Elements of

Poetry
FORM
• is the look or the way the poem
is arranged on the page. Poetry,
which is written in lines may or
may not be in sentences. The
lines are separated into groups
which is called stanzas. Others,
like “haiku”, follow strict
syllables and line counts.
SOUND
• refers to the sound
device (rhyme, rhythm)
and techniques the poets
use to enhance a poem’s
mood and meaning.
IMAGERY
• as poetry element, involves
the use of words and phrases
that appeal to the five
senses (taste, touch, smell,
sound and sight). Poets use
imagery to create a picture
in the reader’s mind.
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
• is the creative language that
poets use to tell a stories,
share feelings, and describe
experiences. Poets use figures
of speech by choosing words and
phrases that make the reader
see ordinary things in new
ways.
THEME
• is the message about life
that the poem conveys is
the poem’s theme.
 LYRIC 17
Jose Garcia Villa

First, a poem must be magical,

Then musical as a seagull.
It must be a brightness moving
And hold secret a bird’s flowering
It must be slender as a bell,
And it must hold fire as well.
It must have a wisdom of bows
And it must kneel like a rose.
It must be able to hear
The luminance of dove and deer.
It must be able to hide
What it seeks, like a bride.
And over all I would like to hover
God, smiling from the poem’s cover.
 LYRIC 17
Jose Garcia Villa
First, a poem must be magical,
Then musical as a seagull.
It must be a brightness moving
And hold secret a bird’s flowering
It must be slender as a bell,
And it must hold fire as well.
It must have a wisdom of bows
And it must kneel like a rose.
It must be able to hear
The luminance of dove and deer.
It must be able to hide
What it seeks, like a bride.
And over all I would like to hover
God, smiling from the poem’s cover.
Questions to Ponder:
1. What are rhyming words you
see in the poem?
2. What is the rhyme scheme?
3. What are the strong verbs and
comparison in the poem?
4. Do the images remind you of
anything?
5. What figures of speech is
present in this poem?
6. What is the theme?
 TO A LOVELY WOMAN
Angela Manalang- Gloria, 1935

Shall I compare you to a rainbowed shower

Drawing to earth the very arc of dream,
Or shall I say you are an orchid flower
That fevers men beside a jungle stream?
Shall I compare you to windy morning
Because you stir the morning blood and brain
To rise and follow beauty till beauty, scorning
Desire’s fleet runners, vanishes again?
No, you are more than spectrum, than the find
Of orchid hunters, than Ariel dawn on wings.
And I, who know you are the undefined
Reality of all unreal things,
Now wisely set your breathlessness apart
As the unanswered challenge to the dreamer’s art.
 TO A LOVELY WOMAN Questions to Ponder:
Angela Manalang- Gloria, 1935
1. What are rhyming words you
Shall I compare you to a rainbowed shower
Drawing to earth the very arc of dream, see in the poem?
Or shall I say you are an orchid flower 2. What is the rhyme scheme?
That fevers men beside a jungle stream?
Shall I compare you to windy morning 3. What are the strong verbs and
Because you stir the morning blood and brain comparison in the poem?
To rise and follow beauty till beauty, scorning
Desire’s fleet runners, vanishes again? 4. Do the images remind you of
No, you are more than spectrum, than the find anything?
Of orchid hunters, than Ariel dawn on wings.
And I, who know you are the undefined 5. What figures of speech is
Reality of all unreal things, present in this poem?
Now wisely set your breathlessness apart
As the unanswered challenge to the dreamer’s art. 6. What is the theme?
ANSWERS
Questions to LYRIC 17
Ponder: Answers:
1. MAGICAL-SEAGULL
1. What are 2. MOVING-FLOWERING
3. BELL-WELL
rhyming 4. BOWS-ROSE
words you 5. HEAR-DEER
6. HIDE-BRIDE
see in the 7. HOVER-COVER
poem?
 LYRIC 17
Questions Answers:
to Ponder:
AA
2. What is BB
CC
the rhyme DD
scheme? EE
FF
GG
Questions to LYRIC 17
Ponder: Answers:
3. What are • HOLD, KNEEL
the strong • MUSICAL AS A SEAGULL
• MUST BE A BRIGHTNESS
verbs and MOVING
comparison • MUST BE SLENDER AS A BELL
• MUST KNEEL LIKE A ROSE
in the
poem?
Questions to
Ponder: LYRIC 17
Answers:

4. Do the Possible Answer:

images YES THEY DO. THEY REMIND ME
remind you OF A VERY PEACEFUL WORLD.
of anything?
Questions to LYRIC 17
Ponder: Answers:
5. What • MUSICAL AS A SEAGULL
(SIMILE)
figures of • MUST BE A BRIGHTNESS MOVING
speech is (METAPHOR)
• MUST BE SLENDER AS A BELL (SIMILE)
present in • MUST KNEEL LIKE A ROSE
this poem? (SIMILE)
Questions LYRIC 17
to Ponder: Answers:
6. What is
the theme? The poem is about the
beauty of a poem and
where it is being compared
to.
TRY: ACTIVITY 1
 LYRIC 17
ACTIVITY 1
Answers:
1. What
The poem must
must a
have the wisdom
poem have?
of bows.
 LYRIC 17
ACTIVITY 1
Answers:
2. Lyric 17
The poem teaches us
teaches us
how to make poems,
how to do
which are full of life.
what?
ACTIVITY 1
LYRIC 17
3. What does Villa Answers:
mean in these
lines?
I must be a The poem must carry
brightness enlightenment with it
moving
but it should not be
And hold secret a so obvious.
bird’s flowering
 TO A LOVELY WOMAN Questions to Ponder:
Angela Manalang- Gloria, 1935
1. What are rhyming words you
Shall I compare you to a rainbowed shower
Drawing to earth the very arc of dream, see in the poem?
Or shall I say you are an orchid flower 2. What is the rhyme scheme?
That fevers men beside a jungle stream?
Shall I compare you to windy morning 3. What are the strong verbs and
Because you stir the morning blood and brain comparison in the poem?
To rise and follow beauty till beauty, scorning
Desire’s fleet runners, vanishes again? 4. Do the images remind you of
No, you are more than spectrum, than the find anything?
Of orchid hunters, than Ariel dawn on wings.
And I, who know you are the undefined 5. What figures of speech is
Reality of all unreal things, present in this poem?
Now wisely set your breathlessness apart
As the unanswered challenge to the dreamer’s art. 6. What is the theme?
 WRITING
EXAMPLES OF
SENSORY IMAGES
GIVE YOUR OWN EXAMPLE OF SENSORY IMAGES
TASTE TOUCH SIGHT SOUND SMELL
Ex. The tang Ex. A cold Ex. A bright Ex. The Ex. Freshly
of a cold glass breeze sun chirping of the mowed grass
lemonade birds
WRITE A POEM ABOUT LOVE AND
UNDERSTANDING

HAVE IN THE MIND THE FOLLOWING:

WITH ELEEMENTS OF POETRY
• FORM
• SOUND
• USE OF SIMILE AND METAPHOR
• USE OF SENSORY IMAGES