narrative Poem is a form of poetry that tells
a story, often making the voices of a narrator
and characters as well; the entire story is
usually written in metered verse. Narrative
poems do not need rhyme.
Sing, Goddess, Achilles' rage,
Black and murderous, that cost the Greeks
Incalculable pain, pitched countless souls
Of heroes into Hades' dark,
And left their bodies to rot as feasts
For dogs and birds, as Zeus' will was done.
Begin with the clash between AgamemnonThe Greek warlord - and godlike Achilles.
- The Iliad by Homer
Questions: Which of the following poetic forms do you usually encounter? How do you
appreciate these forms?
Lyric Poem is a short poem that usually written in first person point of
view and expresses an emotion or an idea or describes a scene. It does
not tell a story and are often musical.
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Learning Task 1: Feel and Tell!
Directions: Read the literary pieces with understanding. Identify the Theme and Tone of the following
excerpts. Use the table below and write your answers on your answer sheet.
Literary
Theme
Tone
Kind of Stanza
Verse Type
Pieces
Literary 1
Learning Task 2: Go Back with Three!
Directions: Go back with the three literary pieces in Learning Task 3. Identify the following sound
elements used in each literary piece. Use the table below and write your answers on your answer sheet.
Literary
Rhymed
Type of
Rhyme
Sound
Pieces
Words
Rhyme
Scheme
Devices
Literary 1
Literary 2
Literary 2
Literary 3
Literary 3
Songs of an Empty House
by Marguerite Wilkinson
PERFECT YOU
by Trisha Kris Aquino
My father got me strong and straight and
slim,
And I give thanks to him;
My mother bore me glad and sound and
sweet,
I kiss her feet.
You see, you feel you're useless
To me you always make sense
You think you're born for nothing
To me you're here for something.
I have no son, whose life of flesh and fire
Sprang from my splendid sire,
No daughter for whose soul my mother's
flesh
Wrought raiment fresh.
Life's venerable rhythms like a flood Beat
in my brain and blood,
Crying from all the generations past, "Is
this the last?"
And I make answer to my haughty dead,
Who made me, heart and head,
"Even the sunbeams falter, flicker and
bend
-I am the end."
That is a proof that love is blind
I bet you are one of a kind
Don't ask me how, don't ask me why
My whole just did and I can't fly.
References:
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Creative Writing Quarter 1, PIVOT IV-A Learner’s Material First Edition, 2020 by Department of
Education Region IV-A CALABARZON
Prepared by:
Mr. JHON PAUL A. LAGUMBAY, LPT.
Subject Teacher, Creative Writing 12
Best description that fits Just perfect, yes
it is Nothing more, nothing less
To me, though no one sees.
But why you cannot accept it?
Look from your head down to your feet
You'll see I'm right, you're perfect
At any angle, you have it.
As said again, love is really blind And I
think I was gone with this tide
But why mine is too deep to get
Though this is the thing I won't regret?
Sonnet 18
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
By chance or nature’s changing course
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
untrimm'd;
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date;
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
Creative Writing by Sir JP
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