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Name: ________________________________Grade & Section: _______Lesson : WK 2 -L2 Date: Sept. 20-24, 2021

CREATIVE WRITING
Micro Lesson (HUMSS_CW/MP11/12-Ia-b-4)

Figures of Speech , Elements, Techniques, and Literary Devices in Specific Forms of Poetry
Learning Competency
Identify the various elements, techniques, and literary devices in specific forms of poetry
Objectives: Recognize various literary elements, techniques, and devices in poetry; and
create or compose specific forms of poems considering its literary elements, techniques, and
devices.
Presentation: Dear students, today’s lesson is learning about important literary elements, techniques, and devices in creating
poetry.
Discussion: Read and understand the text below.

II.A. Meaning of Poetry

Poetry is formed and derived from the Greek term “poesis” that means to create or to make. It
mainly differs from other forms of literature in a sense that it must be read as carefully as it could
be.
B. Important Features of the Genre
1. It is mainly recognized as the most economical means of expression because of the limited
number of words used.
2. It mainly evokes emotions and reveals the inner thoughts and aspirations of the writer.
3. It should manifest aesthetic and emotional appeal to the readers.
4. Its relative shortness and dynamism in structure exude great ideas and explorations about life.
5. It can feature any topic relevant to human interests and experiences.
6. Its meaning goes beyond its words. It should be internalized and carefully interpreted.
7. Language, as used in this genre is highly creative in which denotation and connotation must be
given sound attention.
8. Poetry centers on several key aspects such as structure, language, tone, sound, rhythm, and
lastly, emotional appeal.
9. It is established by the consideration of its fundamental composites namely-sense, sound, and
structure.
10. The poet has the freedom to frame his work. It can be highly structured or measured and can
also be written in the free verse.
C. Forms of Poetry
A.Narrative Poetry – This form capitalizes on recounting a story. Also, this form is non-dramatic. Epics,
metrical tales, ballads and romances are specific poetic types that belong to this form.
B.Lyric Poetry – Lyric poems mainly evoke and highlight the emotions and feelings of the writer toward
the chosen subjects in a personal or subjective way. These are melodic in nature and are originally
sung. Simple lyrics, songs, odes, sonnets, and elegies are examples that manifest the conventions of
lyric poetry.
C.Dramatic Poetry – This form of poetry exhibits the elements of drama – dialogue and
characterization. A monologue and a soliloquy are best examples since their conversations fit this type.

D. Other Forms of Poetry:

• Cinquain – A poem consist of 5 lines in which each line has a certain number of words.
• Epitaph – This is relatively a short commemorative inscription (a poem or a saying) on a
tombstone particularly intended for a deceased person. This can be written in a serious or
a humorous tone.
• Riddle Poetry – This mainly provides a description of its subject that is done in a poetic
way. It makes something extraordinary because of the creative use of language. It leaves
the readers to guess as they need to decipher the answer by analyzing the descriptions
carefully or sensory details since the subject to be identified is not named.
• Acrostic Poetry – A creative composition in verse in which the initial letters of each line or
phrase are taken to form a word.
 • Clerihew – This form of poetry was named after its developer Edmund Clerihew Bentley. It
is usually a humorous poem that is composed of four (4) lines and is mainly intended to
describe a person. The rhyming of the lines is vital in writing this form of creative poetry.
• Shape Poetry – In this type of poetry, the words and lines of the poem are set to form the
figure or shape usually of its subject.
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E. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF POETRY
Literary elements are inherent in every genre of literary piece - be it a short story, novel, poetry, and the like.
These elements are extensively employed by writers in creating their masterpieces to give substance to such
literary piece. In poetry, some of the essential elements to be considered are structure, mood, tone, theme, poetic
devices, and rhyme scheme.
1. STRUCTURE OF POETRY
The structure of a poem refers to the way it is presented to the reader. This may include technical things such as the
line length and stanza format. Poems are typically written in the form of stanza. Even though some modern forms of
poetry neglects the traditional poetic norms such as rhyme schemes and meter, the stanza still plays an important
role in the overall look of printed poetry. Stanzas are the poetic equivalent of a prose paragraph. These are a series
of lines that are grouped together and separated from other groups of lines or stanzas by a skipped line. Stanzas
come in a variety of lengths, dependent either on the whim of the poet or the conventions of a particular poetic form.
There is a variety of technical vocabulary often used to refer to stanzas of specific lengths.
2. MOOD
Mood is crucial in creating an atmosphere and suspense in your poem. Just think about how film-makers use music
to create a sense of unease and tension to their viewers. Likewise, in writing, instead of music, you need to create a
similar effect using words and images for your readers. Every piece of description that you write needs to produce
an emotional response to your readers. The mood of the poem evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers using words
and descriptions as it creates an emotional setting to the reader.
3. TONE
Tone refers to the quality of the persona’s voice that expresses the speaker’s feelings or thoughts towards the
person or thing addressed in the poem. It also takes the dimension of any sound with reference to its quality, pitch
(how high or low the persona’s voice is.) To determine the tone of a poem, find out the attitude of the writer
towards the reader. Even without hearing the pitch of the author’s voice, the tone of the poem can be determined
through the style and diction of the poet. One of the useful techniques for determining the author’s tone is to
envision the sound of the author’s voice as if he/she were reading the passage aloud. An author’s tone is often
indicated by adjectives like: sarcastic, depressed, angry, prayerful, ironic, sympathetic, cynical, intense, solemn,
positive, cheerful, hopeful, etc... What makes mood and tone different from each other?
• TONE is the author’s attitude expressed through the word they use.
• MOOD pertains to the feeling that the reader gets from reading.
4. THEME
A theme is a universal idea or concept that threads through an entire story. Authors may have used characters or
poetic persona who has experiences as they go through the poem, and through these, readers come to some
conclusion about the human condition and perhaps how people ought to live. It focuses on the deeper meaning or
message that the reader is meant to consider. The theme often makes a statement about society, human nature or
human condition In identifying the theme of the poem, it is important to note that it is not the same with the moral
of the story. The theme is the UNIVERSAL IDEA reflected in the poem. When we say “universal”, it means that it is
not only true to the poem or to its author, hence, it can be true to everyone. Meaning, everybody can relate to it
and same goes with everybody that may have experienced it regardless of their age, sex, race, status, etc...
What makes the theme different from moral?
• THEME is the universal idea reflected in the literary piece.
• MORAL is the lesson that teaches the readers the concept of right
and wrong. Let us try to consider the story of The Little Red Riding
Hood who gets herself in danger by disobeying her parents and
revealing too much information to a wolf on her way to her grandmother’s house. What do you think is the THEME
of the story? What is the MORAL of the story?

