types and features of poetry

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Grade 9 English

Quarter 1, Module 7Lesson 7, Types and Features of Poetry

Lesson 7


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Competency: EN9WC-If-9.1: Identify types and features of poetry.

What is poetry? What are its features? Let us learntogether!

Poetry

Poetryis a oposition in "erse. #oes onsist of lines and stan$as that

often ha"e rhyme and rhythm.

Three Types of Poetry

. Narrat!"e

%arrati"e poes are those that desri&e or tell stories.

Ep!c' (al)s a&out heroi e*ploits. +sually tional and in"ol"es

supernatural e"ents. #a$$ad' (al)s a&out a single e"ent. -allads are short and deal ith

topis suh as lo"e, life and death.

#. Lyr!c

Lyri poes e*press strong thoughts and feelings. (hese poes are eant to

&e sung.

%onnet' Made up of fourteen lines that rhye

&de' (al)s a&out praising an indi"idual, e"ent, or an inaniate o&/et

E$e'y' (al)s a&out ourning for the dead

Fo$( son'' (al)s a&out the life and ulture of people fro the past


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Psa$m' (al)s a&out praising God

C. )ramat!c

0raati poes inlude haraters and onit. (hese are designed to &e

spo)en or ated on stage.

Tra'edy' (al)s a&out the struggles of the protagonist against

insurounta&le odds. (hese poes end ith failure and

dissatisfation.

Comedy' (al)s a&out the funny and ausing aspets of life. (hese

poes end happily.

*e$odrama' 0eals ith intense and sad eotion. (hese poes

usually end ith a happy ending for the protagonist.

Farce' 0eals ith satire and e*aggerated oedy. 2haraters and

situations are too a&surd and ridiulous to &e real.

Features of Poetry

. Form

#oes ha"e to ain fors3

%tructured' 4as a pattern either in the nu&er of lines, sylla&les, or

rhyes.

Free "erse' 0oes not ha"e any pattern either in the nu&er of lines,

sylla&les, or rhyes.

#. %pea(er

(he spea)er is the person ho is addressing the reader. (his is usually the

poet hiself.

C. %ound


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5ound refers to the rhye, repetition, onoatopoeia, onsonane, and

assonane of sounds in a poe.

). %ensory Ima'es

(hese are iages that e perei"e through our senses. #oets use desripti"e

ords to ahie"e this.

E. %!tuat!on

(he haraters, tie, plae, and e"ents in a poe.

F. Theme+*ean!n'

(his is the underlying idea in the poe.

E,amp$e3

The %ea

y Nat!"!dad *arue/

Why does the sea laugh, Mother?

As it glints beneath the sun?

It is thinking of the joy, my child

That it wishes everyone.

Why does the sea sob so, Mother?

As it breaks on the rocky shore?

It recalls the sorrows of the world,

And wees forevermore.

Why is the sea so eaceful, Mother?

As if it was fast aslee?


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It would give our tired heart, dearest child

The comfort of the dee.

E,p$anat!on3

(he gi"en poe is strutured &eause eah stan$a has to lines, and the

lines end ith rhyes. (he spea)ers of the poe are the other and her

hild. (he sensory iages used inlude the sea &rea)ing the ro)y shore and

the sea eeping fore"erore. (he situation is that the other is ith her

hild &y the seashore. (he eaning of the poe an &e interpreted as the

sea6s lo"e, /oy, and sorro &eing siilar to the other6s feelings for her

hild.

Three

Types of Poetry

. Narrat!"e

Epi

-allad

#. Lyr!c

5onnet

de

Elegy

8ol) song

#sal

C. )ramat!c

(ragedy

2oedy

Melodraa

8are

Features of Poetry

. Form

5trutured

8ree "erse

#. %pea(er

C. %ound

). %ensory Ima'es

E. %!tuat!on


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F. Theme+*ean!n'


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E*erise 1

1. It is a oposition in "erse that often has rhye and rhyth.. :::::::::::: poetry inludes haraters and onit. (hese are

designed to &e spo)en or ated onstage.;. Whih of the folloing are the ain fors of poetry?

a. 5trutured&. 8ree "erse. 5pea)erd. 5ituation


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0id a tiny fairy

0rop you here you lie?

In the ithing hour

f the tropi night

0id the areless oon&eaLea"e you in its ght?

a. 0raati and free "erse&. %arrati"e and strutured. %arrati"e and free "ersed. 0raati and strutured

>. Whih of the folloing types of narrati"e poetry an detail the

=uest of a loal? -iag ni Laang fro Iloos is an e*aple ofthis.

a. Epi&. -allad. 5onnetd. de

@. Whih of the folloing types of draati poetry deals ith satireand e*aggerated oedy?

a. (ragedy&. 8are. 2oedy

d. Melodraa

7. Whih of the folloing is not a type of lyri poetry?a. 8ol) song&. Elegy. (ragedyd. de

A. #ia ould li)e to rite a poe praising her dog for all its tri)sand all the lo"e it gi"es her and her faily.

Whih of the folloing types of poetry should she rite?a. de&. (ragedy. 5onnetd. Elegy


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9. Mi)e is fasinated &y poes, &ut he does not ant to rite any

&eause he nds it hard to thin) of ords that rhye that ouldt the essage of the poe.

Whih of the folloing ould &e good ad"ie to gi"e Mi)e?

a. (ry riting a free "erse poe and e*pressing your feelings

ithout rhyes.&. +se a ditionary and a thesaurus to searh for ords that

ould rhye.. 8ind a spei poet you li)e and /ust opy his style and

ords.d. Bust pratie riting strutured poes and e"erything ill

fall into plae.

1C. Whih of the folloing is true a&out the poe &elo?

Wedding bells

and leasant smells

!lue skies

and warm nights

Twinkling stars

and rushing cars

These are just some things

that make me feel hay.

a. (he poe a)es use of sensory iages to on"ey senesto the reader.

&. (he poe is a oedy and tal)s a&out things in life thatare ausing.

. (he poe6s spea)er is a fortyyearold an reinising hishildhood days.

d. (he poe is a strutured poe ith the sae nu&er of

sylla&les in eah line.


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