UNIT 2: FORMS OF CREATIVE WRITING
Module 5: Kinds of Poetry
In the previous lessons, the importance of using imagery, figurative
language, diction and syntax were discussed. In order for the students to
grasp the extent of their relevance, one must put them together to form a
composition. In this module, it will be discussed how these elements play an
important role to compose various forms of creative writing. One of these
forms is poetry. But what is poetry?
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this lesson, the students are expected to:
1. Define what poetry is.
2. Identify the different kinds of poetry
3. Compose an original poem.
Below are some quotes from the movie “Dead
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DISCUSSION
Poetry is a type of literature based on the interplay of words and
rhythm. It is written to share ideas, express emotions, and create
imagery. It is a type of literature that conveys a thought, describes a
scene or tells a story in a concentrated, lyrical arrangement of words.
KINDS OF POETRY
1. BLANK VERSE
It is a poetry written with a precise meter—almost
always iambic pentameter—that does not rhyme.
EXAMPLE:
“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun.”
-Mending Walls, Robert Frost
2. RHYMED POETRY It is a poem that rhymes by definition, although their
schemes may vary.
EXAMPLE:
“Fate hired me once to play a villain’s part.
I did it badly, wasting valued blood;
Now when the call is given to the good
It is that knave who answers in my heart.”
- Between the Acts, Stanley Kunitz
3. FREE VERSE It is a poetry that lacks a consistent rhyme scheme, or
musical form. In this way, the poet can give his/her own
shape to a poem however he/she desires.
EXAMPLE:
“And then the day came,
When the risk
To remain tight
In a bud
Was more painful
Than the risk
It took to blossom.”
- Risk, Anais Nin
4. NARRATIVE POETRY
It tells stories through verse. Like a novel or short
story, it has plot, characters, dialogues, and
setting. An example of this poetry is an epic.
EXAMPLE:
“Son,” said my mother,
When I was knee-high,
“You’ve need of clothes to cover you,
And not a rag have I.”
- The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver, Edna St.
Vincent Millay
5. HAIKU It is a three-line poetic form originating from Japan. It has a
pattern of 5-7-5.
EXAMPLE:
In the twilight rain
These brilliant-hued hibiscus –
A lovely sunset
- Matsuo Basho
6. SONNET It is a 14-line poem, typically (but not exclusively)
concerning the topic of love. It contains internal rhymes
within their 14 lines; the exact rhyme scheme depends on
the style of a sonnet. In every sonnet, there is a volta or
turn, a point when its meaning moves in a new or
significant direction, or its theme emerges.
Types of sonnets are Italian/Petrarchan,
English/Shakespearean, Spenserian, and Miltonic.
EXAMPLE:
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann’d:
Only remember me, you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
- Remember, Christina Rosetti
7. ELEGIES It is a poem that reflects upon death or loss. It usually
contains themes of mourning, loss and reflection.
However, it can also contain themes of redemption or
consolation.
EXAMPLE:
I hold it true, whate’er befall;
I feel it when I sorrow most;
‘Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
- In Memoriam A.H.H., Alfred Lord Tennyson
8. ODE It is a form of poetry that gives tribute to its subject,
although the subject does not have to be dead – or
even sentient.
EXAMPLE:
Sound sleep by night; study and ease,
Together mixed; sweet recreation;
And innocence, which most does please,
With meditation.
- Ode on Solitude, Alexander Pope
9. LIMERICK
It is a five-line poem that consists of a single
stanza, and AABBA rhyme scheme. Most of
limericks are intended to be humorous.
EXAMPLE:
There was a Young Lady whose bonnet,
Came untied when the birds sat upon it;
But she said: “I don’t care!
All the birds in the air
Are welcome to sit on my bonnet!”
10. VillanelleItis a poetic form with nineteen lines and a strict pattern
of repetition and a rhyme scheme. It is comprised of five
tercets (three-line stanza) followed by one quatrain (a
stanza with four lines). It aims to describe obsession or
other intense subject matters.
EXAMPLE:
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
- Last Tercet and Quatrain of Do not Go Gentle
into that Good Night by Dylan Thomas
ASSESSMENT
Modified TRUE or FALSE. Write true if the statement is true. If the statement is false, change
the underlined word to make the statement correct. Write your answer to the space provided.
_________________1. Tanka is a Japanese poem that is composed of 5-7-5 pattern.
_________________2. Narrative poetry has the same elements of those in a story.
_________________3. Ode is a poem usually dedicated to the dead in a form of lamentation.
_________________4. A limerick is a 5-line form with a pattern of AABBA and is often
light and humorous.
_________________5. A rhymed poetry rhymes by definition although their schemes may vary.
_________________6. Villanelle is a nineteen-line poem.
_________________7. An elegy is a poem that intends to glorify its subject.
_________________8. A haiku is a fourteen-line poem that usually has love as its topic.
_________________9. A free verse is a poetry that lacks a consistent rhyme scheme,
or
musical form.
_________________10. A rhymed poetry is a poetry written with a precise meter—
almost always iambic pentameter—that does not rhyme.
ACTIVITY
Direction: Choose one from the kinds of poetry that were discussed. Write
your own composition.
Format:
Font Style: Tahoma
Font Size: 12”
Spacing: 1.5
Verses: 4 lines per stanza
Stanza: 4 stanzas
Rubrics for Grading:
Criteria Scores
Relevance
Preferred format is followed.
Figurative language and imagery /30
used
Diction and Syntax used in the
poem..
Creativity
The poem is an original piece.
The figurative language is
ingeniously written and presented. /20
/50 points