Midterm-September

Lesson 3: Producing Poetry

Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, the students are expected to:
a. Determine the elements of poem by analyzing the given poems.

Introduction to Lesson:
What is Poetry?
An expression of imaginative awareness of experience through meaning, sound, and
rhythmic language; with the purpose of evoking emotional response.
A Poetry follows a pattern. A Structural which has a standard rhythm and lines such as
sonnets and Free Verse which has no standard rhythm and all. In this type or patter, the poet
has all the rights to express his emotions.

What are the Types of Poetry?

A. Lyric
- Traditionally, Greeks read these poems with musical accompaniments such as lyre,
making them more similar to song. It includes odes, sonnets, elegies, etc.
B. Narrative
- Poems which narrate stories in verse form usually it is about love and heroic deeds. Epics
and ballads are its examples.

The Elements of Poetry

1. Figurative Language
- The use of words conveys vivid, concrete sensory experiences.
2. Voice
- Speaker: It refers to the speaking persona of the poem. Tone: Writer’s attitude towards
the subject of a literary work.
3. Imagery
- The use of words to convey vivid, concrete sensory experiences.
a. Tactile (Touch)
Ex.
The word plum is delicious pout and push, luxury or self-love,
And savoring murmur full in mouth and falling like fruit
Taut skin juice, and tart fresh.
- The Word Plum, Helen Chasin

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b. Olfactory (Smell)
Ex.
And what a congress of stinks!-
Roots ripe as old bait,
Pulpy stems, rank, silo-rich,
Leaf-mold, manure, lime, piled against slippery planks.
Nothing would give up:
Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath.
- Root Cellar, Theodore Roethke
c. Auditory (Hear)
Ex.
The sound must seem an echo to the sense:
Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows,
And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flow;
But when the loud surges lash the sounding shore,
The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar.
- Sound and Sense, Alexander Pope
d. Visual (See)
Ex.
Here and there
His brown skin hung in strips
Like ancient wallpaper,
- The Fish, Elizabeth Bishop

4. Symbolism
- refers to an object, character, or event that stands for something else. Its meaning goes
beyond its literal meaning or significance. Symbols vary from love to many things. For
example, Shakespeare’s poem given below symbolizes love.
5. Sound
- Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds. In poetry, the most common kind of rhyme is
the end rhyme, which occurs at the end of two or more lines. It is usually identified with
lower case letters, and a new letter is used to identify each new end sound.
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? A
Thou art more lovely and more temperate: B
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, A
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date; B I saw a fairy in the wood, A
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, C He was dressed all in green. B
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; D He drew his sword while I just stood, A
And every fair from fair sometime declines, C And realized I'd been seen. B
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm'd; D
But thy eternal summer shall not fade, E
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st; F
Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade, E
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st: F
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, G
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. G
- Sonnet 18, William Shakespeare

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6. Rhythm
- Meter is the systematic regularity in rhythm; this systematic rhythm (or sound pattern)
is usually identified by examining the type of "foot" and the number of feet. It contains
two parts: poetic foot and poetic meter. It simply means the pattern of stressed and
unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse.

Types of Meters
✓ Iambic meter. Unstressed / stressed = da-DUM
✓ Trochaic Meter. Stressed / unstressed = DA-dum
✓ Spondaic Meter. Stressed / stressed = DUM-DUM
✓ Anapestic Meter. Unstressed / unstressed / stressed = da-da-DUM
✓ Dactylic Meter. Stressed / unstressed / unstressed = DUM-da-da

- Foot is created by a number of syllables in a foot, in which stressed and an unstressed

syllable are used variably.

Types of Foot
✓ Monometer. One foot.
✓ Dimeter. Two feet.
✓ Trimeter. Three feet.
✓ Tetrameter. Four feet.
✓ Pentameter. Five feet.
✓ Hexameter. Six feet.
✓ Heptameter. Seven feet.
✓ Octameter. Eight feet.

Examples of Poetic Meter and Feet

Iambic Meter (Pentameter) = /da-DUM/
1. When I do COUNT the CLOCKS that TELLS the TIME.
- Sonnet 12, William Shakespeare
2. To STRIVE, to SEEK, to FIND, and NOT to YIELD.
- Ulysses, Alfred Tennyson

Trochaic Meter (Tentrameter) = /DA-dum/ - Trochaic is faster than iambic meter. It is

used to dramatize lively situations. Nursery rhymes are best examples.
1. DOUble, DOUble, TOIL and TROUble;
FIre BURN and CAULdron BUBble.
- William Shakespeare
2. SHOULD you ASK me WHENCE these STOries?
WHENCE these LEGends AND traDItions,
WITH the ODours OF the FORest,
WITH the DEW and DAMP of MEAdows.
- Kalevala, Elias Lonnrot

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Activity 1
Name: ______________________________ Date: _____________________
Strand and Section: __________________ Score: ____________________

Direction: Determine the following using the given poem below.

