MODULE 3

Writing a short poem applying

the various elements and literary
devices exploring innovative
techniques
 
OBJECTIVES:
You are expected here to write a short poem highlighting the
structure of poetry. Specifically, this module will help you to:
1. write a short poem applying the various elements and
literary devices exploring innovative techniques
(HUMSS_CW/MP11/12cf10)
2. use some of the learned elements, techniques, and literary
devices.
3. appreciate literary pieces written by local and foreign
writers.

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 Writing
Preferences and
the
Writing Process
Writing
Preferences
Every author has his/her own inclinations
when drafting a record. Regardless of
whether an individual is composing a
story, a sonnet, a diary passage, a letter,
or an innovative genuine piece, the
composing approach is peculiar,
implying that it is particular to the
individual who is composing.
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 Some are think-compose journalists.
They have to think and think and figure
some more until they can compose their
first draft. At the point when they compose
their first draft, they need a huge square of
time to get it down on paper. Their first
drafts feel like a completed item to the
essayist since they've done the greater part
of their prewriting and updating in the
reasoning procedure. In any case, these
scholars need to recollect that the primary
draft is only that—a first draft. Modification
is fundamental. 5
 Advantages Disadvantages
They need time to think;
they can’t write under
command of time pressure.
Once they’ve start writing, they
Starting the opening
finish the draft easily.
paragraph can be difficult
because they are still
thinking.

The first draft can feel like a Revising their work is difficult
because from their perspective a
polished final draft to the writer.
lot of the revision decisions
They usually finish drafts on were made in the
time or earlier than the deadline. thinking process.
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 ⬩ Different scholars have different styles in
writing. They compose, cut, duplicate, and
rearrange their work just as discard and start
once more—here and there numerous
occasions.
⬩ They are continually prewriting, arranging,
and modifying as they go. They now and then
battle with completing a last draft, and they
have even been known to erase a portion of
their best work. These essayists need to
make sure to spare all drafts, with the goal
that the best work is rarely lost.
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The Writing Process 
 Every piece of writing goes through a process of
stages: prewriting (also sometimes called
planning), drafting, cooling, revising, and
publishing.
 These steps do not always follow one another in
succession. Instead, they are recursive, meaning a
step can occur again at any point in the process.
For instance, while revising an historically-based
short story, a writer may discover he/she needs to
do additional research about the time period that
the story is set, which takes the writer back to the 8
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Prewriting/Planning
 This is the stage where the
writer thinks of the possible
concept or ideas.
 Conceptualizing helps to
determine the flow of the write-
up.
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 Some writers keep a composing diary, a
record of records and notes, possibly
drawings or photos, that at first grabbed
their eye. Authors by and large are solid
eyewitnesses who record what they see,
hear, taste, contact, and smell since it
might turn out to be a piece of a story, a
sonnet, a true to life article, a play, and
so on.
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 Scholars may convey a little
journal with them for the duration
of the day and set it on the end
table close to their bed around
evening time. At that point, it is
promptly accessible when a
thought a motivation catches their
eye.
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 Writers make several decisions in the
prewriting stage as well. They will
answer questions like the topic,
readers/audience, the mode of
delivering the context, the genre, the
point of view on how to tell the
content and some factual
information.
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Conceptualizing
 Drafting includes composing the primary
draft of a report. A few journalists compose
their first draft with a pen and a note pad.
Different essayists compose legitimately on
a PC or PC. The decision relies upon the
inclination of the essayist.

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 A short bit of composing can be drafted at a
time. The objective is to get everything
down on paper before it is lost. On the off
chance that a piece can't be drafted at a
time since it is excessively long, scholars for
the most part stop at a spot where they
recognize what they will compose
straightaway. This forestalls a mental
obstacle, the powerlessness to compose the
following day.
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 When drafting, writers are urged to not
focus on spelling, accentuation, language
structure, and so on. Reexamining while at
the same time composing makes essayists
lose the first progression of the thought.
Spelling, accentuation, language structure,
and so on can be tended to in the last
update.

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Revitalizing
 Time plays an important part in writing. Once you create
your draft, you need to have some break for you to unwind
your mind in conceptualizing. This will help you to rethink
and re-conceptualize for a new possible content or inputs.
This allows writers to have a new perspective when
entering the revision stage. To do this, journalists should be
sorted out and time supervisors. The main draft must be
done early enough to save it for the suggested cooling
time.

