1. Poetrytheraphy
Poetry therapy is the intentional use of the written and spoken word for healing and personal
growth. Poetry, literature, journals and song lyrics help individuals see themselves fully, and in
time they come to experience the hidden facets of themselves.
The term “poetry therapy” is used inclusively to refer not only to the use of published and
original poems but also to the interactive use of literature (bibliotherapy) and therapeutic writing
(journal therapy).
Guided by a trained facilitator, poetry therapy participants respond emotionally to the literature’s
evocation. The interactive process is integral to the educational, therapeutic and personal well-
being of the individuals. The process of writing their own poems or journal entries in response
to the selected literature is a significant catalyst for healing and self-integration.
When poetry therapy participants tell their own stories through poems, songs and journals, it
provides vital material for the therapeutic process. Finding their own voices is a self-affirming
step that is often followed by cathartic release, greater self-awareness, new insights and fresh
hope.
THE ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
AND THE COMBINED ARTS
Writers, therefore, should be careful in their choice of words and
expressions of their emotions and ideas in order to carefully organize
sentences that would manifest a high sense of value.
HUMANISTIC
Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace is a very good example of a literary
work which has a humanistic value. It shows that a woman’s vanity
changes the normality of life, but at the same time, the change is to the
advantage of the individual for it leads to self-understanding and a
clearer outlook in life.

2. 1. EMOTIONAL APPEAL
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
The Monkey’s Point of View
Three monkeyssaton a coconuttree
Discussingthingsastheysaidto be
Saidone to the others,nowlisten,youtwo,
There’sa certainrumorthat can’t be true
That man descendedfromournoble race
The veryideal!It’sdire disgrace!
No monkeyeverdescendedhiswife,
Starvedhischildrenandruinedtheirlives
Andyou’ve neverknownamothermonk
To leave herbabywithothersto bunk
Or pass themonfrom one to another
‘Till theyhardlyknowwhoistheirmother
Andanotherthing,youwill neversee
A monkbuildafence rounda coconut tree
Andletthe coconut go to waste
Forbiddingal the monktotaste.
Starvationwouldforce youtosteal fromme.
Besides,whatmonkwouldsmoke apipe
Andburn the trees,polluteshisairandkill
himself?
Here’sanotherthinga monkwon’tdo
Go out at nightand geta stew or use hisgun or
club or knife
To take some othermonkey’slife
Yes!Man descended,the ornerycuss,
But brother,he didn'tdescendedfromus!!!

3. IMAGERY
Change
By G. Burce Bunao
Thingschange:
No longerdoI,
Recoveringfromthe shock
Of a huge branch falling
At myfeet
No longerdoI
Cowerinfear
No longerrunto myaltar
In the woods,
The fire of prayerinmy mouth.
The poetimagineshispreviousfearof falling,hisrecoveryfromthe shock,andrealizationthatthe
fall isa part of a child’sgrowthanddevelopment.