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PREPARED BY: CRESELDA D. GILIG, LPT

 MODULE NO.5
READING AND WRITING POETRY

LESSON AND COVERAGE

In this module, you will take:

Lesson 8: Tips on Writing POETRY

In this lesson, you will learn the following:

- Write a short poem applying the various techniques, and literary

Lesson 8 devices exploring innovative techniques

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOME

To do well in this module, you need to:
1. Write a short poem applying the various techniques, and literary devices exploring
innovative techniques

LEARNING EXPERIENCES

LEARNING ACTIVITIES SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

- Answer TASK SHEET NO.5.1 and TASK SHEET NO.5.2

- Read information sheet No.
and submit thru [email protected] ,
5.1
messenger account at daño creselda , Facebook Page
Creative Writing or submit your output on our
scheduled meeting.
- Use extra short bond paper in crafting your poems.
 INFORMATION SHEET NO.5
Tips on how to write POETRY

Beginning with the modernist aesthetic revolution, poetry has continuously shown a
stubborn resolve to respond to social, political and cultural shifts and crises with technical
innovation. Such innovativeness speaks of the resilience of poetry, as genre, as it refuses to
succumb to various announcements of its death or cultural irrelevance.

Writing poems may sometimes be too expressive. There are times also that you need to
consider certain rules which makes it sound too technical. With this, you as a writer need to
communicate well with your reader. Below are some of the innovative techniques on writing
poetry:

 No. 1 Know your goal. If you don’t know where you’re going, how can you get there?
You need to know what you are trying to accomplish before you begin any project.
Writing a poem is no exception.

 No. 2 Avoid clichés. A work full of clichés is like a plate of old food: unappetizing. Clichés
dull meaning. Because clichéd writing sounds so familiar, people can complete finish
whole lines without even reading them.

 No. 3 Avoid Sentimentality. When readers have the feeling that emotions like rage or
indignation have been pushed artificially for their own sake, they will not take the poem
seriously.
 No. 4 Use images Poetry should stimulate six senses:
Sight
Hearing
Smell
Touch
Taste
Motion

 No. 5 Use Metaphor and Simile: Use metaphor and simile to bring imagery and
concrete words into your writing.

 No. 6 Use concrete words instead of abstract words: Concrete words describe things
that people experience with their senses.
orange
warm
cat
Abstract words refer to concepts or feelings.
liberty
happy
love

 No. 7 Communicate Theme: Poetry has a theme. Theme is not just a topic, but an idea
with an opinion. This also sows what the poet thinks about a given event. The poet must
strive to show the reader his/her theme during the entire poem, making use of literary
techniques.

 No. 8 Subvert the ordinary: Poets’ strength is the ability to see what other people see
every day in a new way. You don’t have to be special or a literary genius to write good
poems–all you have to do is take an ordinary object, place, person, or idea, and come up
with a new perception of it.

 No. 9 Rhyme with extreme caution: Rhyme and meter (the pattern of stressed and
unstressed words) can be dangerous if used the wrong way. Remember sing-song
nursery rhymes? If you choose a rhyme scheme that makes your poem sound sing-song,
it will detract from the quality of your poem.
 No. 10 Revise, revise, revise: The first completed draft of your poem is only the
beginning. Poets often go through several drafts of a poem before considering the work
“done.”

 No. 11 Tricks with language: Repeating a word or phrase to emphasize its importance/
create a regular rhythm.

 No 12 Use Personification: Describe an object/idea as though it were alive. Giving it

human qualities.

 No 13 Use the idea of “contrast”: The poets place 2 very different things side by side to
emphasize something important towards the subject.

 No 14 Use symbolism: It is a word that becomes a sign of something other than simply
itself. This is a powerful device because it encourages the reader to read deeper layers
of meaning into the poem.

 No. 15 Ambiguity: This is where words/ sentences have more than one meaning/ are
open to numerous interpretations.
 TASK SHEET NO.5.1
Name: _______________________________ Score:_______________________
Date answer:________________________ Date check:_________________

TEST I: Multiple Choice

Directions: Read and analyze the questions. Choose and underline the letter of your
answer.

1. Following the rules on writing poetry can make a poem too technical wherein it loses its own
creative style.
a. Never c. False
b. Maybe d. True
2. In projecting your goal, this must be taken first.
a. purpose c. rhyme
b. audience d. number of stanzas
3. This is a metaphor or simile that has become so familiar from overuse that the vehicle… no
longer contributes any meaning whatever to the tenor.
a. sonnet c. sentimentality
b. cliché d. imagery
4. It is dominated by a blunt appeal to the emotions of pity and love.
a. techniques c. cliché
b. imagery d. sentimentality
5. Is a figurative language that pretends one thing is really something else
a. personification c. hyperbole
b. metaphor d. simile
6. It is a statement where you say one object is similar to another object.
a. simile c. flashback
b. metaphor d. allusion
7. These are words that describe things that people experience with their senses.
a. indefinite words c. concrete words
b. definite words d. abstract words
8. These are sometimes referred to as words that refer to concepts or feelings.
a. indefinite words c. concrete words
b. definite words d. abstract words
9. Theme is the topic of a literary piece.
a. false c. maybe
b. never d. true
10. The first completed draft of your poem is only the beginning.
a. true c. false
b. sometimes d.maybe
11. Which among the following shows the use of abstract words?
a. ambitious guest c. ripe mango
b. black cat d. warm temperature
12. Which of the following could make a statement/line more understandable?
a. concrete words c. indefinite
b. abstract d. specific
13. Theme: History shows that despite the colonization of Spaniards, Filipinos get to acquire
freedom through the efforts of great heroes from the past.
a. Rizal: Our National Hero c. Luna: The greatest Filipino Artist
b. Duterte: Change Has Come d. Technology: Game Changer
14. Rhyme and meter can be dangerous if used the wrong way.
a. false c. maybe
b. never d. true
15. …and every time a truck passed by, the house rocked like a hammock. What is the
underlined phrase about?
a. simile c. metaphor
b. allusion d. personification
16. When two words share the same final sounds.
a. rhyme c. rhythm
b. personification d. repetition
17. The effect of this is to point out feelings, experiences and words that are not simple and
straightforward.
a. concrete words c. specific
b. indefinite d. ambiguity
18. Example: Love = Heart
a. simile c. symbolism
b. allusion d. metaphor
19. Traditional poetry is stricter in its form.
a. true c. never
b. false d. maybe
20. We experience the world through the five senses – taste, touch, sight, smell and sound.
a. false c. maybe
b. true d. never
 TASK SHEET NO.5.2
Name: _______________________________ Score:_______________________
Date answer:________________________ Date check:_________________

TEST I: Multiple Choice

Directions: Write your own version of the forms/type of poem below. Apply the various
techniques, and literary devices that you’ve learned from the previous modules up
until this module.

1. Ballad Poem

3. Free verse Poem