READING and WRITING POETRY

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 RHYME
TANAGA LINES
SONNET EUPHONY
HAIKU RHYME AND METER
TYPOGRAPHY METHAPOR
DIONA 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

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POETIC GENRES LYRIC POETRY

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

a.2. Tone - is the kind of sound you hear in a musical

b.1. Conventional forms

EXAMPLE : Short Tagalog Poem like:

• Poetry that does not have rhyme or have a regular

• PERFORMANCE POETRY- a form of poetry intended

a) A person who writes poem

LYRIC POETRY HAIKU POETRY

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

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