POETRY
Big Idea • The country’s poetry reflects your
history as a Filipino and may also
explore the possibilities of the Filipino’s
future culture and society.
Poetry • Is probably the most sophisticated of all literary
genres.
• It offers a uniqueness that other genres may not
achieve.
• In 1900s, Filipino poetry celebrated romanticism
• Formalist emphasis of the poetry is more on the form
and language that the poet used, rather than the
theme itself.
ELEMENTS
OF POETRY
A. Senses
and Ideas
• Are used by the writer to describe
their impressions of their topic or
object of writing.
• The writer uses carefully chosen
and phrased words to create an
imagery that the reader can see
through the senses.
Kinds of
Sense
Impression
in Poetry
• VISUAL IMAGERY – what the writer wants you to
see.
• OLFACTORY IMAGERY – what the writer wants
you to smell.
• GUSTATORY IMAGERY – what the writer wants
you to taste.
• TACTILE IMAGERY – what the writer wants you
to feel.
• AUDITORY IMAGERY – what the writer wants
you to hear.
B. Diction
• is another element in Filipino poetry.
• It is the denotative and connotative meaning of the
words in a sentence, phrase, paragraph, or poem.
C. Rhyme
Scheme
• Is the way the author arranges words, meters, lines,
and stanzas to create a coherent sound when the poem
is read aloud.
• It may be formal or informal, depending on the way the
poem was written by the poet.
Visual
imagery
• pure consistency
• Miles around
• The rock-stones part
• Grey and dead
• Dark habiliments of time
Olfactory
imagery
Gustatory
imagery
• Breached its brine
Tactile
imagery
• Battering restlessness
• Hard within its reach
• Daylong bashing of its heart
• Loved and dear
Auditory
imagery
• Tidal fury upon the beach
• Drop into the elemental wound

Grade 11 21st Century Literature

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  • 2.
    Big Idea •The country’s poetry reflects your history as a Filipino and may also explore the possibilities of the Filipino’s future culture and society.
  • 3.
    Poetry • Isprobably the most sophisticated of all literary genres. • It offers a uniqueness that other genres may not achieve. • In 1900s, Filipino poetry celebrated romanticism • Formalist emphasis of the poetry is more on the form and language that the poet used, rather than the theme itself.
  • 4.
  • 5.
    A. Senses and Ideas •Are used by the writer to describe their impressions of their topic or object of writing. • The writer uses carefully chosen and phrased words to create an imagery that the reader can see through the senses.
  • 6.
    Kinds of Sense Impression in Poetry •VISUAL IMAGERY – what the writer wants you to see. • OLFACTORY IMAGERY – what the writer wants you to smell. • GUSTATORY IMAGERY – what the writer wants you to taste. • TACTILE IMAGERY – what the writer wants you to feel. • AUDITORY IMAGERY – what the writer wants you to hear.
  • 7.
    B. Diction • isanother element in Filipino poetry. • It is the denotative and connotative meaning of the words in a sentence, phrase, paragraph, or poem.
  • 8.
    C. Rhyme Scheme • Isthe way the author arranges words, meters, lines, and stanzas to create a coherent sound when the poem is read aloud. • It may be formal or informal, depending on the way the poem was written by the poet.
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    Visual imagery • pure consistency •Miles around • The rock-stones part • Grey and dead • Dark habiliments of time
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    Tactile imagery • Battering restlessness •Hard within its reach • Daylong bashing of its heart • Loved and dear
  • 16.
    Auditory imagery • Tidal furyupon the beach • Drop into the elemental wound