READING and

WRITING POETRY

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 POETRY

style of writing that uses a formal organization and that is often

divided up into lines or stanzas or it refers to something beautiful
1. The art, theory or structure of poems
2. Poems; Poetical works
3. A.) poetic qualities; the rhythm, feelings, spirit, etc. of poems
B.) the expression or embodiment of such qualities
 ORIGIN OF POETRY
Middle English poetrie form Old French from Medeival
Latin poētria from Latin poēta poet; see poet.
POETRY –(the term derives from a variant of the Greek
term, poeisis, “making”) is a form of literature that uses
aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language such as
phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre- to evoke
meanings in addition to, or in place of the prosaic ostensible
meaning.
ELEMENTS OF POETRY:
GENRE

POETIC GENRES LYRIC POETRY

NARRATIVE POETRY PROSE POETRY
EPIC POETRY HAIKU POETRY
DRAMATIC POETRY ELEGY
SATIRICAL POETRY
LIGHT POETRY
3 MAIN KINDS OF POETRY

Narrative
Dramatic
Lyrical
 A.) ESSENTIAL
ELEMENTS

a.1. Theme - is the underlying message, or 'big idea.‘

a.2. Tone -  is the kind of sound you hear in a musical note, or
in a person's voice live or in writing. A poem can bring up all
kinds of emotions, depending on the tone.
 B.) ELEMENTS FOR SPECIFIC
FORMS

b.1. Conventional forms

EXAMPLE : Short Tagalog Poem like:

TANAGA
-Is an indigenous type of Filipino poem, that is used
traditionally in tagalog language. The poetic art uses four lines,
each line having syllables only.
• DIONA
-Is a pre-hispanic rhyming poem of three lines with
seven syllables in each line expressing a complete thought.
• HAIKU
-A Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of five,
seven and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural
world.
• SONNET
-A poem of 14 lines using any of a number of formal
rhyme schemes, in English typically having 10 syllables per
line.
 
• RHYME AND METER
-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. Meter is the systematic regularity in rhythm
(or sound pattern) is usually identified by examining the type of
“foot” and the number of feet.

• METAPHOR
-A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an
object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
b.2. FREE VERSE

• Poetry that does not have rhyme or have a regular meter.

• The line and line break
• Enjambments
• Metaphor
 C.) OTHER EXPERIMENTAL
TEXT

Typography
Genre-crossing texts (e.g. prose poem, performance
poetry)
• PROSE POEM-
a piece of writing in prose having obvious poetic
qualities, including intensity, compactness, prominent
rhythms and imagery.

• PERFORMANCE POETRY- a form of poetry intended

to be performed as a dramatic monologue or exchange
and frequently involving improvisation.
QUIZ
1) What does poetry mean?

a) A person who writes poem

b) Ordinary writing
c) The writings of a poet
d) None of the above
2) The term poetry derives from a variant of the
Greek term, “poeisis” which means

a) dismember

b) making
c) form
d) strike
3) Poetry uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of
language such as the ff except

a) metre
b) bonny
c) sound symbolism
d) phonaesthetics
For items 4-10, choose to the following choices
below the elements of poetry:genre

LYRIC POETRY HAIKU POETRY

ELEGY TANAGA
NARRATIVE POETRY SATIRICAL POETRY
METHAPOR RHYME
EPIC POETRY DRAMATIC POETRY
POETIC GENRES LIGHT POETRY
DIONA EUPHONY
PROSE POETRY SONNET
For items 11-13, choose the 3 main kinds of
poetry to the following

• Undramatic • Euphonious
• Dramatic • Narrative
• Stagy • Chronicle
• Unlyrical • Commentary
• Lyrical • Musical
14) What does theme mean?

a) Motif
b) The “big idea”
c) Subject
d) Topic
 15) What is tone?

a) A quality, feeling, or attitude expressed by the words

that someone uses in speaking or writing
b) A word or phrase
c) Mode
d) Very calm and relaxed
16-18. Choose atleast 3 Conventional forms

ELEGY
TANAGA RHYME
SONNET LINES
HAIKU EUPHONY
TYPOGRAPHY RHYME AND
DIONA METER
METHAPOR
FICTION
19) A Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of
five, seven and five, traditionally evoking images of
the natural world

A) TANAGA
B) DIONA
C) HAIKU
D) SONNET
20) Poetry that does not have rhyme or have a
regular meter.

a) Theme
b) Tone

c) Poetry

d) Free Verse