Reading and Writing Poetry

Prepared by:
Ms. Mara Camille B. Nañez
Creative Writing
 SONNET
is a 14-line lyric
poem of iambic
pentameter.
 1.Italian or Petrarchan Sonnet
calls for two rhymes in an

2 Basic octave or two or three in the

sestet. (abba, abba, cde, cde)

Types of
Sonnets
 2.English or Shakespeare’s Sonnet
allows a wider choice of

2 Basic rhymes (abab, abab, cdcd, efef)

Types of
Sonnets
Rhyme- refers to the repetition of a single sound
1. Masculine
cry-wry, face-race
2. Feminine
sorrow-tomorrow, cunning- running
Meter- a literary device that uses stressed and unstressed
syllables in a verse as measured in the number and feet.
1. Masculine
cry-wry, face-race
2. Feminine
sorrow-tomorrow, cunning- running
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a literary device which is free
from limitations of regular meter or
rhythm and does not rhyme with
mixed forms.
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Line Breaks – a poetic

device used at the end
of a line and the
beginning of the next
line in a poem.
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Enjambment – a literary
device that includes a
thought or sense, phrase or
clause in a line of poetry
that does not come to an end
but moves over to the next
line.
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Typography – the art and

technique of arranging a
written to be legible,
readable and appealing
when displayed.
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Cross-Genre –
combining two or more
elements in different
genres that offers
debates.
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Poetic-Prose – using
of poetic words to
appeal to the senses
and stimulate images.