CREATIVE WRITING

Document: Module 2/ Week 2

Grade Level: Senior High School Grade 12
Teacher: Mr. Michael AS. Enaje

Module 2 Contents/ Lessons

2. Reading and Writing Poetry

2.1 Elements of the Genre
A. Essential Elements
A1. Theme
A2. Tone
B. Elements for Specific Forms
B1. Conventional forms
B2. Free Verse

LESSON 2 READING AND WRITING POETRY

What is poetry?

Poetry (derived from the Greek poiesis, "making") is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and

often 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.

LESSON 2.1 ELEMENTS OF THE GENRE

A. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS

THEME - Theme is the lesson about life or statement about human nature that
the poem expresses. To determine theme, start by figuring out the main idea. Then keep
looking around the poem for details such as the structure, sounds, word choice, and
any poetic devices

TONE - Tone. The poet's attitude toward the poem's speaker, reader, and subject matter,

as interpreted by the reader. Often described as a “mood” that pervades the experience of
reading the poem, it is created by the poem's vocabulary, metrical regularity or
irregularity, syntax, use of figurative language, and rhyme.

B. ELEMENTS FOR SPECIFIC FORMS

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 CONVENTIONAL FORMS – Example of conventional forms of poetry are short
tagalong poems like tanaga and diona; haiku; sonnet. It focuses on rhyme and meter;
metaphor.

TANAGA - The Tanaga is an indigenous type of Filipino poem, that is used traditionally

in the Tagalog language. The modern tanaga is used in a variety of Philippine languages
and English due to popularity in the 20th century. The poetic art uses four lines, each line
having seven syllables only.

DIONA - Diona is a pre-Hispanic rhyming poem of three lines with seven syllables in

each line expressing a complete thought. ... Dalit is another type of short Filipino poem,
composed of four lines with eight syllables in each line. It was very popular during the
Spanish period, and the friars used dalit to promote Catholicism.

HAIKU - A haiku is a specific type of Japanese poem which has 17 syllables divided

into three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Haikus or haiku are typically written on the
subject of nature. The word haiku (pronounced hahy-koo) is derived from the Japanese
word hokku meaning “starting verse.”

SONNET - The word sonnet is derived from the Italian word “sonetto,” which means a
“little song” or small lyric. In poetry, a sonnet has 14 lines, and is written in iambic
pentameter. Each line has 10 syllables. It has a specific rhyme scheme, and a volta, or a
specific turn.

FREE VERSE - Free verse is a literary device that can be defined as poetry that is free
from limitations of regular meter or rhythm, and does not rhyme with fixed forms. Such
poems are without rhythm and rhyme schemes, do not follow regular rhyme
scheme rules, yet still provide artistic expression. In this way, the poet can give his own
shape to a poem however he or she desires. However, it still allows poets to
use alliteration, rhyme, cadences, and rhythms to get the effects that they consider are
suitable for the piece.

Features of Free Verse

 Free verse poems have no regular meter or rhythm.

 They do not follow a proper rhyme scheme; these poems do not have any set rules.
 This type of poem is based on normal pauses and natural rhythmical phrases, as
compared to the artificial constraints of normal poetry.
 It is also called vers libre, which is a French word meaning “free verse.

Activities:
PART 1: Compose your own conventional form of poetry with the following: Please mind of
theme and tone of your poetry.

1. Tanaga
2. Diona
3. Haiku
4. Sonnet

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 5. Free Verse

PART 2: Learning Bank: (Summary of learning) Please write down about what you have learned
in these topics/ lessons.

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