3. Objectives:
All lesson will help you understand poetry
and hyperpoetry.
Specifically, you will learn about the
following:
1. Define poetry and hyperpoetry.
2. Identify the elements and structure of
poetry.
3. Differentiate poetry from hyperpoetry.
4. We have learned that 21st Century
Literature from the Philippines proves
that we Filipinos have so much to
offer in terms of literature.
We have identified canonical authors
who have shared their love of the
country as well as in writings.
5. Despite the country was colonized,
our contemporary authors were
able to preserve the values that we
Filipinos still emulate.
Identifying canonical authors and
their texts enable us to understand
and love our very own literature.
6. Poetry
● derived from the Greek word “poiesis,”
means “making.”
● It is a type of literature written in not so
ordinary words that usually follows a set of
rules like rhyme and meter.
● The words used in writing poetry form
sounds, images and evokes emotional
response.
8. Poetry
● oldest form of arts predates written text.
● frequently related to musical traditions.
● the earliest poetry is believed to be recited
or sung.
● Many poems during the ancient times are
recorded prayers or stories about religious
subject.
9. Poetry
● in the olden days, used for religious rituals and
ceremonies and later used for narrating mythical
stories.
● Epic of Gilgamesh, considerably the first great
work of literature according to some scholars.
● Illiad and Odyssey that were traditionally attributed
to Greek poet Homer, and the Vedas of ancient
India.
● handed down orally thru recited or chanted on
certain occasions like community gatherings.
10. Poetry
● oldest type of literature in the Philippines.
○ Epic poem as an example type of poetry
was among the favorite during pre-
colonial period.
○ The popular epic poem was Hinilawod
and Aliguyon demonstrating the
creativity of our forebears.
11. Poetry in the Spanish Period
● Remained popular during the Spanish
colonial period
● The Spanish missionaries nurtured it
through the religious or didactic poetry
that aimed to spread the Roman
Catholicism.
○ Pasyon
12. Filipino Poets during the Spanish Period
● Jose dela Cruz-Huseng Sisiw
● Francisco Balagtas or Baltazar was
claimed that their poems were actually
veiled attacks against Spanish.
● Jose Riza, Marcelo H. del Pilar and Andres
Bonifacio also tried to write poems using
either in the vernacular or Spanish
attacking the Spanish colonial rule.
13. • American colonial period
English is the medium of Literature.
Filipino authors were able to expand
their horizons in writing using the
English language.
They have learned new techniques
from the west, young poets began to
experiment in the form and
approaches from traditional to
conventional form of poetry.
14. The Philippine history has a
very important role in literature
as it is not only reflecting facts
with aesthetic language, but
most importantly it shows the
ideas and feelings of the
people living at that time.
16. Speaker
----the voice in the poem that talks
to the reader. The speaker is not
necessarily the poet.
It refers to itself as “I” or “me” or,
sometimes in the third person like
he, she, his or her.
17. Senses and images
-----are words or word phrased
used by the writer to create an
image that the reader can see
through his senses.
18. Diction
-----denotative and connotative meaning
of word in a sentence, phrase,
paragraph, or poem.
--Denotative gives us the literal or
dictionary meaning of word
--Connotative gives us the words
meaning through word association to
another word.
19. Theme
-----refers to the meaning of the
poem. It is the overall message of
the poem that may be stated
directly or indirectly.
Other elements of poetry that
makes sound play:
21. Repetition
----the repetition of entire lines or
phrases to emphasize key
thematic ideas. Example: We
heal as one with kindness, We
heal as one.
22. Onomatopoeia
-----words that sound like that which
they describe
Example: boom, crash, swish,
quack, slash
Other elements of poetry that makes
meaning, emotions and imaginations
to the reader:
23. Simile
----the rhetorical term used to
designate the most elementary
form of resemblances, most similes
are introduced by the use of “like” or
“as.”
24. Metaphor
-----are words that implies a
direct comparison between
objects or situations without
the use of like or as.
27. Stanza
---group of lines in a poem
---ften called a “verse.”
---can have different number of lines
2 lines is couplet 3 lines is tercet
4 lines is quatrain 5 lines is cinquain
6 lines is sestet 7 lines is septet
8 lines is octave.
28. Rhyme
---words that end with the
same sound. (Hat, cat and
bat rhyme.)
---It is the most common
sound device in poetry.
29. Rhyming Patterns
AABB – lines 1 & 2 rhyme and lines 3 & 4
rhyme
ABAB – lines 1 & 3 rhyme and lines 2 & 4
rhyme
ABBA – lines 1 & 4 rhyme and lines 2 & 3
rhyme
ABCB – lines 2 & 4 rhyme and lines 1 & 3
do not rhyme
30. Meter
---the rhythmic structure of the
poem. Sometimes you can feel the
meter/rhythm by tapping for each
syllable. Syllables can be stressed
(strong/loud) or unstressed
weak/quiet.
31. Line break
---where a line of poetry ends. This
is also where you point out
commas, periods, hyphens, etc. to
show the affect these have on how
the poem is read.
32. Philippine literature resists
time and periods and as the
country underwent a lot of
history as well as changes,
literature also evolved.
33. With the influence of technology,
we created and discovered more
existing forms of expressive
culture as well. The 21st Century
Philippine literature engaged more
on the developments of digital
writings via new technology.
34. We had a wide range of
resources through internet which
gives the people especially the
youth the opportunities to
express their ideas, thoughts and
feelings.
35. An example is WattPad which
became popular to the Filipino youth
in 2006. The e-book reading
applications with audiovisual clips
that support the narrative in a novel.
The flash fiction, which has been
brought to an extreme with six-word
and even one-word short stories.
40. Hyperpoetry
work poems on the web. It can be an
individual work or list of works of
poems. Some require macromedia
flash, quick-timer viewer, or another
reader, which can be generally
downloaded free from the webpage
itself.
41. Hyperpoetry
---It is sometimes relating to
prose poetry, hip-hop,
performance art and to a
concrete poetry and other arts.
42. Examples:
● 1.Compiled by Michael R. Burch for the sympathy for the victims of
Bagyong Yolanda For more infos. Click the link
http://www.thehypertexts.com/Philippines%20Typhoon%20Haiyan%20Poet
ry.htm
● 2. Collection of Poems written by Filipino Artists
http://10poemsthatwrittenbyfilipinos.blogspot.co.id/2010/09/10-poems-that-
written-by-filipino.html?m=1
● 3. Hyperpoem by Renne Chua *you can see the pictures below that's it! Or
you can visit the page https://reneechua.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/hyper-
poetry/
43.
44. Guide Questions:
1. Who is the speaker of the poem?
2. Does the poem follow certain rhyme scheme? What
is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
3. How is the sea used as a metaphor in life?
4. Local writers used to make their writings colorful
and picturesque. Cite some lines from the above
poem that shows imagery.
5. What is the theme of the poem?
45. Life is like a restless sea. We may be in
difficult circumstances of life and yet we
keep on moving because we know there
are still people who will keep us and help
us stand. We are not alone in this battle
of life surely, we will find a family who
will fight the battle with us.