5. POETIC DEVICES
Some of the commonly used poetic devices in crafting poems are:
Poetic devices are employed by the writers to give
meanings and a logical framework to their work through
language. When readers read such works, they ultimately
recognize and appreciate them. They do not only beautify the
piece of literature but, they also give deeper meanings to it,
testing the very understanding of the readers along with
providing theme enjoyment of reading. Besides, they help
motivating readers’ imagination to visualize the characters and
scenes more clearly.

6. RHYME SCHEME
A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a
poem. It is usually referred to by using letters of the alphabet to indicate
which lines rhyme; lines designated with the same letter all rhyme with
each other.
In this example, you will notice that the last words of lines 1 and 3
rhymes with each other (cloud, crowd). Therefore, to clearly indicate that
they rhyme, we will put an “A” mark at the end of lines 1 and 3. Same goes
with lines 2 and 4 since the word “hills” rhymes with “daffodils.” This time,
since it is the second set of rhyming words found in the poem, we will put
a “B”mark at end of lines 2 and 4. The third set marked with “C” and so on.
If you happen to encounter any words that rhymes with the first set, you
will mark it with an “A” mark to indicate that it belongs to the first group.
The rhyme scheme of the given example, which is an excerpt from
William Wordsworth’s I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud is A-B-A-B-C-C.

Exercises:
A. Directions: Read the statements in each item. Decide whether you agree or disagree to the given statements. Then, write AYE
on the blanks if you agree with the statement and NAY if you don’t.
_____1. The language of poetry is compressed, magical and musical.
_____2. Poem is the process of creating literary piece that uses effective
words and language to evoke a writer’s feelings and thoughts.
_____3. A poem may or may not have a story but definitely, it has a structured
method of writing and literary elements that makes it more substantial.
_____4. The theme and moral are just the same.
_____5. Poems are typically written in the form of stanza.
_____6. The tone is crucial in creating an atmosphere and suspense in your poem.
_____7. The mood evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers with words and
Descriptions as it creates an emotional setting to the reader.
_____8. A rhyme scheme is usually referred to by using letters of the alphabet to
Indicate which lines rhyme.

B. LABELLING POETRIC RHYME

Directions: Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem below by properly
Putting the appropriate alpha-label on the group of words that rhymes.
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? ________________________

C. Directions: Read the short poem below and answer the questions that follow.
1.Image in line 1 symbolizes __________ .
A. abundance B. barren C. infertile D. minimum
2. Image in line 8 symbolize __________ .
A.Immensity B. infinitude C. vastness D. termination
3. The word Eden in line 6 connotes __________ .
A. beauty and happiness C. growing ang losing of innocence
B. life and death cycle D. existence and termination of things
4. The following lines explain that nothing last forever, EXCEPT __________ .
A. But only so an hour C. So Eden sank to grief
B. So dawn goes down to day D. Her early leaf’s a flower
5. The Poem followed the rhyme scheme __________ .
A. AABBCCDD B. ABBBCDDD C. ABCDABCD D. ABCBCDDD

OUTPUT/TASK 1. Writing Time!

Directions: Read the acrostic poem (refer to page 3 for
the meaning of acrostic poem) below and be able to
create your own by choosing one name of the days
in a week as your title. Write in a light colored paper.

Prepared by:

ROSALIE C. DIVINA
Subject Teacher
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