Types of Literature

Prose
-It is the ordinary form of written language. It imitates
the spoken language.

Poetry
It is the language written with rhythm, figurative
language, imagery and sound devices
Types of Poetry
Narrative Poetry-poetry that tells a story in
verse.

1. Epic- retells in a continuous narrative the life and works

of a heroic or mythological person or group of
persons.

2. Ballad- a songlike poem that tells a story, often dealing

with adventure or romance.
To My Son I Sometimes Wish
I sometimes wish you were still small
Not yet so big and strong and tall
For when I think of yesterday
I close my eyes and see you play.

I often miss that little boy

Who pestered me to buy a toy
Who filled my days with pure delight
From early morn to late at night.
We watch our children change and grow
As seasons come and quickly go
But our God has a perfect plan
To shape a boy into a man,

Today my son I’m proud of you

For all the thoughtful things you do
I’ll love you till my days are done
And I’m so grateful you’re my son.
Ballad of a Dream
I hear the rain on my window pane
And I see your love that’s hiding all the pain
I’m not sure anymore
What it means to be alive
But I know in my heart
It means you by my side
Because you’re my shooting star
And you shot right through my heart.
3. The Metrical Tale- a narrative poem that relates to real or
imaginary events in simple, straightforward
language, from a wide range of subjects, characters,
life experiences, and emotional situations.
4. Metrical Romance- a long narrative poem that
presents remote or imaginative incidents
rather than ordinary, realistic experience
Corrido-written in octosyllabic quatrain
Awit-written in dodecasyllabic quatrain
Awit and Corrido
Sino kayang di maidlip
Sa gayong tinig at boses
Kung marinig ng may sakit
Ay gagaling siyang pilit.

Sa taguring bunso’t likong pagmamahal

Ang isinasama ng bata’y nunukal
Ang iba marahil sa kapabayaan
Ng dapat magturong tamad na magulang.
B. LYRIC POETRY- a lyric poem that expresses the
emotions, feelings, and observations of the
writer.
1. Song- a lyric poem set to music and is intended to be
sung.
2. Sonnet- a fourteen-line lyric poem focused
on a single theme.
3. Elegy- a solemn and formal lyric poem about
death.
4. Ode- a long, formal lyric poem with a serious
theme. It is a song of lofty praise.
Ode to my Angel
Fly me to your heavenly garden of peace
With your pure and pallid wings
Carry me to me fairest hopes and dreams
And put my feet up on your red roses bed.

Bless my mornings with your comforting touch

And feed me with your sweetest smiles
I’ll drink your tears to heal my pains
And live with you forevermore.
Guide me to your future successes
With your eyes so angelic and divine
Sing your most romantic melodies
Erase my worries and perplexities.

O my dearly beloved angel of heavens

Your smell I breathe awakens me
Embrace me with your warmest arms
Forever I will live with thee.
A Sonnet for my Father
I remember the day you hugged me with all your might,
Indescribable feelings and emotions subside; thing’s that I really cannot hide.
It was during that night when I also hugged you tight,
turning back time is all that I can feel inside.

If you only knew the day you left me all alone,

the dreams you dreamt for me to all vanished.
Everything was shattered, my paths became dim and everything was broken.
But the memories you have left to us; we always cherish.

I can feel you, I can sense you, you are everywhere.

The moment when we were together, the moment we loved each other,
The journey you have not finished, I will start building somewhere,
And carry all your words of wisdom, today, tomorrow until forever!

May you be happy as you are with our God Almighty.

This sonnet is for you, I will love you till Eternity!
Elegy
With the farming of a verse
Make a vineyard of the curse
Sing of human unsuccess
In a rapture of distress;
In the deserts of the heart
Let the healing fountain start,
In the prison of his days
Teach the freeman how to praise.
C. Dramatic Poetry- a type of poetry that contains one or
more dramatic elements.
KINDS OF PROSE
PROSE- composition that does not adhere to any formal
structure

A. Fiction- a prose writing that tells about imaginary

characters and events.

1. Short story- a prose narrative that can be read in one

sitting. It contains few characters and a single
plot that revolves around the main character.
2. Novel- a long story written in prose. It has
more characters with several subplots.

3. Drama- a narrative prose intended to be

played on stage.

4. Fable- a story with animal characters that

teaches a lesson or moral.
5. Parable- a short narrative that is at least in
part allegorical and that illustrates a moral or
spiritual lesson.
6. Legend- a story that reflects the people’s
identity or cultural values, generally with
more historical and less emphasis on the
supernatural.
7. Myth- a fictional tale, originally with religious
significance that explains the actions of gods or
heroes.
8. Fairy Tale- a story featuring folkloric
characters (fairies, goblins, elves, giants)

B. Non Fiction- a prose writing that presents and

explains ideas or tells about real people,
places, objects, or events.
1. Biography- a genre of literature based on the written
accounts of individual lives.

2. Essay- writing that treats a topic from an

author’s personal point of view.