1. Rhyme
2. Poetic Meter and Feet Sonnet 18
3. Figurative Language William Shakespeare
4. Imagery Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
5. Voice Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
6. Symbolism Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date;
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;
Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Reference:
Ramos, J.O. and Talisay J.M. (2017). Fundamentals of Creative Writing. Quezon City:
Brilliant Creations Publishing , Inc.
Chua, Viloria, and Sara (2016). English for the 21st Century Learners 10. Makati City:
DIWA Learning Systems
Irang, L. (2015). –Exploring Literature and Grammar: British-American Literature.
Quezon City: Brilliant Creations Publishing , Inc.

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Lesson 4: Quick Review

Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, the students are expected to:
b. Recall the previous discussion through a pen and paper test;
c. Analyze the elements used in the given poem; and
d. Construct examples of poetry elements.

Activity 1
Name: ______________________________ Date: _____________________
Strand and Section: __________________ Score: ____________________

A. Direction: Identify the following.

__________1. It is the speaking persona of the poem.
__________2. Words that carry meaning beyond their literal sense.
__________3. It is the repetition of similar sounds in the verse.
__________4-5. Two types of Poetry.
__________6-7. Two structures of Poetry.
__________8. A type of poetry which narrates stories.
__________9. A structure of poetry which has standardized format.
__________10. A simply way of expressing emotions through words.

B. Direction: Create a quick observation of the poem below. Emphasize the elements of
poetry found in this the given text.
Sonnet 5
William Shakespeare
Those hours, that with gentle work did frame
The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell,
Will play the tyrants to the very same
And that unfair which fairly doth excel;
For never-resting time leads summer on
To hideous winter and confounds him there;
Sap check’d with frost and lusty leaves quite gone,
Beauty o’ersnow’d and bareness every where:
Then, were not summer’s distillation left,
A liquid prisoner pent in walls of glass,
Beauty’s effect with beauty were bereft,
Nor it nor no remembrance what it was.
But flowers distill’d, though they with winter meet,
Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet.

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C. Direction: Construct your own poem about the “Agony of Letting Go of
Something/Someone You Doesn’t Want to Lose”. Apply at least five elements of a
Poetry in you work.
Criteria %
Theme 10
Elements used 5
Fluency of Words used 5
Total 20

Reference:
Ramos, J.O. and Talisay J.M. (2017). Fundamentals of Creative Writing. Quezon City:
Brilliant Creations Publishing , Inc.
Chua, Viloria, and Sara (2016). English for the 21st Century Learners 10. Makati City:
DIWA Learning Systems
Irang, L. (2015). –Exploring Literature and Grammar: British-American Literature.
Quezon City: Brilliant Creations Publishing , Inc.

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Lesson 5: Conventional Poetry

Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, the students are expected to:
e. Compare and contrast the different forms of poetry;
f. Construct poems of selected forms; and
g. Relate poetry writing to reality through slogan making.

Introduction to Lesson
Here are some examples of Conventional Poetry that was contributed by different
poets across the world.

1. ABC Poem. This poem is constructed which words start with the letter of the alphabet.

“A Good Companion”
zeph
Above all the people we met
Beloved friends are the least we forget
Compare to any events we’ve spent
Dozens of it were the moments we have
with our friends
Empathy that is beyond compare
Forgives your silliness though it loses
their hair
Gives advice and comforts in times of
despair
Hides you from your mother’s glare
Invites you to parties you’re not
acquainted with
Juggle your boring ship
Keeping them in your heart
Like a key to a treasury box
Making you run wild
Never, however, stabs you at the back
Oh! What a friend indeed
Precious people that you don’t want to
leave
Quite critics-
Reader but never judges your life
Shoulders to lean when the world beats
you up
That’s what a good friend does
Uplifts you when you’ve run out of gas
Values what troubles you
Wondering how this begun, but wishing-
X-pirations become outdated
Yearn for them, have them be friended
Zap the mind and back to reality, be a
great companion to any.

2. Acrostic Poetry. A form of poetry where the first letters of each line create a name, word,
or phrase.
“I am Zeph”
Zeph

Zealous is what keeps me going

Empath is my virtue
Passions are the colors of my life
Heiress of my destiny, crowned for greater things destined for me.