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 Writers of books have
significantly longer cooling
periods. It might be weeks,
months, and here and there even
years, contingent upon the
author's inclination and the
cutoff time for the distribution of
the book.
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Revising
 Revising literally means “to see again” not just once
but multiple times. Revision has two types of
processes where the larger problems such as
content and organization and the smaller problems
such as sentence structure, word choice, and
formatting shall both be considered in revising your
output. Revising will help you to notice the other
elements of your write-up from the mechanics,
structure, coherence of the paragraphs and its core.

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 Some portion of updating may
incorporate requesting that
others read drafts and make
modification proposals.
Eventually, it's consistently up to
the author whether those update
suggestions will be actualized
into the last draft.
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Publishing
 Publishing involves submitting final manuscripts to
editors of print and online journals and magazines,
newspapers, or publishing companies.
 Although it’s great to see one’s name in print, not all
writers write for publication. Some write their stories,
poems, letters, diaries, etc. for the next generations –
their children, grandchildren, and great-
grandchildren. They write to record their personal
history.

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Creative
Writing
vs.
Technical
Writing

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Creative Writing
 Creative writing is written to entertain and
educate. We enjoy reading novels and stories,
not because they are necessary to read or
helpful for us, but because we get a certain
pleasure from reading them; the pleasure which
we can’t get from reading technical writing.
 composed basically to engage with the
inventiveness of the brain
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Technical Writing
 Technical writing isn't composed to
entertain. It is wholly written to inform
and sometimes to trigger the person
reading into making an action beneficial to
the one of the
 composed writer. 
chiefly to advise in a
conventional way or to induce to make an
activity, for example, buy the author's
item.
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Illustrations on the Comparison and Contrast of Creative
Writing and Technical Writing

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 Benefits of
writing a poem
Even if you aren’t looking to
become a full-time poet, or
even attempt to publish a
single poem, writing poetry
can be beneficial in several
ways. Kidder (2019) had
stated several benefits of
writing a poem.
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1. One, it fortifies your abilities to use strong
symbolism. Verse is a very picture based type
of composing, so rehearsing verse will improve
your symbolism in different structures also.
2. Poetry is concise and impactful because it uses
strong language that is not literal. Connotation
is mostly used in writing a poem. Elements are
being associated to attain the aesthetics of the
piece.

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3. Poetry helps you to incorporate your
thoughts, feelings and emotions in an
effective way. Other forms of writing have the
plot to hide behind—with poetry, all you’ve
got are emotions.
4. You can become a professional poet and
earn a living writing. Even if you just want
to enjoy poetry for the above reasons, you
can also make a full-time income this way.
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Fundamentals of
Poem Writing

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 Learning how to write a poem is
debatably one of the hardest
forms of creative writing to master
—there are so many “rules”, but at
the same time, no rules at all.
(Kidder, 2019)
 Because poetry is so specific to
the artist, knowing how to write a
poem in your own way can be 30
 Poetry can often be subjective.
Not every poem will speak to
every person. That being said,
there are different attributes that
you should learn if you want to
know how to write poetry well
regardless.
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1. Select the form of your
poem
The structure of a poem can
refer to many different things,
but we’re going to discuss some
different forms of poetry, how to
use punctuation, and last words.
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a. Here are different types of poetry forms that we have
discussed in the previous module:
Sonnet – A short, rhyming poem of 14 lines
Haiku – A poem of 3 lines where the first is 5 syllables,
the middle is 7 syllables, and the last is 5.
Acrostic – A poem where the first letter of each line
spells a word that fits with the theme of the poem or
exposes a deeper meaning.
Couplet – This can be a part of a poem or stand alone as
a poem of two lines that rhyme.
Free verse – This type of poem doesn’t follow any rules and is
free written poetry by
the author.
 
