Exploratory Activity

•Watch the following music video.

•Then identify the poetic elements that are
present in the song.
• Rhyme
• Rhythm
• Theme
• Figurative Language
Exploratory Activity
•Identify the poetic elements that are present in
the song.
• Rhyme
• Rhythm
• Theme
• Figurative Language
Looking Back on Poetry
•The language of poetry is quite
different from the language of fiction
(prose and drama).
•Poetry uses a more intensified,
focused, and intricate language than
prose.
Poetry is always characterized according to the
following:
1. Poetry attempts to achieve beauty.
2. Poetry is imaginative, or makes use
of the strength of imagination.
3. Poetry is musical, melodic and
rhythmical.
Poetry is always characterized according to the
following:
4. Poetry makes use of language that is
metaphorical or symbolic, not direct.
5. Poetry is more concentrated than prose.
6. Poetry makes use of brevity and
conciseness.
Poetry is categorized into 3 main kinds:

1. Narrative Poems- tell stories. They may

be short and simples, long or complex.
2. Dramatic Poems- employ dramatic form
or elements of dramatic techniques such
as dialogue or characters, instead of just
a single speaker or persona.
Poetry is categorized into 3 main kinds:

3. Lyric Poems- are brief structure and

subjective in expressing the thoughts and
emotions of the persona, the speaker of
the poem. They are originally written to
be sung to the accompaniment of a lyre,
the words in these poems could be lyrics
which are strongly melodic.
Think Aloud
The following are important conventions of
poetry. Can you tell how they are used in
poetry?
a. Imagery
b. Figurative Language
c. Sound/Rhyme
d. Persona
IMAGERY

The use of images is a constant in poetry. It

is the literal representation of an
experience or an object that is perceived
through the senses. It is presented in
language in a way that we can see, smell,
hear, taste, touch, or feel it as our
imagination allows.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Figures of Speech are devices that

help beautify or make the
language more poetic than it is
already is.
SOUND

Poetry is much an oral as it is a visual

form; therefore, it is meant to be
recited and read aloud.
Poetry dates back to the ancient times
when chants were ritualized.
SOUND
Today, poets give poetry readings and even
make recordings of their work. As a result,
a poem should be readings and even make
recordings of their work. As a result, a
poem should be read aloud to reveal its
true merit.
The rhyme scheme and the meter that a
poem employs add to the sound of the
poem.
PERSONA
The speaker of a poem is not necessarily
the poet. In many cases, poets create a
persona who speaks the poem in the
first person.
Since a poem does not have characters, it
is the persona and his or her perspective
where we are able to perceive his or her
experience.
Poem Analysis
•Group
I- Describe the images created by the poem. Cite
lines that shows imagery.
II- Identify lines that uses figurative language.
III- Identify rhyming words and identify the rhyme
scheme used in the poem.
IV- Identify and describe the persona in the poem.
V- Give and explain the theme or message of the
poem.
I Am
Write a four line-stanza poem using
the title, I am.
In this short poem, write about
yourself- your characters, fears and
virtues. You can also write about
your dreams and aspirations.