LESSON 1 ELEMENTS OF THE GENRE

What I Need To Know

At the end of this lesson, you are expected to identify various

elements of poetry.
(HUMSS_CW/MP11/12c-f-6)

What I Know
Answer the following questions to know how much you know about
poetry.
1. A segment of a poem that is divided into groups of lines is called a
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A.Paragraph B. stanza C. verse D. sentence
2. The voice of a poem is the .
A. Tone B. mood C. Speaker D. theme
3. The moral or message of the poem is .

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A. mood B. tone C. speaker D. theme

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4. What do you call a picture created with words in a poem?
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A. Image B. Tone C. theme D. rhyme
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5. A language used in poetry that appeals to the senses is called .

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A. Metaphor B. imagery C. simile D. dialect

6. The pattern of beats made by stressed and unstressed syllables in
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the lines of a poem is .

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A. Rhyme B. Stress C. rhythm D. tone

7. A three line poem about nature is called.
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A.Sonnet B. limerick C. haiku D. tanaga

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8. A theme that the author does not express directly, but suggests in a poem.
A.stated theme B. Love C. implied theme D. Survival
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What’s More

Activity 1. Answer the following questions after each passage.

1. "The little house stood in the twilight with its gate ajar, creaking as the wind blew.
A shutter slammed against the house, and a curtain fluttered in the breeze."
What's the mood?

a) Happiness c) Sadness
b) Suspense d) Depressed

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 [Grab your reader’s attention with
a great quote from the document
or use this space to emphasize a
key point. To place this text box
2. I'm a fine head of lettuce a
handsome romaine. Who/What anywhere on the page, just drag
is the speaker?
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a) Mother making dinner
But I haven't a cranium
Made for a brain. b) Farmer in the garden
I am simple and shy c) Dad cooking on the grill
I remain on my own... d) Head of lettuce
I am known in the garden”

3.“What do I do/what do I do
What do I do to tie my shoe
Cross it over pull it tight
Loop it together well, I think that's right.”
Who is the speaker?
c) Parent of a student
a) Kindergarten Teacher d) Kindergarten student
b) High School Teacher

Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean

And the pleasant land. Thus the little minutes Humble though they be,
Make the mighty ages of eternity.”

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What's the theme?

• Time moves on o.
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e) Ocean is powerful
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f) Sand is powerful
g) Land is pleasant
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2. “My dead love came to me, and said: That one short hour was told.”
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'God gives me one hour's rest, What is the tone of the passage?

To spend with thee on earth again: a) ironic

b) Suspenseful
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How shall we spend it best?'

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'Why, as of old,' I said; and so We

quarreled, as of old:
c) Cheerful
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But, when I turned to make my peace, d) Humorous

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3. “The sun was bright and the sky was clear. Joan jogged down the path with Rex at
her side and smiled about last night's victory.”
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What's the tone?

a) Cheerful
b) Depressing
c) Determined
d) Suspenseful

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 Based on the poem “I went to a Party”, answer the following questions.

1. Who is the speaker (persona) in the poem? How would you describe this
persona?

Answer: the persona was a girl and a teen ager.

2. What is the speaker’s tone? Which words reveal this tone? Does the tone
contribute to the mood of

Answer: yes, because when the speaker said that “I wish you could hold me mum as I lie here and die” the
speakers tone was sad and vey depressing.

What image does the poet use? How do the images relate to one another? Do these images form a unified
pattern (a motif) throughout the poem?

Answer:

3. What is the theme (the central idea) of this poem? Can you state it in a single sentence?

Answer: The theme in the poem is family and death.

Assessment

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A. Match the following concepts in column A to their corresponding definitions in column
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B. Write only the letter of the correct answer.
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C 1. Mood A. The writer’s attitude toward a subject

A 2. Tone B. A type of literature based on the interplay
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D 3. Speaker of words and rhythm

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B 4. Poetry C. The feeling created by the poet

E 5. Theme D. The voice behind the poem
E. The lesson that the poem expresses
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B. Match the following concepts in column A to their corresponding examples in

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column B. Write only the letter of the correct answer.

REFLECTIVE AND PENSIVE 1. Tone

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A. “I took the one less travelled by, And that

has made all th difference. “
- The Road Not taken by Robert
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YOUTHFULNESS AND ROMANCE 2. Theme

B. “The river, reflecting the clear blue of

the sky, glistened and sparkled
as it flowed noiselessly on. “
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HAPPY 3. Mood

C. Teacher: “Congratulations everyone for a

project well done. You all deserve

good grades.”
Students: “Wow! That’s great Maam.’

