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 Objectives
Infer literary meaning from
literal language based on
usage.
Explain the relationship of
context with its meaning.
Analyze the figures of
speech and other literary
techniques and devices in
the text.
Produce a composition that
offers views concerning
poetic creations.
 What is Poetry?
Poetry is a type of literature that uses
the sounds, rhythms, and meanings of
words to describe the world in striking
imaginative ways.
 What is Poetry?
In poetry the sound and meaning of
words are combined to express feelings,
thoughts, and ideas.
 What is Poetry?
The poet chooses words carefully.
Poetry is usually written in lines.
THE STRUCTURE OF POETRY
Stanza Lines
A group of lines in a Most poems are written
poem is called a stanza. in lines.
THE STRUCTURE OF POETRY
Couplet Tercet
A couplet is a poem, or A tercet is a poem, or
stanza in a poem, stanza, written in three
written in two lines. lines.
THE STRUCTURE OF POETRY
Quatrains Tercet
A quatrain is a poem, or A tercet is a poem, or
stanza, written in four stanza, written in three
lines. lines.
THE STRUCTURE OF POETRY
Cinquain Septet
A cinquain is a poem, or A septet is a poem, or
stanza, written in five stanza, written in seven
lines. lines.
THE STRUCTURE OF POETRY
Octave
An octave is a poem, or
stanza, written in eight
lines.
 Types of Poetry
Lyric Narrative
Lyric poetry mainly concerns As its name implies,
the poet’s emotional life; it’s narrative poetry is
written in their voice and
concerned with
expresses solid thoughts and
storytelling.
emotions.
Types of Poetry
Descriptive
Descriptive poetry usually
employs lots of rich imagery
to describe the world around
the poet.
 SUBTYPES OF POETRY
Sonnet Haiku
The sonnet is a fourteen-line poem Haiku is a disciplined form of
written in iambic pentameter, poetry that originates in 17th-
employing one of several rhyme century Japanese poetry. Usually,
schemes, and adhering to a tightly
it is concerned with nature and
structured thematic organization.
natural phenomena such as the
The name is taken from the Italian
seasons, weather etc.
sonetto, which means “a little sound
5-7-5 syllable patterns.
or song.”
 SUBTYPES OF POETRY
Elegy
What makes an elegy an elegy is its
subject, that is, death. Elegies are
poems of lamentation – the word
elegy itself comes from the Greek
word elegeia which means to
‘lament’.
Ballad
Ballads are a type of narrative
poetry closely tied to musical
forms. Ballads written as poetry
can often easily be adapted as
song lyrics.
 SUBTYPES OF POETRY
Ode Epic
An ode is a short lyric poem that
These long narrative poems
praises an individual, an idea, or an
recount heroic tales, usually
event. In ancient Greece, odes were
focused on a legendary or
originally accompanied by music—in
mythical figure.
fact, the word “ode” comes from the
Greek word aeidein, which means to
sing or to chant. Odes are often
ceremonial, and formal in tone.
 SOUND DEVICES
Alliteration Assonance
This device involves the repetition of
Similarly to alliteration, assonance
the initial consonant sound of a
involves the repetition of sounds in
series of words, often consecutively.
a series of words, often
Alliteration is most easily explained
consecutive words. However,
to students by looking at a few
rather than repeating the initial
simple tongue twisters, such as
sounds, assonance focuses on the
Peter Piper or She Sells Seashells.
repeated internal vowel sounds..
 SOUND DEVICES
Consonance Rhyme
Consonance is the consonant-
Rhymes are words that end with
focused counterpart to assonance. It
involves the repetition of consonant
the same sound. (Hat, cat and
sounds in the middle or at the end of bat rhyme.)
words, distinguished from
alliteration, where the initial sound is
repeated.
 SOUND DEVICES
Rhythm
Rhythm is the flow of the beat in a poem.
Gives poetry a musical feel.
Can be fast or slow, depending on mood and
subject of poem.
CONNOTATIVE LANGUAGE IN
POETRY
Simile
A simile compares two things using the
words “like” or “as.”
Comparing one thing to another creates a
vivid image.
CONNOTATIVE LANGUAGE IN
POETRY
Metaphor
A metaphor compares two things without
using the words “like” or “as.”
Gives the qualities of one thing to
something that is quite different.
CONNOTATIVE LANGUAGE IN
POETRY
Personification
Personification gives human traits and feelings
to things that are not human – like animals or
objects.
 Rev. Isidro Dino
Rev. Isidoro Dino, a Bikol-based writer, is a prolific
writer who was cited as Poet Laureate by the United
Poets International. In 1941, he produced a book
entitled My Lyre, which contains 101 spiritual poems.
The first literary selections consist of Rev. Dino's
three short lyric poems, which are included in the
Bikol literary works cited in Ma Lilia F. Realubit's book,
Bikols of the Philippines, in 1983.