21 st Century POETRY

Presented by:
MA. JULIE ANNE C. GAJES

SHS Teacher III

 Poetry
Poetry is a form of writing that uses not only words,
But also form,
Patterns of sound,
Imagery,
And figurative language
To convey the message.
Any Poem will include some or all of these elements.
 IMAGERY
Poets use words that Which senses does the
appeal to the reader’s following stanza appeal
senses of sight, to?
sound, touch, taste,
and smell. Back, he spurred like a madman,
shouting curses to the sky,
With the white road smoking behind
him and his rapier brandished high.

Sight?
Sound?
Characteristics
19th and 20th Century
Literature 21st Century Literature
• Traditional • Experimental
• Linear • Non-linear
• Easy to Interpret • Need Critical thinking to explain
Mayon Volcano
• What do you
think about
Mayon Volcano?
Give its
characteristics.
CHARACTERISTICS OF BICOL LITERATURE

1. Its roots were from ancient folkways.

2. Poetry includes charmed verses exploiting the possibilities of words in folk
poems and narratives
3. Themes specifically deals about mythical content.
4. Bound with early historical fragments which form part of the people's lives.

The Bicolano can write memorable and significant pieces. The native literary
tradition has been resurrected and kept. How to make the people aware
and how to make them read as well and how to multiply these writings so
they can be disseminated have to be resolved
Mayon
Kristian Sendon Cordero (Camarines Sur)
MAYON by Kristian Sendon Cordero
• Ayon sa alamat, lason ng pana ni
Pagtuga, Ang lumikha sa bulkan –
libingan ito Ng dalagang namatay
sa isang digmaan. Ngayon, ano
ang tutubo sa paanan ng Mayon
Gayong nagiging malawak na
itong sementeryo Ng abo, ng tao.
Manganganak na kaya ito?
• Tinitigan ko ang nakangangang
bulkan – binalot Ng ulap at ng
sariling usok ang tuktok, gatas sa
labi. Baka sakali, magpakita, nang
may silbi ang kamera.
• Sa ilang retrato na ibinebenta ng
mga bata sa Cagsawa Lusaw na
tae ang nagliliyab na lava,
dumadaloy pababa. Matandang
nag-nganganga ayon naman sa
isang makata.
• Sa isang lumang postcard na nakita
ko sa Antigo Merkado— Kapag sa
malayo, isa siyang magandang
sikyung nakatanod, Handa sa
pagkapkap, naghihintay sa iyong
pagpasok.
Class will be grouped into 4 and will do the
following tasks:

• a) Explain each particular stanza

• b) Identify the various images in the poem
• c) Brainstorm on how the poem “Mayon”
can be interpreted literally and figuratively
• First Stanza: Talks about the tragic love story of Magayon and Panganora
and that the volcano symbolizes Magayon while the clouds surrounding it
symbolizes Panganora.
• Second Stanza: Talks about street kids selling postcards of the Mayon
Volcano Eruption and how shocked the viewer is at how the peaceful the
actual volcano is.
• Third Stanza: The third stanza talks about how deceiving the beauty of the
volcano is for in reality, it has already claimed thousands of lives
•How can you relate the lesson in
the poem to your daily life?
• What is the importance of the poem
to you as a Filipino?
ACTIVITY:
• Write a four-liner free-verse poem about
Magat River. Incorporate what you know
about the River and its beginnings.
Assignment:
• Write a short critique of the poem
focusing on how the images in the
poem present the experience of
viewing Mount Mayon