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HUMANITIES 1: CREATIVE WRITING

Name: _________________________________________ Date: _______________

GAS 12 ____________ Week 1 Lesson 2

Topic Elements of poetry

Most Essential Learning Competencies Identify the various elements, techniques, and literary devices in
specific forms of poetry
Lesson Objectives 1. identify the various elements, techniques, and literary devices
in specific forms of poetry.
References Division of City Schools – Manila Creative Writing Module, Creative Writing
DIWA SHS Series
Time Allotment 2 hours

PRE-TEST Let’s Answer This! Activity 2.1

Before we start with this module, let us check what you already know about this course by answering this
pretest

Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.

_____1. Which of the following consists of 14 lines and is usually written in iambic pentameter?
A. ode B. elegy C. sonnet D. limerick
_____2. What refers to series of lines grouped together and separated by a space from others?
A. lines B. stanza C. form D. meter
_____3. What type of poetry is a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or
historical hero?
A. epic B. descriptive C. ballad D. limerick
_____4. What stanza describes as having seven lines?
A. sestet B. septet C. tercet D. cinquain
_____5. What type of poetry is usually organized into quatrains or cinquains, has a simple rhythm structure, and tells
the tales of
ordinary people?
A. epic B. sonnet C. ode D. ballad
_____6. What is called the one-line stanza?
A. couplet B. tercet C. monostich D. quatrain
_____7. What is referred to as a poem that is usually humorous and composed of five lines in an AABBA rhyming
pattern?
A. haiku B. limerick C. ode D. elegy
_____8. What type of poetry describes the world that surrounds the speaker?
 A. sonnet B. lyric C. descriptive D. narrative
_____9. Which of the following sonnet does not consist of three quatrains?
A. Petrarchan B. Shakespearean C. Spenserian D. English sonnet
_____10. What is the lyric poem that that praises an individual, an idea or an event?

A. ballad B. ode C. elegy D. sonnet

Please Find Me! Look for the different concepts you have learned from the previous lesson. You may
encircle or highlight the words. On the side of the grid, write all the words that you found. The words may
be found horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

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MOTIVATION Let’s Move On! Activity 2.2

Haiku Challenge
You are challenged to write your haiku. Choose your subject from the
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Criteria for Haiku:

Word Choice and Creativity
Form
Grammar and Spelling
Poem is creative and original. It is evident that the poet put thought 10
into their words and uniquely conveyed their
ideas and emotions.
The poem follows the style of Haiku Poetry; this includes 10
3 lines written as follows: 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5
syllables. Poem contains information about the season and the time
of day.
Work is completely free of spelling and grammar errors. 10

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INDEPENDENT
RACTICE Activity 2.3

Determine the structure applied in the poems below.

Poem Selection

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; _____

Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; _____

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; _____

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. _____

I have seen roses damask’d, red and white, _____

But no such roses see I in her cheeks; _____

 And in some perfumes is there more delight _____

Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. _____

I love to hear her speak, yet well I know _____

That music hath a far more pleasing sound; _____

I grant I never saw a goddess go; _____

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: _____

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare _____

As any she belied with false compare. _____

1. What stanzas can be seen in the poem? ________________________________

2. What is the rhyme scheme/pattern of the poem? ________________________

Use the lines on the right side of each line in the stanza.
3. What specific type of poetry is used in the poem? ________________________

ENRICHMENT Let’s Do it!

Activity 2.4

Directions: Below are summaries/themes of classical poems. Classify the poems as LYRIC,
NARRATIVE or DESCRIPTIVE.

_____________________1. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri talks about a man, generally assumed to be
Dante himself, is miraculously enabled to undertake an ultramundane journey, which leads him to visit the souls
in Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.

_____________________2. The poem “All Things Bright and Beautiful” by Cecil Frances Alexander tells about how
great God Almighty is. The God who has given us eyes to see and lips to tell, the God who control the season,
the God who controls the sun, and the God who creates and makes everything.

_____________________3. The “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” by Thomas Gray is a 1751 poem about the
buried inhabitants of a country churchyard and a meditation on the inevitability of death for all.

_____________________4. This poem by Shakespeare which starts with the line, “Shall I compare thee to a
summer’s day” notes that the young man has qualities that surpass a summer's day.
_____________________5. The poem Ballad of a Mother’s Heart” by Jose La Villa Tierra talks about a young man
who went out late at night to meet his maiden fair. He knelt down in tears and declared his true love towards her.
The young girl wants him to prove it by bringing his mother’s heart, he did it without any tears or hesitations. It
was raining hard yet he went to his love but on his way, he slipped and felt the pain. He remembered how good
his mother is and a voice asked him “were you hurt, child?” It was coming from his mother’s heart.
 EVALUATION Let’s Answer This!

Activity 2.5

Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.
For items 1 to 4, read the poem and answer the questions that follow.
“There was a young lady of station
‘I love man’ was her sole exclamation;
But when men cried: ‘You flatter,’
She replied, ‘Oh! no matter
Isle of Man is the true explanation.'”.
- “To Miss Vera Beringer” by Lewis Carroll
_______1. What stanza is displayed in the poem?
a. Couplet b. septet c. cinquain d. octave

_______2. The following rhyming words can be seen in the poem EXCEPT?
a. station – explanation c. exclamation – station
b. flatter – matter d. matter – fatter
_______3. What rhyme scheme is applied in the poem?
a. ABCAB b. AABBA c. ABBAA d. AABAA

_______4. What specific type of poetry is used in the poem?

a. Haiku b. sonnet c. limerick d. ode

For items 5 to 6, read the poem and answer the questions that follow.
“But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes, Feed'st thy light’s flame with self-substantial fuel, Making a
famine where abundance lies, Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel.”
_______5. What stanza is displayed in the poem?
A. tercet B. quatrain C. sexain D. sestet
_______6. What is the rhyme scheme of the excerpt,
A. ABBA B. AABB C. ABAB D. ABCA
_______7. What type of poetry is exemplified the poem,
“A single leaf dances in the breeze,/ Unguided and unafraid/ Testament to nature’s freedom/
Unconventionally beautiful/ Mesmerizing in its movements/ nature’s ballerina”?
A. lyric B. limerick C. narrative D. descriptive
_______8. What type of sonnet consists of an octave (eight lines) and a sestet (six lines)?
A. Spenserian. C. Petrarchan Sonnet
B. Shakespearian D. all of the above

_______9. The “Odyssey” by Homer centers on the struggles and victories of Odysseus, the king of Ithaca. What
type of poetry is this?
A. lyric B. ode C. elegy D. epic
_______10.The poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge tells the story of an old sailor
who has returned from his voyaging and wants to share the terrible things he has encountered on the high
seas. What time of poetry is this?
A. ballad B. epic C. ode D. descriptive

LESSON 1: IMAGERY, DICTION AND FIGURES OF SPEECH

REFLECTIVE LEARNING SHEET

Directions: Write a reflective learning about what you have learned about imagery, diction and figure of
speech by answering the questions inside the box. You may express your answers in a more
critical and creative presentation of your great learning. Have fun and enjoy!

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