GEC 13: LITERATURE OF THE PHILIPPINES

POETRY & ITS

ELEMENTS
Presentation by KHRISTALYN V.
FRAGINAL, MC
Today's
Discussion
Outline of Topics

01 What is Poetry?

02 5 Things to Remember about Poetry

03 Types of Poetry

04 Elements of Poetry
 Words of Inspiration

We write to taste life twice, in the

moment and in retrospect.
— Anaïs Nin
What is
POETRY?
GREEK WORD "POESIS"

MAKING OR CREATING
What is
POETRY?
- CONVEYS THOUGHT
- DESCRIBES A SCENE
- TELLS A STORY
- LYRICAL
ARRANGEMENT OF
WORDS
5 THINGS TO
REMEMBER ABOUT
POETRY
CONCENTRATED KIND OF WORD-
THOUGHT MUSIC

OBSERVATION +
IMAGINATION

EXPRESSES ALL ANSWERS

THE SENSES DEMAND FOR
RHYTHM
HOW TO READ
POETRY
POEM
DIFFERS
FROM
PROSE
IT SHOULD BE READ:
SLOWLY
CAREFULLY
ATTENTIVELY
 POEM
RECREATES AN
EXPERIENCE
EXTRACTING DIFFERENT EMOTIONS,
EXPERIENCES, THOUGHT,
IDEAS AND ETC.
SUBJECT MATTER CAN
BE FOUND IN
EVERYTHING THAT
INTERESTS THE
HUMAN MIND
DEPENDS ON THE CHOICE OF THE
WRITER/S
 PRESENTS
DRAMATIC
SITUATION
THERE IS A SPEAKER WHO GIVES THE BACKGROUND
OF THE POEM TO THE READER
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TYPES OF
POETRY
LYRIC, NARRATIVE, DRAMATIC
 IT DEALS WITH PERSONAL
FEELINGS OF THE POET

SHORT, SIMPLE, EASY TO

LYRIC POETRY UNDERSTAND

CREATE A UNIFIED
IMPRESSION FOR THE
READER
KINDS OF
LYRIC POEMS
SONG
ELEGY
SONNET
ODE
PSALM
HYMN
IDYLL
SONG
- SHORT, SIMPLE, SENSUOUS,
EMOTIONAL

- DODECASYLLABIC
(12SYLLABLES)

ELEGY
- THE THEME IS DEATH

- GRIEF & MELANCHOLY

SONNET
- 14 LINES

- COMPLICATED RHYME

ODE
- SERIOUS

- NO DEFINITE SYLLABLES &

LINES PER STANZA
PSALM
- PRAISING GOD

- PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE

HYMN
- SUNG BY CHORUS

- RELIGIOUS EMOTION
IDYLL
- PASTORAL ELEMENTS
 TELLS A STORY IN VERSE

NARRATIVE NON-DRAMATIC
POETRY
DESCRIBES IMPORTANT
EVENTS
KINDS OF
NARRATIVE
POEMS
EPIC
METRICAL ROMANCE
METRICAL TALE
BALLAD
EPIC
- DEALS WITH HEROES AND
GODS

- LONG NARRATIVE POEM

- IT HAS 2 CLASSIFICATION:
- FOLK EPIC
- ART EPIC
METRICAL
ROMANCE
- ADVENTURE
- LOVE
- CHIVALRY

METRICAL TALE
- WRITTEN FOR STRONG
MORAL PURPOSE IN VERSE
FORM
BALLAD
- INTENDED TO BE SUNG
- SHORTEST & SIMPLEST
- TELLS A SINGLE INCIDENT
- IT HAS DIFF. VARIATIONS:
- LOVE, WAR, SEA, HUMOROUS,
MORAL, HISTORICAL,
MYTHICAL
IDYLL
- PASTORAL ELEMENTS
 STORY WAS TOLD
THROUGH VERSE
DIALOGUE

DRAMATIC NARRATOR + CHARACTERS

POETRY
POETIC STORY : ACTION &
SPEECH
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ELEMENTS
OF POETRY
CONTENT / WHAT IS BEING TALKED
ABOUT IN THE POEM
SUBJECT
MESSAGE/S OF THE POEM

CENTRAL IDEA
THEME
A STORY, A THOUGHT OR A
DESCRIPTION OF SOMETHING
 WRITER'S ATTITUDE
MOOD / TONE TOWARDS THE SUBJECT OF
THE LITERARY WORK
USED TO CREATE AN
IMAGE IN THE
IMAGINATION OF THE
READER'S MIND
IMAGERY
IT APPEALS TO ALL THE
FIVE SENSES
 STAND FOR ANYTHING

SYMBOLS
A POETRY STYLE THAT IS
USUALLY THOUGHT OF IN
THE BEGINNING
THIS MAKE POEM A KIND
OF WORD-MUSIC
SOUND EFFECT
DEVICES
RHYME, ASSONANCE, CONSONANCE,
ONOMATOPEIA, ALLITERATION
PERSONA CHARACTERS
POV SPEAKER
A WAY TO DELIVER
MEANING OTHER THAN
LITERAL MEANING

A KIND OF LANGUAGE FIGURATIVE

THAT EMPLOYS FIGURE OF
SPEECH
LANGUAGES
USED TO CAPTIVATE
READER'S INTEREST
 USED TO DESCRIBE THE
MAIN BUILDING BLOCK OF
A POEM

SERIES OF LINES GROUPED

STANZA TOGETHER

IT REVEALS THE FF: ABOUT A POEM ( STRUCTURE, PATTERN,

ORGANIZATION, SET A MOOD, SHAPE
PATTERN OF STRESSED &
UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES RHYTHM
IN A LINE OF POETRY
 COMBINATION OF
ACCENTED &
FOOT UNACCENTED SOUND OR
SYLLABLES IN THE LINES
OF POETRY
IMPOSES SPECIFIC LENGTH
AND EMPHASIS ON A
GIVEN LINE OF POETRY

METER
IT HAS TWO COMPONENTS:
1. NUMBER OF SYLLABLES
2. PATTERN OF EMPHASIS ON
SYLLABLES
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