Creative Writing: Quarter 1 - Module 2: Elements, Techniques, and Literary Devices in Specific Forms of Poetry
Creative Writing: Quarter 1 - Module 2: Elements, Techniques, and Literary Devices in Specific Forms of Poetry
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Elements, Techniques,
and Literary Devices in
Specific Forms of Poetry
Creative Writing – Grade 11/12
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Quarter 1 – Module 2: Elements, Techniques, and Literary Devices in Specific Forms
of Poetry
First Edition, 2020
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For the learner:
You are a living story. You have woven your own story of truth about your
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What I Need to Know
What I Know
2. These are series of lines grouped together and separated by an empty line
from others.
a. Form c. Stanza
b. Causality d. Foreshadowing
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4. This is where lines end in similar sounds.
a. Flashback c. Rhyme
b. Imagery d. Symbolism
6. What is the attitude or feeling created by the poet towards the subject of the
poem?
a. Diction c. Rhyme
b. Imagery d. Tone
8. This is the pattern of rhyme at the end of each verse or line in the poetry.
a. Rhyme c. End Rhyme
b. Rhythm d. Rhyme Scheme
10. This is a poem with one speaker who expresses strong feelings.
a. Epic c. narrative poem
b. Lyric poetry d. descriptive poem
12. This kind of poem focuses on the features and characteristics of the subject.
a. Sonnet c. narrative poem
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b. Lyric poem d. descriptive poem
13. What is the type of poetry where the lines and syllables do not have
measure?
a. Couplet c. Free Verse
b. Epic d. Haiku
14. This also controls the rhythm and the message of the poem.
a. Diction c. Rhyme
b. Lines d. Stanza
15. This is a poem that tells a story and resembles the plot line of a story.
a. Descriptive c. Narrative
b. Lyric d. Sonnet
Lesson
Elements, Techniques, and
2 Literary Devices in Poetry
The only thing to make poetry meaningful and powerful is to use various
elements of poetry. One of the most important elements of poetry is the structure.
To expand the meaning of the language and to evoke emotional responses, literary
devices and rhythm are necessary to attain musical effect.
What’s In
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Sonnet 18
William Shakespeare
What’s New
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
William Wordsworth
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Answer the questions below: I Wandered Lonely as a
Cloud
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What is It
The basic elements of poetry which organize a good poem include the
figurative language, imagery, rhyme, tone etc.
Rhyme refers to any word that sounds alike at the end of the line of the
poem. It gives connection between words to the reader’s mind. The pattern of
rhymes is marked with the letters a, b, c, d, etc. The group of lines that rhyme at
the end are marked with letter a. The second group is marked with letter b.
Tone of a poem is the attitude that the poet or speaker creates toward the
subject of the poem and that we sense joy, sadness, anger, frustration, etc. through
the poet’s choice of words.
Structure of Poetry
Lines are similar to a sentence and signal a pause in a flow. This also
controls the rhythm and the message of the poem.
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Stanzas are a set of lines grouped together and separated by a blank space
from other stanzas. They are the poetic equivalent of a paragraph. There are a
variety of lengths of stanza and here are some common specific lengths:
• Couplet (2 lines)
• Tercet (3 lines)
• Quatrain (4 lines)
• Cinquain (5 lines)
• Sestet (6 lines) (sometimes it’s called a sixtain)
• Septet (7 lines)
• Octave (8 lines)
Free Verse poems do not follow any rules. Their creation is completely in the
hands of the author. A poem may or may not have a specific number of lines,
rhymes scheme and/or metrical pattern, but it can still be labelled according to its
form or style.
Here are the three most common types of poems according to form: (Quexbook,
2017)
1. Lyric Poetry: It is any poem with one speaker (not necessarily the poet) who
expresses strong thoughts and feelings. It is highly musical and can use
literary devices like rhyme to create a music quality. Most poems especially
modern ones are lyric poems.
Example
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The World Is Too Much With Us
William Wordsworth
Example
“The Iliad” is an epic poem by Homer, who is the ancient Greek poet. “The Iliad”
narrates battles during the weeks of the Trojan War and the ten year Greek siege of
the city of Troy. “The Iliad” was written in the mid-8th Century BC. It is usually
considered to be the oldest work in the Western literature, and one of the timeless
poems and loved stories.
The Iliad
Homer
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Of heroes into Hades' dark,
And left their bodies to rot as feasts
For dogs and birds, as Zeus' will was done.
Begin with the clash between Agamemnon-
The Greek warlord - and godlike Achilles.
3. Descriptive Poem: It is a poem that describes the world that surrounds the
speaker. It uses elaborate imagery and adjectives. While emotional is more
“outward-focused” than lyric poetry, which is more personal and
introspective.
Example:
James Reeves composed the poem "The Sea," where he compares the sea to
a living creature through an extended metaphor. The poem highlights the
sensory images, figures of speech, rhyme patterns and rhythms.
The Sea
James Reeves
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The rumbling, tumbling stones,
And 'Bones, bones, bones, bones! '
The giant sea-dog moans,
Licking his greasy paws.
1. Structure – Writers decide how long or how many syllable each line and
where it will pause. The number of line and stanzas are important because it
affects the experience of the readers.
