Lesson 2

• Identify key features of poetry and its

common forms.
• Define the significance of poetry for
emotion, culture, language, and
creative freedom.
• Refer to the elements of poetry.
Poetry is a form of literary expression
that uses rhythmic and often
evocative language to convey
emotions, ideas, or stories.
Poetry uses language to evoke
emotions, convey ideas, and
paint vivid descriptions.

It is typically structured with a

pattern and may include
rhymes.
A poet is a person who studies
and creates poetry.

A poet may be the creator (thinker,

songwriter, writer, or author) who
creates (composes) poems (oral or
written), or they may also perform
their art to an audience.
• Also known as Francisco Baltazar.
• Father of Philippine Poetry.
• He was a Filipino poet and litterateur of the
Tagalog language during the Spanish rule of
the Philippines.
• He is widely considered one of the greatest
Filipino literary laureates for his impact on
Filipino literature.
• His famous epic Florante at Laura.
• Born: April 2, 1788
• Nickname: Kiko
• Commonly known as AGA.
• Father of modern Philippine poetry.
• He was a Filipino poet, essayist, and fiction
writer.
• As known for challenging established forms
and literature's "excessive romanticism and
emphasis on rhyme and meter".
• His Ako ang Daigdig collection of poems is
one of his better-known works.
• Born: March 10, 1906
• Father of English Poetry.
• Father of English Literature.
• He was an English poet, author, and civil
servant.
• Chaucer also gained fame as a philosopher
and astronomer.
• He was the first writer to be buried in what
has since come to be called Poets' Corner, in
Westminster Abbey.
• His notable work is The Canterbury Tales.
• Born: c. 1343
 VERSE Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
A verse is a single line of poetry. And be one traveller, long I stood STANZA
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Stanzas are
separated
by space Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
A stanza is made up of many lines. STANZA
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
It provides a way of changing the Though as for that the passing there
subject or tone. It also helps create Had worn them really about the same,
structure and flow to the ideas in
the poem. Excerpt from “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost (1905)
 Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both These are
It often refers to the shared sound the words
And be one traveller, long I stood that rhyme
of words at the end of two or more And looked down one as far as I could
verses, which creates a poem’s To where it bent in the undergrowth;
rhythm.
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim, These are the
words with
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
stressed
Though as for that the passing there syllables in
A basic unit of organization within a Had worn them really about the same, this verse

sequence of speech sounds, such as

within a word. Excerpt from “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost (1905)
 Example
The primary theme of "Trees" is respect for
Theme is the main point or insight nature and the beauty of the natural world.
that the poet seeks to convey to The poem suggests that nature, in its
simple form, is more beautiful and perfect
the reader. than any human creation.

I think that I shall never see Evidence

A poem lovely as a tree.
...
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
The pattern of rhymes at the end of
each line of a poem or song.
Excerpt from “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost (1905)
• a structural form of poetry. • an open form of poetry.
• poetry forms that have been • does not use a prescribed or
around for a long time and regular meter or rhyme and
typically follow a specific tends to follow the rhythm of
structure. natural or irregular speech.
• Typically written in; • does not "proceed by a strict set
4 Stanzas of rules.
4 Lines • free verse poems have no
12 or 14 Syllables regular meter or rhythm.
with Rhyme
 Poetry is a powerful tool for Poetry often delivers complex
expressing one’s emotions, ideas and emotions in a
from joy and love to sorrow condensed form, using fewer
and anger. Poets use words than prose but
language to evoke emotional packing more meaning into
responses in readers. each line.
 Poetry can reflect cultural Poets have the freedom to
values, beliefs, and play with language, structure,
experiences. It often captures and form in ways that break
the spirit of a time or place conventional rules. With
and can provide insights into poetry, you are allowed to
different cultures and think with freedom and
historical periods. passion.