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GOOD MORNING!
REVIEW
LET’S PLAY A
GAME!
STRESS AND
UNSTRESS
 DIVIDE THE
CLASS INTO
TWO GROUPS
 WORDS WITH 2
SYLLABLES WILL
BE FLASHED ON
THE SCREEN.
 IF THE 1 SYLLABLE IS
ST

STRESSED, GROUP 1 WILL

STAND AND IF THE 2 ND

SYLLABLE IS UNSTRESSED
GROUP 2 WILL SIT DOWN
 IF THE 1 SYLLABLE IS
ST

UNSTRESSED, GROUP 1
WILL SIT DOWN
AND IF THE 2ND SYLLABLE
IS STRESSED GROUP 2
WILL STAND
LET’S TRY!
HAPPY
HAPPY
G1 STANDS
G2 SITS
OBTAIN
OBTAIN
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G2 STANDS
READY?
HIGHWAY
HIGHWAY
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GARDEN
GARDEN
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DELIGHT
DELIGHT
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RAVEN
RAVEN
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PORTRAY
PORTRAY
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G2 STANDS
WHAT CAN YOU
SAY ABOUT THE
ACTIVITY?
 ARE YOU
FAMILIAR WITH
THE STRESS AND
UNSTRESSED
WHAT COULD BE
THE RELATION OF
STRESS IN
WRITING POETRY?
 POETRY
ELEMENTS FOR
SPECIFIC FORMS
LESSON OBJECTIVES
• I can identify the
arrangements, structure and
forms of poetry.
• I can analyze specific forms
and conventions of poetry.
 INTRODUCTION
What exactly is it that makes a poem
different, for example, to a piece of
prose? Or song lyrics, even?
The truth is that when we get down to
it poetry isn’t all that easy to pin
down.
WHAT ARE THE
COMMON
FEATURES OF
POETRY?
 1. It looks like a POEM
if it looks like a poem and it reads
like a poem, then the chances are
pretty good that it is, indeed, a
poem.
 2. IT OFTEN HAS SOME
UNDERLYING FORM HOLDING
THINGS TOGETHER
while this isn’t always true (in some free
verse, for example) a lot of poetry
conforms to a prescribed structure such as
in a sonnet, a haiku etc.
 3. IT USES IMAGERY
if the poet is worth his or her
salt, they’ll endeavour to create
images in the reader’s mind
4. IT HAS A CERTAIN MUSICALITY

The earliest poems were composed orally and

committed to memory. We can still see the
importance the sound of language plays when we
read poems out loud. We can see it too in the
attention paid to musical devices that are
incorporated into the poem.
WHAT ARE THE
TYPES OF
POETRY?
1. TRADITIONAL /
CONVENTIONAL
 A traditional poem operates in
much the same way, since it is any
poetic work that adheres to a
definite verse structure or set of
characteristics.
 It follows standard rules of
grammar and syntax with a
regular rhythm scheme. It is
stricter in its form.
 2. MODERN /
CONTEMPORARY
On the contrary, what some might
call contemporary poetry
demonstrates a departure from
these characteristics that define a
traditional poem.
 It is most often written in free verse
(unrhymed lines), and the language is
accessible to the common reader.
Contemporary poetry invites the reader
to complete statements, offer
conclusions, and extract meaning.
REVIEW
TASK
COMPLETE
THE TABLE
NUMBER OF LINE TYPE OF STANZA
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
HOMEWORK
Research for the foot
and meter in Poetry.
Welcome to

Creative
Writing
GOOD MORNING!
REVIEW
 POETRY
ELEMENTS FOR
SPECIFIC FORMS
LESSON OBJECTIVES
• I can identify the
arrangements, structure and
forms of poetry.
• I can analyze specific forms
and conventions of poetry.
 WHAT ARE THE
POETRY’S
ARRANGEMENT AND
STRUCTURE?
A. LINE
Line is fundamental to the
perception of poetry,
marking an important visual
distinction from prose.
Poetry is arranged into a
series of units that do not
necessarily correspond to
sentences, but rather to a
series of metrical feet.
B. STANZA
A group of lines in a poem.
It I a unit of poetic lines.
(a paragraph within the
poem)
 Stanzas in the modern poetry,
such as free verse, often do not
have lines that are all of the
same length and meter, nor
even the same number of lines
in each stanza.
 Stanzas created by such
irregular line groupings are
often dictated by meaning, as in
paragraphs of prose.
Monostich = a one-line stanza.
Couplet = a two-line stanza.
Tercet = a three-line stanza.
Quatrain = a four-line stanza.
Cinquain = a five-line stanza.
Sestet = a six-line stanza.
Septet = a seven-line stanza
Octet = an eight-line stanza
Spenserian = a nine-line poem
Dizain = a ten-line poem
COMPLETE
THE TABLE
C. FOOT
 A combination of stressed and
unstressed syllables in a line of
poetry. There are many different
combinations, but some are
more popular than others.
 The basic unit of measurement of
accentual-syllabic meter. A foot usually
contains one stressed syllable and at least
one unstressed syllable. The standard
types of feet in English poetry are the iamb,
trochee, dactyl, anapest, spondee, and
pyrrhic (two unstressed syllables).
 An unstressed (or light)
syllable is marked with a and
a stressed syllable (or heavy)
is marked with the following:
 Iambs
have two syllables, the first being
unstressed and the second being
stressed.
 For example, the
words, ''equate,'' ''destroy,''
''belong,'' and ''delay'' are
simple iambic words.
 Trochees
have two syllables in the
opposite order: stressed then
unstressed.
Words like happy, clever,
and planet are trochees.
 Dactyls
have three syllables that occur
in a pattern of stressed-
unstressed-unstressed.
Some examples of dactyls
are the words merrily and
buffalo, poetry” and
“basketball”
 Spondees
are feet with two stressed
syllables, as
in heartbreak, shortcake,
childhood, woodchuck
and bathrobe.
 Anapests
reverse dactyls’ order of
emphasized syllables, with the
first two syllables being
unstressed and the third being
stressed..
 Words
like understand, interrupt,
and even anapest itself are
anapests
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GOOD MORNING!
REVIEW
 POETRY
ELEMENTS FOR
SPECIFIC FORMS
LESSON OBJECTIVES
• I can identify the
arrangements, structure and
forms of poetry.
• I can analyze specific forms
and conventions of poetry.
D. METER
This is the number of feet that is
in line of poetry. A line of poetry
can have any number of feet,
and can have more than one
type of foot.
1. A line with one foot =
monometer
Iambic Monometer
Following we met a-
Tinkerbell nother cat
over the wrapped in an
Mountain side Eiderdown.
Dactyl Monometer
2. A line with two feet =
dimeter
Trochaic Dimeter
3. A line with three feet
= trimeter
In poetry a trimeter (Greek for
"three measure") is a metre of
three metrical feet per line.
 Example:
When here // the spring // we see,
Fresh green // upon // the tree.
Iambic Trimeter
4. A line with four feet =
tetrameter
 -“And the sheen / of their
spears / was like stars / on the
sea"
(Lord Byron, "The Destruction
of Sennacherib")
 -"Twas the night / before
Christ / mas when all /
through the house"
("A Visit from St. Nicholas")
Anapestic Tetrameter
"Because I could not stop for
Death"