2. Meaning and Form – The appropriate form of the poem depends on the
content or the meaning of the poem. Think an issue or idea that you want to
highlight to let your inspiration flow freely.
3. Rhyme – It gives pleasure and adds music to the poem. It also echoes in the
reader’s ear like a song.
4. Writing and Rewriting – There is no standard way of writing but you have
to focus on your subject. Use the best words to make your imagination real
to the mind of your reader. If there are lines that do not fit your goal, remove
it and replace it with better idea.
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What’s More
After reading the poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”, provide the needed
information below:
10. What type of poem is this according to form? Why do you think so?
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What I Have Learned
1. I have learned that _____________ is the overall organization of lines and/or the
conventional patterns of sound.
2. I have learned that _____________ are a series of lines grouped together and
separated by an empty line from other stanzas.
3. I have learned that Narrative Poem is a poem that tells a _____________ .
4. I have learned that “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” is written by _____________ .
5. I have learned that _____________ is the use of picture or image that we perceive to
convey sensory experiences.
6. I have learned that _____________ is a poem with one speaker who expresses strong
thoughts and feelings.
7. I have learned that _____________ is a poem that describes the world that surrounds
the speaker. It uses elaborate imagery and adjectives.
8. I have learned that _____________ refers to any word that sounds alike at the end of
the line of the poem.
9. I have learned that _____________ of a poem is the attitude that the poet or speaker
creates toward the subject of the poem.
10. I have learned that _____________ controls the rhythm and the message of the poem.
11. I have learned that _____________ poems do not follow any rules. Their creation is
completely in the hands of the author.
12. I have learned that _____________ poem tells a story and resembles the plot line of a
story.
13. I have learned that the number of line and stanzas are important because it affects
the experience of the _____________.
14. I have learned that _____________ is wording that creates comparisons between
unlike objects or things using figures of speech.
15. I have learned that _____________ is the meaning of the poem and the main idea
that the poet is trying to communicate.
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What I Can Do
Look at the picture below, compose a well – written poem about the current
situation in the country. Use lyric, narrative, or descriptive type of poetry. Employ
literary devices and rhyming scheme with 2 quatrains (4 lines).
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Assessment
I remember
I remember oceans trembling and spilling gently with water.
I remember dew drops glistening on pinecones, roses and buttercups
reflecting the colours of spice blush and butter Barefoot and silent,
I remember cupping mouthfuls of fresh river water picking up dried up petals.
I remember those beautiful days.
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Those beautiful days when the sun glowed just right.
Those beautiful days when the
wind swooped gently soothing the
harsh sunlight.
Once, this entire ground filled
crimson and coffee barks
and peeping through the bushels of
leaves I saw red flecked cardinals
sitting there twittering with no care
in the world.
The times when you could spot
children playing in the rich sand
Kicking shoving laughing with no
care in the world.
And drinking water from the ponds
and river and lake.
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because we destroyed its only homes
and replaced it with broken buildings filled with trash
for our benefit.
Let me tell you it’s becoming harder and harder to find that beautiful day
where the sun flushes just right
for
the quick cool winds have become dry.
and the glare of the sun has become sharp painful stings
So, I’m pleading to you
do something before it’s too late
before we become completely blind to mother earth’s pleading cries
and deaf to the frightened screams of birds and animals.
So, protest with me
So, march with us
So, scream with them
So, fight like you never have
Fight until you bleed the colour of guilt
because
for humans and humanity,
This is
Just
The
Beginning.
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After you have analyzed the lyric poem “I Wondered lonely as a Cloud” by
William Wordsworth, this time, make a comparison between this poem and “When
✓ Analyze the type of form, the number of lines, stanzas, and the subject
of the poem.
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Additional Activities
Follow the instructions and compose a short well-crafted poem applying the various
whatever you can think of. Take some of the ideas from these lists and see if
Compose your own 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme. Each line
✓ Do the lyrics have special meaning for you or does the song remind
✓ Study the structure of the song you like and fill in the grid below.
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Waves of Life
Chorus
Bridge
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God makes the storm calm to make the waves quiet
Number of stanzas
Theme
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1. Read the narrative poem the “Ballad of the Harp Weaver” written by Edna St.
Vincent Millay. Identify the plot, characters, and setting presented in the
poem.
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What’s More: What I Know:
What’s New
1.C
1. Nature
What’s In:
2.C
2. Four 1.Lyric 1. 14
3.B
3. Six 2. ABAB, 4.C
4. Sestet 2.ABABCC CDCD,EFEF, 5.C
5. Eight GG 6.D
3.Metaphor 7.B
6. Answer may vary 3. 10
8.C
4. 4 QUATRAIN
7. Answer may vary 9.B
4.Personification
5. THREE
8. ABABCC 10.B
5.Four 11.D
9. Answer may vary
12.D
10. Lyric
13.C
14.A
15.C
Answer Key
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Assessment:
What I Have
Learned:
Answers may 1. Structure
2. Stanza
vary
3. Story
4. William
Answers may vary Wordsworth
5. Imagery
6. Lyric Poetry
What I Can Do:
7. Descriptive
Additional Activity: 8. Rhyme
9. Tone
Answers may
10. Line
vary
Answer Key
References
Wordsworth, William. “The World Is Too Much With Us”. Poetry Foundation
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45564/the-world-is-too-much-
with-us
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