LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Identify what is poetry.

2. Describe how poetry delivered.
 Literary work in which special
intensity is given to the expression of
feelings and ideas by the use of
distinctive style and rhythm; poems
collectively or as a genre of literature.

1. John Keats 2.William Wordswoth

Poetry is the spontaneous

overflow the powerful feelings; it takes
its origin from emotion recollected in
Poetry is an attempt to read the tranquillity; the emotion is
beautiful or sublime without the contemplated till, by a species of
gurdon of imagining the logical or reaction, the tranquillity gradually
narrative thought process. He does disappears, and an emotion, kindred to
not imply that poetry is illogical or that which was the subject of
lacks narration. contemplation, is gradually produced,
and does itself actually exist in the
mind.
 3. Paul Valery 4. Aristoteles

Poetry is an art based on The existing fragments of

language, but poetry has more Aristoteles’ poet is describe three
general meaning that is difficult to genres of poetry are the epic, the
define because it is less determine; comic, the tragic and develop rules
poetry also expresses a certain state to distinguish the highest quality
of mind. poetry is each genre, based on the
underlying purposes of the genre.

5. Carol Ann Duffy

A poem is the attire of
feeling: the literary from where
words seem tailor made from
memory or desire.
6. Lawrence Ferlinghetti 7. Robert Pinsky
FransisChronicle.

Poetry is an ancient art or

technology; older than computer,
older than print, older than writing
indeed, though some may find this
Poetry is a sofa full of blind surprising much older than prose.
singer who have put aside their I presume that the technology of
cares. Poetry is the sound of poetry, using the human body as
summer in the rain of people its medium, evolved for specific
laughing behind close shutters uses; to hold thing in memory,
down a narrow street. both within and beyond the
individual life span; to achieve
intensity and sensuous appeal; to
express feelings and ideas rapidly
and memorably; to share those
feelings and ideas with
companions, and also with the
dead and with those to come after
us.
 8. Anne Rouse 9. Frieda Hughes

Poetry is about the intensity Poetry is the way of

at the centre of the life, and about communicating a vast array of
intricacy of expression without thoughts and feeling by concentrating
any appreciation of those, people them into minimal, or even single
are condemned to simplistic points which describe a whole.
emotion and crude expression.

10. Matthew Hollis

Poetry is a kind of leaving of notes

for another to find the willingness to
have them fall into the wrong hands.
 Tasks to Do!
A. Directions: Below are the definitions of poetry, identify the
prominent person who gave each definition. Paste their
picture in the box provided.

1 2

Poetry is an attempt to read the Poetry is the spontaneous

beautiful or sublime without the overflow the powerful feelings; it
gurdon of imagining the logical or takes its origin from emotion
narrative thought process. He does recollected in tranquillity; the
not imply that poetry is illogical or emotion is contemplated till, by a
lacks narration. species of reaction, the tranquillity
gradually disappears, and an
emotion, kindred to that which was
the subject of contemplation, is
gradually produced, and does itself
actually exist in the mind.

3 Poetry is the way of

communicating a vast array of
thoughts and feeling by concentrating
them into minimal, or even single
points which describe a whole.
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4 5

Poetry is the way of Poetry is an ancient art or

communicating a vast array of technology; older than computer,
thoughts and feeling by older than print, older than writing
concentrating them into minimal, or indeed, though some may find this
even single points which describe a surprising much older than prose.
whole.

6 7

Poetry is about the intensity at Describe three genres of poetry

the centre of the life, and about are the epic, the comic, the tragic and
intricacy of expression without any develop rules to distinguish the
appreciation of those, people are highest quality poetry is each genre,
condemned to simplistic emotion and based on the underlying purposes of
crude expression. the genre.
 8 9

Poetry is an art based on A poem is the attire of feeling:

language, but poetry has more the literary from where words seem
general meaning that is difficult to tailor made from memory or desire.
define because it is less determine;
poetry also expresses a certain state
of mind.

10

Poetry is a sofa full of blind

singer who have put aside their
cares. Poetry is the sound of summer
in the rain of people laughing behind
close shutters down a narrow street.
B. Directions: Based on what you have learned about the
different definitions of poetry, in 5 – 10 sentences describe
poetry in your own words. Write your answer in the space
provided: