was born in Manila in1908. He attended the University of the Philippines, but he was suspended in 1929 after publishing a series of erotic poems, titled “Man-Songs,” in the Philippines Herald Magazine. That same year, he won a short story contest through the Philippines Free Press and used the prize money to travel to the United States, where he studied at the University of New Mexico.
The Human Brain is:
Divided into 2 parts
Each half has its ownfunction
Left Brain:
Logic
Reality
Literal
Right Brain:
Creativity
Emotions
Figurative
Poetry
A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specificform (usually using lines and stanzas)
Traditional
Forms: Epic, ode, ballad,sonnet, haiku, limerick
Follows specific rules, Regular pattern of rhyme, rhythm, meter
Organic
No rules, No regular pattern of rhythm, meter, & may/may not have rhyme Forms: freeverse, concretepoetry
Elements of Poetry
Form, Line, Stanza
Form
the appearance of the words on the page
Line
a group of words together on one line of the poem
Stanza
a group of lines arranged together
Rhythm
The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem
Rhythm
can be created by meter, rhyme, alliteration and refrain.
Meter
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Meter
occurs when the stressed and unstressed syllables of the words in a poem are arranged in a repeating pattern.
Meter
-measured in “FEET”-length of a line in poetry (measured by how many feet are in it) -depends on the rhythm used
-1 foot = 1 set of rhythm (set of stressed & unstressed syllables)
Iambic/Trochaic
1 foot of poetry has 2 syllables
Anapestic/Dactylic
1 foot of poetry has 3 syllables
Foot
unit of meter
A foot can have how many syllables?
two or three syllables.
Types of Poetic Measurements…
1: Monometer
2: Dimeter
3: Trimeter
4: Tetrameter
5: Pentameter
6: Hexameter
7: Heptameter
8: Octameter
Rhyme
Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds.
END RHYME
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
INTERNAL RHYME
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line.
NEAR RHYME
-a.k.a imperfect rhyme, close rhyme
-The words share EITHER the same vowel or consonant sound BUT NOT BOTH
RHYME SCHEME
A rhyme scheme is a pattern of rhyme (usually end rhyme, but not always).
ONOMATOPOEIA
Words that imitate the sound they are naming BUZZ OR sounds that imitate another sound
ALLITERATION
Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words
ALLITERATION
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
ONOMATOPOEIA
“The silken, sad, uncertain, rustling of each purple curtain . . .”
CONSONANCE
Similar to alliteration EXCEPT …
The repeated consonant sounds can be anywhere in the words
ASSONANCE
Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line or lines of poetry.
(Often creates near rhyme.)
ASSONANCE
“Slow the low gradual moan came in the snowing.”
Refrain
entire stanza is repeated throughout a poem
like a chorus of a song
poetry
writing chosen and arranged to create a certain emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm