Poetry

What is POETRY?

• being one of the familiar traditional genres of literature, has

captivated the human attention because of its peculiarity in
the way how human aspirations and emotions are expressed
and communicated. It manifests external and internal beauty
which may bring lasting impacts to its readers.
What is POETRY?
• POETRY is formed and derived
from the Greek term "poesis" that
means to create or to make. It
mainly differs from other forms of
literature in sense that it must be
read as carefully as it could be.
 It is mainly recognized as the most
economical means of expression because
of the limited number of words used.
Salient Poetry mainly evokes emotions and
features of reveals the inner thoughts and aspirations
of the writer.
Poetry
It should manifest aesthetic and
emotional appeal to the readers.
 Its relative shortness and
dynamism in structure exude great
ideas and explorations about life.

Salient Poetry can feature any topic

features of relevant to human interests and
experiences.
Poetry
The meaning of poetry goes
beyond its words. It should be
internalized and carefully
interpreted.
 Language, as used in poetry, is
highly creative in which
denotation and connotation
Salient must be given sound attention.
features of Poetry centers on several key
Poetry aspects such as structure,
language, tone, sound,
rhythm, and lastly, emotional
appeal
 Poetry is established by the
consideration of its fundamental
composites namely- sense,
Salient sound, and structure.
features of
Poetry The poet has the freedom to
frame his work. It can be highly
structured or measured and can
also be written in free verse
 Elements of
Poetry
1. THEME - The theme is
summarized statement containing
the main thought or meaning of
the poem.
Elements of Poetry
Since I saw her, I wanted to be more
than her friend.
Noe that dream will forever end.
She was the first girl on which I had a
crush.
To see her, I went to school in a rush.

-Excerpt from the poem, My

Greatest Regret
Elements of Poetry
• 2. TONE - Tone refers to the
attitude or the mood of the poem.
It is the overall atmosphere of the
poem which influences the
emotional response of the reader.
I do not love you except
because I love you;
I go from loving to not
loving you,
From waiting to not
waiting for you
My heart moves from cold
to fire.
I love you because it’s you
the one I love;
• I hate you deeply and
hating you
• Bend to you, and the
measure of my changing
love for you
• Is that I do not see you but
love you blindly.
•
-Excerpt from the poem,
IDNLYEBILY
RHYME

Rhyme is the link between

music and poetry. It adds music
quality to the poem which gives
the readers reading pleasure. The
following are the different types
of rhymes:
Types Characteristics Sample
True Rhyme that occurs on the “Here Captain! Dear Father!
Rhyme words. It is often seen in This arm beneath your head!
the last words.
It is some dream that on the deck,
You’ve fallen cols and dead!”
(Oh Captain, My Captain, Walt Whitman)

Internal Rhyme that occurs within “One upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and
Rhyme the line. weary.”
(The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe)

Off rhyme Not a true rhyme but the “In the sun and in the snow,
or slant sound of the words are
rhyme Without pleasure, without pain,
alike.
On the dead oak tree bough.”
(The Gallows, Edward Thomas)
 LINE
AND
METER
Forms Number of Lines
Couplet 2

Tercet 3

Quatrain 4

Quintet 5

Sestet 6

Septet 7

Octave 8
 5. GENRE
Type Characteristics Sample Forms
Descriptive focuses on details didactic poem
Poem
Narrative tells a story epic, ballad
Poem
Lyric Poem expresses the feelings and thoughts ode, sonnet, dramatic
of the poet monologue
 Figures of Speech in Poetry

Simile Metaphor Personification

Hyperbole Alliteration Onomatopoeia

NARRATIVE POETRY -
This form capitalizes on
recounting a story. Also,
this form is non-dramatic. Various Forms
Epics, metrical tales, of Poetry
ballads, and romances are
specific poetic types that
belong to this form.
LYRIC POETRY - Lyric poems
mainly evoke and highlight the
emotions and feelings of the
writer toward the chosen
subjects in a personal or Various Forms
subjective way. Lyric poems are
melodic in nature and are of Poetry
originally sung. Simple lyrics,
songs, odes, sonnets, and elegies
are examples that manifest the
conventions of lyric poetry.
 DRAMATIC POETRY
- This form of poetry
exhibits the elements of
drama - dialogue and
characterization. A Various Forms
monologue and a soliloquy of Poetry
are best examples since
their conventions fit this
type.
 Snow
CINQUAIN. It is a
is white poem composed of
and very cold five (5) lines in which
each line has a certain
pretty as the soft lace number of words. The
making angels in the drifts. text below is an
example of this type.

-Anonymous
EPITAPH. This is relatively a short commemorative
inscription (a poem or a saying) on a tombstone
particularly intended for a deceased person.

Moly tho’ pleasant in her day

Was suddenly seized and went away
How soon she’s ripe, how soon she’s rotten
Laid in her grave and soon forgotten
 
-For Mary Fowler, 1972, Mildford, CT
RIDDLE POETRY. This mainly provides a description of its subject
that is done in a poetic way. It makes something extraordinary because
of the creative use of language.

It’s right behind you

Creeps on the ground
Follows you home,
Does not make a sound
Better turn ‘round
-the answer is moon
ACROSTIC POETRY. A creative composition in verse in which the
initial letters of each line or phrase are taken to form a word.

Monday 
Maybe this day is not
One of your favorites, but
Never forget that every
Day you wake up is an
Amazing gift and it’s up to
You to make it count
-Anonymous
CLERIHEW. This form of poetry was named after its developer Edmund Clerihew Bentley.
It is usually a humorous poem that is composed of four (4) lines and is mainly intended to
describe a person. The rhyming of the lines is vital in writing this form of creative poetry.

• Mr. Shaw
• 
• Our art teacher, Mr. Shaw,
• Really know how to draw,
• But his awful paintings
• Have caused many faintings.
• -Anonymous
 SHAPE POETRY. In
this type of poetry, the
words and lines of the
poem are set to form the
figure or shape usually
of its subject.