(Emily Dickinson, eponymous

lyric)
Iambic Tetrameter
 "Peter, Peter, pumpkin-
eater"
(English nursery rhyme)
Trochaic Tetrameter
5. A line with five feet =
pentameter
 "Peter, Peter, pumpkin-
eater"
(English nursery rhyme)
6. A line with six feet =
hexameter
Those drops, like tears from
heaven, fall this dreary day;
I see the puddles forming,
dimpled with the rain.
And with no sun or sky of blue,
my heart does play
with sadness while my mood
reflects my inner pain.
7. A line with seven
feet = heptameter
8. A line with eight feet
= octameter
9. A line with nine feet =
nonameter
10. A line with nine feet =
decameter
E. FORM
The arrangement or method
used to convey the content,
such as free verse, ballad,
haiku. In other words, the
‘way-it-is-said.’
• Blank Verse – a poetry written
with a precise meter. It is almost
always iambic pentameter that
does not rhyme. (Much of plays
of Shakespeare)
• Free Verse - a poetry that
lacks a consistent rhyme
scheme, metrical pattern, or
musical form.
• Closed – poetic form
subject to a fixed
structure and pattern.
F. MELODY
 Like music, each poem has melody
(sound devices). A poet chooses
words for their sound, as well as for
their meaning. Rhythm, of course, is
a kind of sound device based upon
pattern.
Masculine Rhyme - is a rhyme that
matches up single syllables. You'll see it
most often in like:
"Look! It's a zombie mouse! / Quick! Run
inside the house!" Mouse and house?
Each is a one-syllable word.
Feminine Rhyme - on the
other hand rhymes not one,
but two syllables—the first
syllable stressed, the second
unstressed
That's why it's also called double
rhyme. For example: "I kidnapped
some weasels / And now I have the
measles." That's a feminine rhyme
because wea and mea rhyme
and sels and sles rhyme.
Triple Rhyme - a feminine rhyme
involving one stressed and two
unstressed syllables in each
rhyming line.
Ex: mournfully/scornfully
transportation/dissertation.
antelope/cantaloupe.
greenery/scenery.
mightily/vitally.
 G. OTHER
RHYMING TERMS
• Sight (eye) Rhyme – in which two
words look alike but don’t sound alike.

“LOVE” and “JOVE”

“DAUGHTER” and “LAUGHTER”.
• Slant (Imperfect) Rhyme – in
which two words are nearly
rhymed but have a slight
variation in vowel sound, such
as “LAKE” and “FATE”.
NOTE: Sometimes what is now a
sight rhyme was once a true
rhyme, but pronunciation
changes have occurred such as
“AGAIN” and “RAIN”.
• Identical Rhyme (Rime Riche) –
in which words are spelled differently
but have the same pronunciation (also
called homonyms) such as “TWO” and
“TOO” or “RITE” and “RIGHT”.
• End Rhyme – in which the rhyming
words occur at the ends of lines in
poetry.
• Internal Rhyme – in which the
rhyme occurs inside a line such as
– “Let’s BEAT the HEAT.”
REVIEW
ACTIVITY
#1
 On a long bond paper,
write a poem showing all
the elements and structure
of poetry.
 The poem should have a title, minimum
of 4 stanzas with 4 lines each, rhymes
and imagery. You can choose your own
theme and subject. For the twist, the title
is given and you have to make a story
about it. Write creatively and be guided
by the rubric. (100 pts)
 RUBRICS
Content – 40%
Diction – 10%
Elements and Structure of Poetry – 30%
Creativiy – 20%

Total: 100%
QUIZ #1
1. It is fundamental to the
perception of poetry.
2. A combination of stressed
and unstressed syllables in a
line of poetry.
3. A group of lines in a poem.
4. The arrangement or
method used to convey the
content, such as free verse,
ballad, haiku.
5. It have two syllables, the first
being unstressed and the
second being stressed.
6. Rhyme in which two words
look alike but don’t sound alike.
7. It have three syllables that
occur in a pattern of stressed-
unstressed-unstressed.
8. This is the number of feet
that is in line of poetry.
9. It have two syllables in the
opposite order: stressed then
unstressed.
10. Rhyme in which two words are
nearly rhymed but have a slight
variation in vowel sound.
11. The first two syllables being
unstressed and the third being
stressed.
12. A poetry that lacks a consistent
rhyme scheme, metrical pattern, or
musical form.
13. These are feet with two
stressed syllables.
14. A feminine rhyme involving one
stressed and two unstressed
syllables in each rhyming line.
15. Rhyme which words are
spelled differently but have the
same pronunciation.
ANSWERS
1. Line 9. Trochees
2. Foot 10. Slant
3. Stanza 11. Anapests
4. Form 12. Free Verse
5. Iambs 13. Spondees
6. Sight Rhyme 14. Triple Rhyme
7. Dactyls 15. Identical Rhyme
8. Meter
HOMEWORK
Research for the
different forms of
poetry