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3. Bio Poem. It is used to reveal information to the reader about the poet.
Format
Line 1: First name Zeph
Line 2: who is … (descriptive words that Who is minimalist, a seeker, and
describes you) Samaritan
Line 3: who is the brother/sister or The sister of Zeb
son/daughter of … Who loves writing, playing instrument,
Line 4: Who loves … (three ideas) and a good movie
Line 5: Who feels … (three ideas) Who feels frustration, thrill, and
Line 6: Who needs … (three ideas) longingness
Line 7: Who gives … (three ideas) Who needs peace, assurance, and
Line 8: Who fears … (three ideas) security
Line 9: Who would like to see … (three Who fears croaches, losing in control,
ideas) and abandonment
Line 10: Who shares … (three ideas) Who would like to see Egypt, Israel,
Line 11: Who is … (three ideas) and good things happen to her family
Line 12: Who is a resident of … (your Who shares laugh, tears, and love
town) Who is a writer, an educator, and a
Line 13: Last name leader
Who is a resident of Bulacan
Mariano

4. Cinquain. It is a five-line poem that follows a specific format. There are various types of
cinquians. Some are created with a number of words or syllables in mind. Another form is
created using various parts of speech.

Format
Line 1- 1 word Electric fan
Line 2- 2 words Cool, stiff
Line 3- 3 words Turning, standing, giving air
Line 4- 4 words Conditioning air in room
Line 5- 1 word Comfy

5. Haiku. Is a Japanese poem which is consisted of 5-7-5 syllables.

“Class Dismissal”
Zeph

Nostalgic feeling
Car’s horn, dark clouds, evening breeze
Dismissal is near.

6. Diamonte. It is a poem which structure is diamond-like.

Autumn
Crisp, colorful

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Blowing, falling, crunching
Pumpkins, Thanksgiving, flowers, easter
Budding, blooming, awakening
Sunny, new
Spring

Activity 1
Name: ______________________________ Date: _____________________
Strand and Section: __________________ Score: ____________________

D. Direction: Among the six forms of conventional poetry, choose three and create your
own example each one.

E. Direction: Answer the following.

1. Compare and contrast all the given forms.
2. Which among the forms is the most important? Why?
3. Why is poetry important in our lives?

F. Direction. Make a slogan of the importance of poetry.

Criteria %
Theme 10
Creativity 5
Fluency of Words used 5
Total 20

References:
Ramos, J.O. and Talisay J.M. (2017). Fundamentals of Creative Writing. Quezon City:
Brilliant Creations Publishing , Inc.
Chua, Viloria, and Sara (2016). English for the 21st Century Learners 10. Makati City:
DIWA Learning Systems
Irang, L. (2015). –Exploring Literature and Grammar: British-American Literature.
Quezon City: Brilliant Creations Publishing , Inc.

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Lesson 6: Experimental Forms

Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, the students are expected to:
h. Explore innovative techniques in writing poetry; and
i. Experiment with conventions of poetry.

Introduction to Lesson
Although there are a lot of created poetries from several poets, its development is
continually being produce. There is other several Conventional Poems that are created but less
recognized. One of which is called Erasure Poetry.
This is one of the best types of conventional poetry that would develop one’s skills for its
way of creating it. According to poets.org, erasure poetry simply means creating another
poem from the existing text or another poem by eliminating, erasing, or blacking out a large
portion of a text. They new created poetry may be about something related to the text it was
taken from or something else.

“Undead”
zeph

It was cold and dark

I could hear the dog’s bark
The memory came crushing
Your shadow was suddenly playing
I could still remember your voice
Your smile, your glance, and your poise
In my head there’s a lot of voice
But none of it could compare the whisper of yours
I haven’t seen you face for a long time
Nor talked to you in sunshine
I wished to have a glimpse to the window of your soul
Captured the moment with you once more
Though the grave had covered you
You were engraved in my heart like a tattoo.

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Activity 1
Name: ______________________________ Date: _____________________
Strand and Section: __________________ Score: ____________________

G. Direction. Make an erasure poem using the text below.

Criteria %
Theme 10
Creativity 5
Fluency of Words used 5
Total 20

This moment I am looking at my hands and I see you

A qualification to compromise integrity. Intellect supersedes

description. Feelings are abstract when put into words tangible only
with touch and kiss and make love and romance dates are arbitrary.
Time is random. One person is enough, not enough, not wanting
always needing, always attempting to explain. Distance is really all
there is. Death glamorizes. Absence deceives. Lie overtakes. Lies
100 words too long live only in things it is not the same you of the
first when I hug you, I don’t see you and that is enough.

References:
LM. Victoria, et al. 2017, Creative Writing, REX Book Store, p. 99
Poet.org

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