BOY 4. Speaker

D. “A boy and girl fall in love. The boy is

encouraged to finish his study first in the city as his

beloved waits at home. When he graduates and
earns a job, the two are united and got married.”

Questions

1. How do you feel when you read about this poem? Does the speaker’s tone

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affectyour present view about life?
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Answer: yes, because the poem wants us to be our best, don’t make the reflections of yourself
you don’t want to be, make the reflection of yourself the one that you want to be.
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2. How is the first poem different from the second poem in terms of the theme
they try to present?
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Answer: because they have different mood, the mood of the first poem is so sad but the second
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poem is very inspirational.

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3.in your opinion, which do you think is more effective in conveying a message to a
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audience, a story in purpose (told or written in ordinary form) or a poem? Support your answer.

Answer: for me, I think story, because when I’m still young, my mom is telling me a story and
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giving me the lesson in it. Unlike the poem, when I’m still child, I can’t understand it well and
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it is so hard to read.
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What I Know
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 Match the description in column A to its corresponding answer in column B.
A B

1. Filipino short poem of four (4) A. dalit

lines with each line having 7 syllables B. diona
ANSWER(1):C. TANAGA

2. tool that brings rhythm or C. tanaga

musicality in every poem
ANSWER(2):D.RHYME

3. pattern of beats in poetry D. rhyme

ANSWER(3):E.METER

4. Filipino short poem of four lines per E. meter

stanza; having eight syllables each line F.HAIKU
ANSWER(4):A.DALIT

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5. short Filipino poem of three lines G.RYTHM

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with seven syllables each line
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ANNSWER(5):B.DIONA
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What’s More
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I. Read the dalit below. Answer the questions to follow.

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Nag-aral siyang pilit Buong buhay syang nagtiis.

Nang karangala’y makamit. Makapagtapos ang nais.

Ang pera niya’y tinipid, Markang mataas, nakamit,

Sa guro ay di sumipsip. Tagumpay nga ang kapalit.

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 a. What rhyme is utilized in each stanza of the above dalit?
Answer: There are four lines in each stanza with a single rhyme.
b. What rhythm does each stanza form?
Answer: dalit
c. How many syllables does each line have?
Answer: 7
d. Do you think a dalit can be classified as a quatrain? Why?
Answer: yes, because dalit and quatrain have 4 lines.

II. Read the diona below. Answer the questions to follow.

Lolo, huwag

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uugod-ugod Ako po’y
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(Gregorio Rodillo)
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a. What rhyme is utilized in the above diona?

Answer: aba
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b. What rhythm does the stanza form?

Answer: Lines designated with the same letter rhyme with each other. For example,
the rhyme scheme ABAB means the first and third lines of a stanza, or the “A”s,
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rhyme with each other, and the second line rhymes with the fourth line, or the “B”s
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rhyme together.

c. How many syllables does each line have?

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Answer:2

d. How many lines does each stanza contain?

(Poems can be named based on number of lines: we have tercet for
three lines, quatrain for four lines, and quintet for five lines.)
Answer: tercet (3)

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 Assessment
Write TRUE if the statement is correct. Otherwise, write FALSE.
1. Meter is a literary device in which the repetition of the same or similar
sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of
lines in poems
Answer: false

2. While rhyme is the repeating sound at the end of a line in a

poem, rhythm is the created beat. Pattern or
Answer: false

3. “See you later, Alligator!” is an example of rhyme in poetry.

Answer: true

4. Meter is always focusing on the stressed syllabic pattern in a verse

but
not with the unstressed pattern.

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Answer: true
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5. Tanaga is a type of Filipino poem, consisting of seven lines with
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seven
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syllables each.
Answer: false
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6. Each unit of rhythm is called a “body “of poetry.

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Answer: false
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7. In Diona, there are three lines in each stanza with a single rhyme.
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Answer: true

8. “Tumatawag sa langit;
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Hiling sana’y
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makamit... Na
tadhana’y Makita-
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Malimot ang
pagdududa.”
This type of poem is an example of Tanaga.
Answer: false

9. The dalit is a type of short Filipino poem, consisting of four

lines with eight syllables each.
Rhyme and meter help make a poem musical.
Answer: false

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 What I Know

Write T if the statement is TRUE; and F if it is incorrect

1. A free verse is a poem without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme.

Answer: T
2. It is free of artificiality of a typical poetic expression.
Answer: T
3. It should follow a proper rhyme scheme; these poems do not have
any set rules.

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Answer: F

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4.Like any other poems, it should have fixed set number of words or

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syllables per line.

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5. Its main purpose is to disregard all traditional rules of poetry
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because we are now
in the modern type of writing.
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Answer: F
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