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Poetry
Subject-Code: Hum1

Subject-Descriptive Title: Art Appreciation

Prepared by: Jenny Vie E. Bade, LPT

Teacher: Praise Love D. Redoble

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 Learning Objectives
At the end of the discussion the
student must :
Define poetry;
01

02 Explain the relationship of the

elements in the poetry; and

03 To explain how the elements are

presented in poetry.
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 Poetry
Content

It is a genre of literature
that imaginatively and
figuratively expresses of
man’s thoughts and
feelings, usually in verse
form.

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 Elements of Poetry
Content
1. Language 5. Rhythm and Meter

2. Tone 6. Thought or Meaning

3. Imagery 7. Shape of the poem

4. Sounds 8. Speaker

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 Elements of Poetry
Content
1. Language
• It is the medium of
literature that is composed of
words that are combined into
sentences to express ides,
emotions, or desires.
• It may be denotative,
connotative, poetic, and
figurative.

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 Kinds of Language
Content
• Denotative =actual meaning
• Connotative= implied meaning
• Poetic= language that considers diction,
vocabulary, and level –simple or
conventional.
• Figurative= most often using simile and
metaphor.

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 Elements of Poetry
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2. Tone
It refers to the
atmosphere, feelings,
attitude, stance, or the
way the poet looks at
his subject or the
world.

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3. Imagery

It is the representation of
sense experience or the total
sensory suggestion of poetry.

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4. Sounds
These are
characterized
either as pleasant
or unpleasant.

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 Characterization of Sounds

• Pleasant= full, open vowel sounds

• Unpleasant= short, abrupt, vowel

sounds which are irritating

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 Elements of Poetry
Content
5. Rhythm and meter

It is related to “the
beats of our hearts”
and the “flow of air
from our lungs.”

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 Content
• Rhythm –is the regular and irregular patterns of
stressed and unstressed syllables, metrical, or
rhetorical stress.

• Meter – it is the arrangement of accents so that

they occur at approximately equal intervals on
time.

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 Elements of Poetry
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6. Thought or Meaning
It refers to the
experience the
poem expresses.

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 Kinds of Meaning
Content
• Total meaning= it is the idea in a poem, a
portion of the total experience it
communicates.

• Prose meaning= it is the value and worth of

the poem, the total experience it
communicates.

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7. Shape of the Poem

It refers to the
arrangement of the
words on the page.

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8. Speaker
It refers to the
voice that talks
to readers.

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 Highlight Summary

POETRY – it is a genre of literature that imaginatively and figuratively

expresses of man’s thoughts and feelings, usually in verse form.
Elements of Poetry
1. Language= the medium of literature that is composed of words that are
combined into sentences to express ides, emotions, or desires.
2. Tone – it refers to the atmosphere, feelings, attitude, stance, or the way
the poet looks at his subject or the world.
3. Imagery – it is the representation of sense experience or the total
sensory suggestion of poetry.
4.Sounds – are characterized either as pleasant or unpleasant

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 Highlight Summary

5. Rhythm and Meter – it is related to “the beats of our

hearts” and the “flow of air from our lungs.”
6. Thought or Meaning – it refers to the experience the
poem expresses.
7. Shape of the Poem – it refers to the arrangement of
the words on the page.
8.Speaker – it refers to the voice that talks to readers.

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 Let’s Do This!
Content
1. S_e_k_r – it refers to the voice that talks to readers.
2. _e_e_ – it is the arrangement of accents so that they occur at
approximately equal intervals on time.
3. _an_u_g_= the medium of literature that is composed of words that
are combined into sentences to express ides, emotions, or desires.
4. _m_g_r_ – it is the representation of sense experience or the total
sensory suggestion of poetry.
5. _o_e – it refers to the atmosphere, feelings, attitude, stance, or the
way the poet looks at his subject or the world.

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