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⬩ Most of the poets that have explicitly less
experience compose what's called free stanza,
which is a sonnet without a structure, or with a
structure the writer has compensated for that
particular piece.
⬩ The writer may choose to have a specific rhyme
conspire or may make their sonnets syllabic. With a
free refrain sonnet, you can set up any topic or
example you wish, or have none by any means.
The extraordinary thing about verse is that you
can even beginning with a particular sonnet
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b. Poetry Punctuation
Writing a poem is difficult
because you never know what
the appropriate punctuation is,
because it can be different from
punctuation when writing a
book.
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 This means you use punctuation
properly for every grammar rule; if you
removed the lines and stanzas, it would
work as a grammatically correct
paragraph, and this even includes
writing dialogue in your poem.
Moreover, it implies you use
accentuation to serve the manner in
which you might want the sonnet to be
perused. A comma shows a brief delay
and a period demonstrates a more
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c. Sealer of your poem
The last word of a line, the last
word of your poem, and the last line
of your poem are very important—
these are the bits that echo in your
reader’s head and have the most
emphasis.

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2. The use of imageries
The use of imagery as a literary device in
your writing consists of descriptive language
that can function as a way for the reader to
better imagine the world of the piece of
literature and also add symbolism to the work.
Imagery draws on the five senses, namely the
details of taste, touch, sight, smell, and sound.

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 Imagery can also pertain to details about
movement or a sense of a body in motion
or the emotions or sensations of a person,
such as fear or hunger. Using imagery
helps the reader develop a more fully
realized understanding of the imaginary
world that the author has created.

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Taste: The familiar tang of his grandmother’s
cranberry sauce reminded him of his youth.
Sound: The concert was so loud that her ears
rang for days afterward.
Sight: The sunset was the most gorgeous
they’d ever seen; the clouds were edged with
pink and gold.
Smell: After eating the curry, his breath reeked
of garlic.
Touch: The tree bark was rough against her skin.

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3. The association of sound
devices
The use of the auditory effect will also give
aesthetics to your piece, not just the physical outlook of
it, but also on how to sound it when the reader reads the
piece. It gives additional impact to the reader and let
him remember it. The use of figures of speech like
Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Onomatopoeia,
rhyme and rhythm will surely help you to utilize sound
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4. Tell and express the feelings
Structure, imagery, and sound work together to
make up the technical excellence of a poem. But if your
words are empty of a deeper meaning, what’s the point
in writing a poem at all?

“Poetry is a form of storytelling. The key to writing is

making the audience feel. Give them something to
remember and hold onto.” – Brookes Washington

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⬩ Copying something another person has
done or thought of, won't give you a
certified, passionate piece that others can
interface with. So compose the sonnet that
no one but you can compose.
⬩ Since your experiences may be the first
sources of your concept, it will be easy for
you to tell and share.

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 Where could be the writers of stories and
poem or composers of songs get their
thoughts? As you learn in literature,
personal experiences could be the
substantial source of concepts. As a writer,
all you need to do is to transfer the
concepts into words.
 Can you make that feeling an image other
people can see through your words? That
is the poem you write.
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5. Do not be so ordinary, be unique and
standout
There are many clichés you want to avoid
when writing poetry. Nothing really marks an
amateur poet like clichés. The temptation is
strong but avoid cliché phrases. Go line by line
and make your language as crisp and original as
you can. If there are pieces in your poem that
seem like you’ve read or heard them before, try
to reword it in order to make it more original.
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⬩ If your poem seems long-winded to you,
imagine what that would be like for your
reader. Be ready to edit your poem to get it
down to its best form.

“Poetry is just word math. Every piece has mean

something, and there can’t be any extraneous
bits otherwise it gets confusing. It just becomes a
puzzle made out of all the words that make you
feel something.” – Abigail Giroir
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6. Enhancing your poem using the
Writing Cycle
Don't be reluctant to sit with your poem for
a considerable length of time, months, years
—as long as the sonnet needs. It's incredible
to have composing objectives and courses of
events, yet don't surge a sonnet before you
know it's prepared.

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⬩ Avoid abstractions. A word that can just allude to
an idea or feeling—it is anything but a solid,
unmistakable thing. A few instances of this are
freedom, love, servitude, hostility. Reflections make
each individual picture something other than what's
expected, so they are powerless words, and they will
debilitate your sonnet.
⬩ Rather than utilizing a reflection, consider what
symbolism you can use to pass on that feeling or idea.
Freedom can become chains breaking or winged
creatures flying. Love can be acquiring your life
partner espresso bed, petting a canine, cleaning a
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⬩ Think about the best pictures to pass on your
concept of that deliberation, so every peruser
can be on the same wavelength with you.
⬩ Try not to categorize yourself into a structure
that will smother your inventiveness, use
symbolism and sound, have an importance
and a reason for each sonnet, and change
until your fingers drain.

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