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    Poetry has several genres and subgenres defined by their elements and structure. The main genres are lyric, dramatic, and narrative poetry. Lyric poetry includes sonnets, odes, and elegies. Elements of poetry include rhyme, meter, imagery, symbolism, and other figurative devices. Meter refers to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line (foot). Common poetic structures are the couplet, tercet, quatrain, cinquain, sestet, septet, and octave defined by the number of lines in each stanza. Understanding elements and structures is essential for appreciating and writing poetry.

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    Poetry has several genres and subgenres defined by their elements and structure. The main genres are lyric, dramatic, and narrative poetry. Lyric poetry includes sonnets, odes, and elegies. Elements of poetry include rhyme, meter, imagery, symbolism, and other figurative devices. Meter refers to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line (foot). Common poetic structures are the couplet, tercet, quatrain, cinquain, sestet, septet, and octave defined by the number of lines in each stanza. Understanding elements and structures is essential for appreciating and writing poetry.

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    Poetry has several genres and subgenres defined by their elements and structure. The main genres are lyric, dramatic, and narrative poetry. Lyric poetry includes sonnets, odes, and elegies. Elements of poetry include rhyme, meter, imagery, symbolism, and other figurative devices. Meter refers to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line (foot). Common poetic structures are the couplet, tercet, quatrain, cinquain, sestet, septet, and octave defined by the number of lines in each stanza. Understanding elements and structures is essential for appreciating and writing poetry.

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    Genre Sub-genre Elements Structure

    Poetry Lyric (sonnet, ode, Rhyme, meter, Written in lines and


    elegy), dramatic figurative devices, stanzas
    (soliloquy, monologue, symbolism 2 lines- couplet
    dialogue), and 3 lines –tercet
    narrative (epic) 4lines – quatrain
    5 lines - cinquain
    6 lines – sestet
    7 lines - septet
    8 lines - octave

    A. Poetry

    Poetry is one of the earliest genres of literature. It was either recited or sang back to prehistoric times
    to call for help from a deity, narrate a hero’s life and victories, tell about the love story of their rulers, or
    describe someone who inspires them. In order to understand or even write a good poem, you must know
    the elements of poetry:

    1. Rhyme – it is the identical rhyme if the last words or sounds match each other.
    alliteration: followed, flats, front

    bother, back

    assonance: big, slipper

    picked, slimmy

    2. Meter – it is also called the rhythm in poetry. It is the pattern of beats (foot) (stressed and unstressed
    syllables in a line). It is also called foot.

    There are four basic rhythms in poetry:

    2.1 Iamb -unstressed / stressed (buh BUH) buh BUH/ buh BUH
    Today, / we live /
    2.2 Trochee- stressed / unstressed (BUH buh)
    BUH buh BUH buh BUH buh
    Captain/ it’s gone/ hold it
    2.3 Anapest- unstressed / unstressed / stressed. (buh buh BUH) buh buh BUH buh
    buh BUH
    If I cry/ If I leave/

    2.4 Dactyl- stressed / unstressed / unstressed (BUH buh buh)


    BUH buh buh / BUH buh buh / BUH buh buh
    Carnage is / horrible / heritage

    3. Imagery and Symbolism


    The beauty of poetry is on the carefully chosen words that rhyme and the lines and stanzas
    with uniform rhythm. Poetry must also employ figurative language to creatively express emotions,
    feeling and ideas.

    Here are the commonly used literary devices in poetry:

    Metaphor Simile Onomatopoeia


    Direct comparison of two Two unlike things compared to Words that imitate a sound
    unlike things. each other using “like” or “as”.
    Ex. The gushing of wind and
    Ex. He is a strong lion. Ex. He is strong like a lion. gnashing of teeth

    Alliteration Assonance Repetition


    The repetition of the same The resemblance of a sound in
    initial sound of the words. words or syllable. A word, a phrase, or a
    sentence repeated to
    Ex. Be brave, be boundless emphasize its importance in
    Beauty is a bouquet of blue Ex. Who knows how hollows the entire text.
    baby’s breath snore.
    Ex. Not yet Rizal, Not
    yet….

    Synedoche Personification Hyperbole


    A part is made to represent Giving human attributes to an It exaggerates the meaning of
    the whole or vice-versa object or animal a sentence.

    Ex. Hundred heads of cattle Ex. The wind spoke of hope and Ex. I am so thirsty that I could
    bought at a good price. redemption. drink an ocean.

    Symbols
    It is the use of symbols to convey ideas. A symbol represents various ideas or things at one time.
    Like darkness or color black may symbolize death, uncertainty, failure, or an end. A white rose
    may mean purity, freshness, new beginning, or death.

    Example: The cold wind blew my heartaches away


    (the cold wind can mean inspiring words, new ideas, new hope)

    The warm sunshine filled my emptiness with joy.


    (the warm sunshine can mean a person whom the author loves, or an event that made him be
    filled with joy)

    To appreciate and write a good poem, it is also essential to know its structure. Poems are written
    in lines that comprise a stanza. Thus, each type of poem differs from each other because of its structure.

    To identify a poem’s structure is to count the lines of every stanza:


    Couplet - 2 lines
    Tercet - 3 lines
    Quatrain - 4 lines
    Cinquain - 5 lines
    Sestet - 6 lines
    Septet - 7 lines
    Octave - 8 lines

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