1. Poetry English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

2. - A term applied to the many forms in which human beings have given rhythmic expression to their most imaginative and intense perceptions of the world, themselves, and the relation of the two. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

3. - Deals with emotions as they are aroused by some scene, experience, attachment; often rich in sentiment and passion; imaginative. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

4. - The language of the imagination, almost entirely figurative, and also a musical literary language. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

5. Forms: Couplet - Two lines of verse with similar end-rhymes.

6. - A two-line stanza with both grammatical structure and idea complete within itself. Sample: More relative than this. The play’s the thing Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King.

7. Tercet - A triplet in which each line ends with the same rhyme.

8. Sample: When as in silks my Julia goes, Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows The liquefaction of her clothes.

9. Quatrain - A stanza of four lines.

10. - A complete poem consisting of four lines only: any one of many four-line stanza forms.

11. - The possible rhyme schemes vary from an unrhymed quatrain to almost any arrangement of one-rhyme, two-rhyme, or three-rhyme lines (abab, aabb,abba, aaba, abcb).

12. Diction - Choice of words is of great importance in poetry.

13. - Words or combinations of words are painstakingly chosen by the poet for their exactness as well as suggestiveness.

14. - The connotative value of a word is particularly important to the poet.

15. Tone - The attitude of the poet or the persona or the speaker in the poem.

16. - The tone of voice varies according to the emotional state of the speaker.

17. - In order to identify tone in poetry, one should be sensitive to the inner state of the speaker.

19. 1. Move an individual to tears or laughter. 2. Stir the insights of the readers. 3. Stimulate the imagination of the reader.

20. 4. Lift the burden of a heavy heart. 5. Ease and relax tension in a troubled world.

21. A. Narrative English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

22. - A nondramatic poem that tells a story or presents a narrative, whether simple or complex, long or short. Epics, ballads, Metrical romances are among the many kinds of narrative poems. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

24. Sample text: Edmund and Helen Come, sit thee by me, love, and thou shalt hearA tale may win a smile and claim a tear-A plan and simple story, told in rhyme,As sang the minstrels of the olden time.No idle Muse I'll needlessly invoke-No patron's aid to steer me from the rockOf cold neglect round which oblivion lies;But loved one, I will look into thine eyes,From which young poesy first touched my soul, English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

25. And bade the burning words in numbers roll;--They were the light in which I learned to sing;And still to thee will kindling fancy cling-Glow at thy smile, as when, in younger years,I've seen thee smiling through thy maiden tears,Like a fair floweret bent with morning dew;While sunbeams kissed its leaves of loveliest hue. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

27. - Epics without certain authorship are called Folk Epics.English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

28. Characteristics of an Epic English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

30. SETTING - vast, covering great nations, the world, or the universe.English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

32. STYLE – sustained elevation and grand simplicity is used.

33. ACTION – consists of deeds of great valor or requiring superhuman courageEnglish 7 – SY: 2011-2012

34. Sample Text: The Epic of LabawDonggon English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

35. 1 The Birth Odoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Let us narrate with care Take note much in detail All about LabawDonggon Who was born in the womb Of AnggoyAlunsina. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

36. BuyungLabawDonggon Not long after he was delivered, Hardly noticed by anyone Became a mature person, A sturdy young man. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

37. 2 Wooing of AbyangGinbitinan Odoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy LabawDongon said To his respected parents AbyangAlunsina. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

38. “Open, please open The great wooden chest Whose heavy cover Is elaborately carved. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

39. Then select from there Very carefully My treasured possessions and My fine clothes.” English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

41. Form of verse to be sung or recited and characterized by its presentation of a dramatic or exciting episode in simple narrative form.English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

42. - Essentially a narrative poem originally intended to be sung. - The traditional ballad consists of four lines with an abcb rhyme scheme and may employ a refrain. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

44. Physical courage and love are frequent themes.

45. Slight attention is paid to characterization/description.English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

47. Action is largely developed through dialogue.

48. Tragic situations are presented with the utmost simplicity.English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

49. The Mermaidby Author Unknown 'Twas Friday morn when we set sail, And we had not got far from land, When the Captain, he spied a lovely mermaid, With a comb and a glass in her hand. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

50. Chorus Oh the ocean waves may roll, And the stormy winds may blow, While we poor sailors go skipping aloft And the land lubbers lay down below, below, below And the land lubbers lay down below. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

51. Then up spoke the Captain of our gallant ship, And a jolly old Captain was he; "I have a wife in Salem town, But tonight a widow she will be." English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

52. Lyric: English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

53. - A brief subjective poem strongly marked by imagination, melody, and emotion, and creating a single, unified impression. - (GREEK) Expression of the emotion of a single singer accompanied by a lyre. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

54. - “Choric” – verses that were the expression of a group and were sung by a chorus. - Individual and personal emotion of the poet still holds. - Most broadly inclusive of all the various types of verse. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

55. Ode: - A single, unified strain of exalted lyrical verse, directed to a single purpose, and dealing with one theme. - Connotes certain qualities of both manner and form. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

56. - An elaborate lyric, expressed in language dignified, sincere, and imaginative and intellectual in tone. - No definite pattern. - Each is distinguished by its subject matter. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

57. - The elegy dwells on death and the sorrow that comes with the contemplation of loss. - Addresses an object in lofty terms. - More complicated than most of the lyric types. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

58. Sample Text: Ode to My Angel Michael Flores Fly me to your heavenly garden of peace With your pure and perfect pallid wings Carry me to my fairest hopes and dreams And put my feet up on your red rose’s bed. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

59. Bless my mornings with your comforting touch And feed me with your sweetest smiles I’ll drink your tears to heal my pains And live with you forevermore. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

60. Guide me to my future successes With your eyes so angelic and divine Sing your most romantic melodies Erase my worries and perplexities. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

61. O my dearly beloved angel of heavens Your smell I breathe awakens me Embrace me with your warmest arms Forever I will live with thee. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

62. Song: - A lyric poem adapted to musical expression. - Usually short, simple, sensuous, emotional – the most spontaneous lyric form. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

63. Sample Text: I HAVE BECOME LIGHTER I have become lighter than a basket of beaten cotton in the presence of so many relatives all heavily adorned with double necklaces of gold and precious beads; English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

64. heavy earrings of gold hung like leaves upon their ears; but I sit in their midst with a necklace of lasa seeds interspersed with the humble seed of the tugitugi English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

65. and cheap green beads of glass, adorned with a cross made of squash shell because I know not how to tie properly a string around my neck, which is the proper and decorous thing for a young woman English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

66. Sources: Holman, Hugh, et al.:A Handbook to Literature.C.Macmillan Publishing Company.1986 Tomeldan, Yolanda V., Prism: An Introduction to Literature. National Bookstore.1986 Senatin, Ruby B.,Centenera, Fe G.:Introduction to Literature English 104 (Textbook-Workbook).National Bookstore.2003 Eugenio,DamianaL.Philippine Folk Literature: an Anthology. English 7 – SY: 2011-2012

67. Prepared by: Ms. Mingel P. Rico English 7 – Don Bosco School (Salesian Sisters), Inc. - Manila English 7 – SY: 2011-2012