Poem Composing-
Stress Management Therapy
C.Karthik Deepa
Assistant Professor
Department of Education
Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women
Coimbatore
cherrydeepa@hmail.com
9976131831
Poem Components
1. Theme
2. Sensory Experiences
3. Figures of Speech
4. Time & Place
Stage of Poem Composing
• Step I : Initiation
• Step II : Isolation
• Step III : Exploration
• Step IV : Organization
Component 1
Theme
Object / Thing / Person
Place
Feeling/Emotion
Theme- Object / Thing
•Example
Rose
Baby
Cotton candy
Cow …
Theme- Place
•Examples
Seashore
Desert
Mountain …
Theme- Emotion / Feeling
•Example
Love
Anger …
Loneliness
Sensory Experiences
• See - How it looks like to you?
• Taste - How it tastes to you?
• Hear - How it Sounds to you?
• Smell - How it smells to you?
• Touch - How it is when you touch?
See - How it looks like to you?
• Colour
• Pattern
• Texture
• Size
• With What we can compare
• Example
• distant desert
• Pale
• horrible
• Hard, hallow
• bouquet of blossoms
Taste - How it tastes to you?
• Six tastes
• Compare the taste with something
Example
bitter and sour
Hear - How it Sounds to you?
• Soft
• Loud
• Sound of animals
• Comparing the sound with
something …
• Example
• Cry
• Mourning and muttering,
• grumbling and growling
Smell - How it smells to you?
• Fragrant
• Stinking
• Compare with something ...
• Example
 Stinking
 like a rotten cabbage
Touch - How it is when you touch?
• Smooth-Hard
• Rough-Silky
• Hot-Cold
• Compare with something …
Example
empty and energy less
pale and painful
Hot
Stage of Poem Composing
• Step I : Initiation
Theme
Stage of Poem Composing
• Step II : Isolation
Adjectives and words based on the
sensory experiences related to the
theme
Stage of Poem Composing
• Step III: Exploration
1. Figures of Speech
Eg. Alliteration, Simile, metaphor …
distant desert
Feeling fearful, furious and frustrated
hopeless and helpless
Searching for a single
Stage of Poem Composing
• Step III : Exploration
2. Time & Place
Noon in the desert
distant desert
Stage of Poem Composing
• Step IV : Organization
Arranging the adjectives and
words
Composed Poem
Oh there is no one in this distant desert
It’s me all alone hopeless and helpless
Feeling fearful, furious and frustrated
Searching for a single soul even a stick
There is nothing in my right, nothing in my left,
Nothing in my front, nothing in my back not even my shadow
Let the air be stopped so that I will die and find some rest
Am tangled with tension no one to rescue me
Am empty and energy less, crushed and crying no one to comfort me
Full of confusion and crunch no way to get out
Stinking like a rotten cabbage, bitter and sour
Hard, hallow, heavy and horrible, pale and painful
Mourning and muttering, grumbling and growling
Noon in the desert with unquenched thirst
All I need is a shoulder to cry, arms to hold
Fingers to wipe my tears, feet to walk with me
Voice to comfort me, eyes to visit me
Where can I find? How can I find? Whom shall I find? I can’t.
There is no one for me. No one, not.… Death?
Is this the way to out from loneliness?
Oh no Why should I die? Why should I cry?
God has a purpose and plans for me
He’ll give me the strength to struggle with courage I will catch victory
He’ll provide and protect, care and comfort me
He’ll remove my shame and give me strength
I’ll walk with confident and courage there is someone to love me
He makes my life beautiful bouquet of blossoms
Stress Management through Poem composing

Stress Management through Poem composing

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    Poem Composing- Stress ManagementTherapy C.Karthik Deepa Assistant Professor Department of Education Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women Coimbatore cherrydeepa@hmail.com 9976131831
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    Poem Components 1. Theme 2.Sensory Experiences 3. Figures of Speech 4. Time & Place
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    Stage of PoemComposing • Step I : Initiation • Step II : Isolation • Step III : Exploration • Step IV : Organization
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    Component 1 Theme Object /Thing / Person Place Feeling/Emotion
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    Theme- Object /Thing •Example Rose Baby Cotton candy Cow …
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    Theme- Emotion /Feeling •Example Love Anger …
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    Sensory Experiences • See- How it looks like to you? • Taste - How it tastes to you? • Hear - How it Sounds to you? • Smell - How it smells to you? • Touch - How it is when you touch?
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    See - Howit looks like to you? • Colour • Pattern • Texture • Size • With What we can compare • Example • distant desert • Pale • horrible • Hard, hallow • bouquet of blossoms
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    Taste - Howit tastes to you? • Six tastes • Compare the taste with something Example bitter and sour
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    Hear - Howit Sounds to you? • Soft • Loud • Sound of animals • Comparing the sound with something … • Example • Cry • Mourning and muttering, • grumbling and growling
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    Smell - Howit smells to you? • Fragrant • Stinking • Compare with something ... • Example  Stinking  like a rotten cabbage
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    Touch - Howit is when you touch? • Smooth-Hard • Rough-Silky • Hot-Cold • Compare with something … Example empty and energy less pale and painful Hot
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    Stage of PoemComposing • Step I : Initiation Theme
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    Stage of PoemComposing • Step II : Isolation Adjectives and words based on the sensory experiences related to the theme
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    Stage of PoemComposing • Step III: Exploration 1. Figures of Speech Eg. Alliteration, Simile, metaphor … distant desert Feeling fearful, furious and frustrated hopeless and helpless Searching for a single
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    Stage of PoemComposing • Step III : Exploration 2. Time & Place Noon in the desert distant desert
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    Stage of PoemComposing • Step IV : Organization Arranging the adjectives and words
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    Composed Poem Oh thereis no one in this distant desert It’s me all alone hopeless and helpless Feeling fearful, furious and frustrated Searching for a single soul even a stick There is nothing in my right, nothing in my left, Nothing in my front, nothing in my back not even my shadow Let the air be stopped so that I will die and find some rest Am tangled with tension no one to rescue me Am empty and energy less, crushed and crying no one to comfort me
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    Full of confusionand crunch no way to get out Stinking like a rotten cabbage, bitter and sour Hard, hallow, heavy and horrible, pale and painful Mourning and muttering, grumbling and growling Noon in the desert with unquenched thirst All I need is a shoulder to cry, arms to hold Fingers to wipe my tears, feet to walk with me Voice to comfort me, eyes to visit me Where can I find? How can I find? Whom shall I find? I can’t. There is no one for me. No one, not.… Death? Is this the way to out from loneliness? Oh no Why should I die? Why should I cry? God has a purpose and plans for me He’ll give me the strength to struggle with courage I will catch victory He’ll provide and protect, care and comfort me He’ll remove my shame and give me strength I’ll walk with confident and courage there is someone to love me He makes my life beautiful bouquet of blossoms