CREATIVE WRITING

First Quarter- Module 5

Elements of Poetry: Structure
CREATIVE WRITING
Supplementary Learning Material
Quarter 1 – Module 5: Elements of Poetry – Structure

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Name:____________________________________Date:___________Score:_________

QUARTER: I Module No.: 5 Topic: 5

Lesson: READING AND WRITING POETRY
ELEMENTS OF POETRY: STRUCTURE

OBJECTIVES:

1. List the elements of poetry you remember from previous literature

discussions;
2. Determine specific structure as an element of poetry;
3. Use selected elements of poetry in short exercises.

PRETEST

Directions: Fill in the blanks the term that best describes each statement
below.
_________1. The genre of literature that is written in lines and stanza.

_________2. The study of meter in poetry.

_________3. The basic rhythmic structure of a verse or line in verse.

_________4. Stresses at regular intervals.

_________5. The repetition of identical or similar stressed sounds or sounds.

REVIEW

Now that you have done taking the pretest, you shall proceed to
recalling ideas retained in your mind. In your previous grade levels, you were taught
about the elements of poetry and how they can be employed in writing to make your
poetry vibrant, creative, and entertaining. Look for a definition of poetry and write
your answer on the space provided.

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Competency/ies: Identify the various elements, techniques, and literary devices in specific
forms of poetry
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Poetry is ____________________________________________________________

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INTRODUCTION

Poetry is a broad genre of literature that is written in stanza form. It is

characterized by a regular rhythmic pattern, rhyme, horizontal and/or vertical
measure, imagery, symbolism, and figurative language. These elements make it
distinct from prose forms. Poetic forms are classified into narrative poems (epic,
ballad, metrical tale, and metrical romance), lyric poems (ode, elegy, hymn, psalm,
sonnet, song, and simple lyric), and dramatic poems (tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy,
farce, historical play, religious play, musical play or opera, and melodrama).

ELEMENTS OF POETRY: STRUCTURE

Stanzas in poetry are similar to paragraphs in prose. Both stanzas and

paragraphs include connected thoughts and are set off by a space. The number of
lines varies in different kinds of stanzas, but it is uncommon for a stanza to have
more than twelve lines. The pattern of a stanza is determined by the number of feet in
each line, and by its metrical or rhyming scheme.
On the basis of a fixed number of lines, traditional poems have the following
kinds of stanza:

Lines in Poem: Example:

Couplet – consist of “The wit is nature to advantage dress’d;
two rhyming lines What oft was thought, but ne’er so well express’d.”
having the same meter
and follows a rhyme (Essay on Criticism, by Alexander Pope)
scheme.
Tercet – consist of “He clasps the crag with crooked hands:
three lines having the Close to the sun it lonely lands,
same meter and Ringed with the azure world, it stands.
follows a rhyme
scheme. (The Eagle, by Alfred Lord Tennyson)
Quatrain – consist of “The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
four lines having the The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea,
same meter and The plowman homeward plods his weary way,
follows a rhyme And leaves the world to darkness and to me.”
scheme.
(The Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, by
Thomas Gray)

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Quintain -“or “Listen…

cinquain,” is a stanza With faint dry sound,
of five lines, which Like steps of passing ghost,
may be rhymed or The leaves, frost-crisp’d break from the trees
unrhymed, and has a And fall.”
typical stress pattern.
(November Night, by Adelaide Crapsey)
Sestet - is a stanza “So answered thou; but why not rather say:
consists of six lines. It ‘Hath man no second life? – Pitch this one high!
is the second division Sits the no judgement in Heaven, our sin to see? –
of sonnets following an More strictly, then, the inward judge obey!
octave or the first Was Christ a man like use? Ah! Let us try
division comprising If we then, too, can be such men as he!”
eight lines. In a
sonnet, a sestet marks (The Better Part, by Mathew Arnold)
a change of emotional
state of a poet as they
tend to be more
subjective in the
second part of the
sonnet.

Rhythm is stress at regular intervals. Poets vary their rhythm according to

their purpose. The choices often contribute to the meaning of the poem.
Stress Pattern Unit/Foot Example
The TOP is FULL,
Iambic U/
Of MICE and BUGS.
TWINkle, TWINkle, LITtle STAR,
Trochaic /U
HOW i WONder WHAT you ARE.
Row, row, row your boat,
gently down the stream.
Spondaic //
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream!
It was GOOD, it was BAD,
Anapestic UU/
All the Fun, now is GONE.
LOVE for the Women and
LOVE for the MEN, I send.
Dactylic /UU
LOVE to each PERson and
SEND them my PEN.

Meter is the pattern of stressed sounds. Its basic unit of measurement is

called foot. The study of meter is called Prosody.

Number of Feet
1 Foot Monometer
2 Feet Dimeter

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3 Feet Trimeter
4 Feet Tetrameter
5 Feet Pentameter
6 Feet Hexameter
7 Feet Heptameter
8 Feet Octameter

Rhyme is the repetition of identical or similar stressed sounds or sounds.

While rhythm is a basic element of poetry, rhyme is not. It only suggests orders and
maybe related to meaning. It brings to words together making the sound of the poem
pleasing to the ear.

ACTIVITY 1

Directions: Fill in the missing line to complete the poem. Achieve the
appropriate meter and rhyme scheme of the poem. Five (5) points for each line.

1st Stanza: 2nd Stanza:

He is her sun, But when one’s gone,
She is his rain, Other’s left in pain,
(1) ____________________________. (2) ____________________________.

ACTIVITY 2

Directions: Cut out any picture from a magazine that you think you can write a
poem about. Using that picture, compose a two-stanza iambic pentameter quatrain.
Make sure to paste the picture on the space allotted to it. Your composition must be
written on the space provided too.

(Paste the picture here)
__________________________
Title
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________.

__________________________________
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4. REFLECTION

a. What part of the lesson did you find interesting and how would you
apply the lesson in your daily life?
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b. In what way did the lesson create an important impact on your personal
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POST TEST

Directions: Read the poem and analyze its structure. Answer the questions
below after the poem.

TREES
By Joyce Kilmer

I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day

And lifts her leafy arms to pray.

A tree that may in summer wear

A nest of robin in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,

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But only God can make a tree.

Question:

1. How many lines does the poem have? ______________________________

2. How many stanzas does the poem have? ______________________________
3. What is its stanza called? _________________________________________
4. What is the stress pattern of the poem? ___________________________
5. What is the measurement of the poem? ___________________________

REFERENCES

• Menoy, J. (2016). Creative Writing. Mandaluyong City, Ph: Books Atbp.

Publishing Corp.
• https://literarydevices.net/stanza, retrieved June 22, 2020

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MELC Q: I Week No.: 05 Competency Code: HUMSS_CW/MP11/12 c-f-7

Competency/ies: Identify the various elements, techniques, and literary devices in specific
forms of poetry