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Senior High School – HUMSS 12 – Literature and Arts Cluster Creative Writing SY 2020-2021

Session 3 – Pre-Writing Worksheet

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Analyze the poem Sonnet 1 by Jose Garcia Villa. Answer the following questions related to poetic
elements. Make sure to use at least 1 textual fact to support you answers.

Sonnet 1 by Jose Garcia Villa

Form
How many lines are there in the poem?
How are lines grouped? (by 2 – couplet, by 3 –
tercet, by 4 quatrain and so on)
Sound
Is there as rhyme? What is the rhyme scheme?
Is there a rhythmic pattern used in the lines? If
yes, what is it?
Which words use alliteration?
What are the words repeated in the work? How
many times were these words repeated?
Imagery
What is the dominant imagery used? Which
lines apply imagery?
Which lines contain metaphors?
What do these metaphors mean?
Mood/Tone
Tone – What is the attitude of the speaker to the
subject of the poem?
Mood – What is the general emotion evoked as
you read the poem?
Theme
What does the poem tell us about poetry? (State
it in 1 or 2 sentences only)

List three (3) characteristics of poetry.

1.

2.

3.