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Group 08 Sir Tolits
Group 08 Sir Tolits
Group 08 Sir Tolits
Comprehending
Poetry
“ You cannot teach what you
do not have.”
Task 1: Let’s organize!
Sonnet Elegy Idyll Tragedy Monologue
Ballad Psalm Haiku Allegory Soliloquy
Ode Epic Comedy Burlesque Tanka
Limerick Blank Verse Epitaph Free Verse
CHOICES
A. Nothing
B. Egg
C. Shadow
D. Your Imagination
E. Windmill
Task 2: Let’s Play!
CHOICES
A. Nothing
B. Egg
C. Shadow
D. Your Imagination
E. Windmill
What
is
poetry?
Poetry
• oldest form of literature.
• uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities
of language.
• has three main genres: narrative, lyric
and dramatic.
Poetry
1. Narrative poems are those that tells a story;
they have the story elements such as characters,
setting, plot, and theme.
Ex. Let me not to the marriage of true minds (Shakespeare, Sonnet 116)
• Trochee (/ x) is opposite to iamb; it has two syllables, stressed and unstressed.
Ex. Between the dark and the daylight (Longfellow. The Children's Hour)
• Spondee (/ /) has two syllables that are consecutively stressed.
Ex. It was many and many a year ago (Poc, Annabel Loc)
• Dactyl (/ x x) is made up of three syllables. The first is
stressed, and the remaining two syllables are unstressed.
Ex. Half a league, half a league (Tennyson, the Charge
of the Light Brigade)
• Anapest (x x /) is the opposite of dactyl. It consists of three
syllables: the first two syllables are unstressed, and the last
syllable is stressed.
Ex. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green
(Byron, the Destruction of Sennacherib)
2. Devices that enhance meaning
Figures of speech are poetic devices that enhance the meaning
of a poem.
• Simile directly compares two unlike things or objects using "as or like."
Ex. A poem as lovely as a tree (J. Kilmer)
• Metaphor, unlike a simile, makes an indirect comparison between two unlike
Ex. It is the star to every wandering bark. (W. Shakespeare)
• Personification gives human attributes to inanimate objects.
Ex. The maple wears a gayer scarf. (E. Dickenson)
• Hyperbole is noted for the use of exaggerations.
Ex. They stretched in never-ending lines (W. Wordsworth)
• Hyperbaton defies conventions in writing just to suit the intended
poetic, rhythmic pattern.
Ex. Ten thousand saw I at a glance... (W. Wordsworth)
3 Types of Poetic Devices
3. Devices that intensify the mood.
Figures of sound are the poetic devices used to build up the dynamic outlook of a poetic
piece.
• Onomatopoeia is the figure of sound that uses words that mimic the sound they represent
Ex. How they clang, and clash, and roar! (E.A.Poe)
• Alliteration is a sound device that involves the repetition of the first consonant sound in multiple words
within a line of the poem.
Ex. While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping (E. A.Poc)
• Assonance is noted for the repetition of the same vowel sounds in the line of a poem.
Ex. Who knows why the cold wind blows (K. Roper)
• Consonance, unlike alliteration, repeats the middle and final consonants within groups of words within
the line of a poem.
Ex. He gives his harness bells a shake (R. Frost)
Task 4: Let’s Analyze!
Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds
By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
participation.
Task 5: Let’s Write!
Using at least 4-5 poetic devices, compose your sonnet reflective of the COVID-19
pandemic.
In midst of chaos, where the world stood still,
A pandemic swept across the lands unseen,
A virus, spreading with a deadly will,
Infecting all, regardless of their sheen.
The streets, once filled with laughter and song,
Now empty, as fear grips each passing soul,
Families, separated by the miles,
Finding solace in a virtual embrace,
Connected still, through miles and laughter,
Finding strength in love, despite the space.
Reflective of the change we must conceive,
To care for nature, and let it grow,
And as we reflect on those trying times,
We found resilience in so many ways.
Task 6: Let’s Compose!
Read two (2) of Matsuo Basho’s most popular haiku and compose your own.
participation class !