Poetry and Hyperpoetry

• Poetry


  A type of literature written in not so ordinary words that usually follows a set of rules like rhyme and meter
• Hyperpoetry


  A type of literature that uses computer screen as a medium rather than printed page, and requires macromedia flash
• Poetry is considered the oldest form of arts and predates written text
• Poetry is frequently related to musical traditions and the earliest poetry is believed to be recited or sung
• Many poems during the ancient times are recorded prayers or stories about religious subjects
• The earliest example of poetry is the Epic of Gilgamesh, and other examples are Illiad and Odyssey, and the Vedas of ancient India
• In the Philippines, epic poems like Hinilawod and Aliguyon were popular during the pre-colonial period
• During the Spanish colonial period, religious or didactic poetry was used to spread Roman Catholicism, such as the Pasyon
• During the American colonial period, Filipino authors expanded their horizons in writing using the English language and learned new techniques from the West
• The Philippine history has an important role in literature as it reflects the ideas and feelings of the people living at that time
• Elements of Poetry


  • Speaker
  • Senses and images
  • Diction
  • Theme
  • Alliteration
  • Rhyme
  • Rhythm
  • Meter
• Hyperpoetry uses computer screen as a medium rather than printed page, and requires macromedia flash
• Hyperpoetry is a type of literature with movement or images
• Hyperpoetry


  Also called cyberpoetry, uses computer screen as a medium rather than the printed page, has verse with links to sub-poems or footnotes, and has poetry generator, poetry with movement or images
• Concrete poetry


  A poem written in which the meaning is conveyed partly by the shaped formed by the letters and words
• Poetry


  A type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm
• Elements of poetry that make meaning, emotions, and imaginations to the reader

  • Simile
  • Metaphor
  • Personification
• Carlos Angeles won the Republic Cultural Heritage Award in Literature
• Examples of hyperpoetry


  • Compiled by Michael R. Burch for the sympathy for the victims of Bagyong Yolanda
  • Collection of Poems written by Filipino Artists
  • Hyperpoem by Renne Chua
• Philippine literature resists time and periods and as the country underwent a lot of history as well as changes, literature also evolved
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Hyperpoetry is usually highly steeped or highly extreme in the visual and sometimes involves parts that are read in varying orders
• Hyperpoetry is sometimes relating to prose poetry, hip-hop, performance art and to a concrete poetry and other arts
• To simply say, Hyperpoetry are work poems on the web. It can be an individual work or list of works of poems
• Some hyperpoetry require macromedia flash, quick-timer viewer, or another reader, which can be generally downloaded free from the webpage itself
• Pre-colonial literature is the literature of a formative past by the various groups of people who inhabited the archipelago
• The verses were addressed to the ears rather than the eyes. These verses composed and sung were regarded as group property
• Literary forms of Pre-colonial literature

  • Riddles (Bugtong)
  • Proverb (Salawikain)
  • Folk Songs
  • Chants (Bulong)
  • Epic
  • Legend
• Riddles (Bugtong)


  Battle of wits among participants
• Proverb (Salawikain)


  A phrase that gives advice and effectively embodies a commonplace truth based on practical experience or common sense
• Folk Songs


  A traditional or composed song typically characterized by stanzaic form, refrain, and simplicity of melody
• Chants (Bulong)


  Used in witchcraft and/or enchantment. Chant may be considered speech, music, or a heightened or stylized form of speech
• Epic


  A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation
• Epics


  • Lam-ang- Ilocano
  • Hinilawod- Panay
  • Kudaman-Palawan
  • Darangen-Mindanao
• Legend


  A genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions perceived or believed both by teller and listeners to have taken place within human history