Creative Writing 1st Q Module 2
Creative Writing 1st Q Module 2
Creative Writing 1st Q Module 2
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Literary Elements and
Techniques of Poetry
Creative Writing
Theme is the summarized statement which contains the meaning of the poem. Moreover, theme can
also be the message of the poem. Themes can be wonders and amazements, life and existence,
isolation, self-discovery, and spirituality.
Tone describes the attitude or the mode of the poem which affects the reader’s response to the
poetry. Some poems may have hilarious, joyful, alert, lively intriguing, gloomy, broken, or sad tone.
Theme and Tone
B. Internal Rhyme – unlike the true rhyme, internal rhyme happens two words
within the line of poetry have rhyming sounds.
Example:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.”
(excerpt from “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe)
6 Basic Elements of Poetry
Now, it is your time to try. Identify the The land may vary more; ___
remaining rhyming scheme of the poem.
But wherever the truth may be— ___
Hint: The listing of the letters must be
continued. The water comes ashore, ___
And the people look at the sea. ___
They cannot look out far. ___
They cannot look in deep. ___
But when was that ever a bar ___
To any watch they keep? ___
Line and Meter
Line refers to the line of words in the poetry. When the lines are formed in a unit
or a group it is called stanza. The table below show the forms of stanzas
according to the number of poetic lines:
Line and Meter
2 Couplet
3 Tercet
4 Quatrain
5 Quintain
6 Sestet
7 Septet
8 Octave
Desiderata
Max Ehrmann
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Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself
. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let not this blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden
misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it
should.
Therefore, be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations
in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams;
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy
Line and Meter
Meter is the systematic arrangement of syllables or accents
in the line of poetry. There are varied metrical patterns:
1. syllabic meter
2. free verse
These are just two of various metrical patterns.
Line and Meter
A. Syllabic Meter / Syllabic Verse has a fixed
number of syllables in each line, though there
may be a varying number of stresses. In other
words, syllabic Meter is determined by the
total number of syllables per line, rather than
the number of stresses.
Line and Meter
Ex.
a. Tanaga is a type of short Filipino poem with 4 lines consisting 7 syllables on
each line.
Example:
PALAY
Ildefonso Santos
Palay siyang matino, Pa1/lay2/si3/yang4/ma5/ti6/no7
Nang humangi’y yumuko; Nang1/hu2/ma3/ngi’y4/yu5/mu6/ko7
Nguni’t muling tumayo Ngu1/ni’t2/mu3/ling4/tu5/ma6/yo7
Nagkabunga ng ginto. Nag1/ka2/bu3/nga4/ng5/gin6/to7
Line and Meter
b. Haiku is a type of Japanese poem with 3 lines where the
first and last lines have 5 syllables and the second line has
7 syllables.
Example:
The genres of poetry are categories into different types: Descriptive Poetry,
Narrative Poetry, and Lyric Poetry.
A. Descriptive Poetry is a type of poetry
that deals or focuses on the details of the
subject.
Didactic Poem aims primarily to teach something, either in terms of
morals or by providing knowledge of philosophy, religion, arts,
science, or skills.
Example:
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
(Excerpt from “Desiderata” by Max Ehrmann)
B. Narrative Poetry tells a story with a
plot, characters, and a setting It is always
told by a narrator. This genre could be epic
or ballad.
1. Epic is a long narrative poem about the
remarkable deed of gods or
heroes.
Examples: The Epic of Gilgamesh
Bi-ag ni Lam-ang
Ilia
2. Ballad a poem like a folk tale which
uses a repeated refrain. This
means that every few stanzas a portion of
the poem is repeated, much
like a song.
Example:
Annabel Lee
Edgar Allan Poe
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love—
I and my Annabel Lee—
With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me—
Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we—
Of many far wiser than we—
And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea—
In her tomb by the sounding sea.