HOW TO WRITE A POEM

POETRY
 It is an art of expressing oneself in verse.
 It uses few words to convey message.
 It is meant to be read aloud.
 It uses imagery and figures of speech to express feelings or create mental ideas.

ELEMENTS OF POETRY

LINES

 A single line in a poem

 Often organized in stanzas

STANZAS

 It is the group of lines in the poem.

 Couplet - 2 Lines
 Triplet – 3 Lines
 Quatrain – 4 Lines
 Quinrain – 5 Lines
 Sestet – 6 Lines
 Octet – 8 Lines

RHYME AND RHYME SCHEME

 Words rhyme if they sound alike.

 Poem often use rhymes at the end of the lines.
 Rhyme scheme is the pattern of the rhymes in a poem.
 Poet uses rhymes to add musical sound to their poems.

TYPES OF RHYMES

 ALLITERATION – repetition of the initial consonant sound.

 CONSONANCE – repetition of intermediate or final consonant sound.
 ASSONANCE – repetition of vowel sounds.

RHYTHM

 Pattern of beats or series of stressed and unstressed syllables in poem.

 Poets create rhythm by using words in which parts are emphasized or not
emphasized.

METER

 It is the measure of a line in a poetry.

FOOT

 It is the grouping of two or more syllables making up a basic unit of meter.

TYPES OF METRICAL FOOT

 IAMBIC – consist of unaccented syllable followed by an accented. It can be

heard in such words as “because, hello, Elaine”
 TROCHAIC – foot consists of an accented syllable followed by an unaccented.
 DACTYLIC – foot consists of accented syllable followed by two unaccented
syllables.
 ANAPESTIC – foot consist of two unaccented syllables followed by an accented
syllable.
 SPONDAIC – foot consists of two accented syllables.
 PYRRHIC – foot consist of two unaccented syllables.

MOOD

 The feeling that a poem creates in a reader.

 It can be positive or negative.
 Mood can be made with the length of the sentences, chosen words and word
sounds.

TONE

 It is the attitude a writer takes towards the subject or audience of the poem.

IMAGERY

 Language that appeals to five senses.

 are word picture
 Helps the reader to experience familiar things in a fresh way of using the senses.

FIGURES OF SPEECH

 A mode of expression in which words are used out of their literal meaning or out
of their ordinary use in order to add beauty or emotional intensity or to transfer
the poet’s sense impressions by comparing or identifying one thing with another
that has a meaning familiar to the reader.
 SIMILE – a figure of speech in which two fundamentally unlike things are
explicitly compared, usually in a phrase introduced by like or as.
 METAPHOR – a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made
between two unlike things that have something in common.
 PERSONIFICATION – a figure of speech in which an inanimate object or
abstraction is given human qualities or abilities.
 ONOMATOPOEIA – the use of words that imitate the sounds of associated with
the objects or actions they refer to.
 HYPERBOLE – a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or
effect; an extravagant statement.
 POETRY WRITING GUIDE QUESTIONS

 What do you want to be your main point? (Central Idea)

 Why do you want to write? (Purpose)
 What do you want the readers to feel? (Mood)
 What type of poem you want to write? (Form)


SUMMARY

CENTRAL IDEA

FORM

PURPOSE

MOOD

REPORTED BY:
BONUS, VIRGILIO A.

BSED-III

MRS. MILAGROS P. RIVERA