LESSON DESIGN:
TEACHING POETRY
BOY KENNETH A. QUE
POEM
The word poem has been derived from Middle
French word poe’me in 1540s (replacing the
word poesy) and Latin word poema which
literally means thing made or created.
POETRY
It is not possible to define poetry in clear
and final terms, because, like truth and
beauty, it is an abstract term.
TYPES OF POEMS
• Acrostic
• Sonnet
• Limerick
• Couplet
• Free verse
TYPES OF POEMS
• Ode
• Ballad
• Elegy
• Blank verse
• Visual poetry/concrete poem
ACROSTIC
• An acrostic poem is a type of poetry where the
first, last or other letters in a line spell out a
particular word or phrase. The most common and
simple form of an acrostic poem is where the first
letters of each line spell out the word or phrase.
ACROSTIC POEM EXAMPLE
Splashing in the water
Under the warm sun
My friends are at the beach
Mosquitos are buzzing all around
Eating all the ice cream cones
Ready to enjoy this time of year
SONNET
• Traditionally, the sonnet is a fourteen-line poem
written in iambic pentameter, employing one of
several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly
structured thematic organization.
Sonnet 130
Author: William Shakespeare
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
LIMERICK
• A limerick is a five-line poem that consists of a
single stanza, an AABBA rhyme scheme, and
whose subject is a short, pithy tale or description.
Most limericks are comedic, some are downright
crude, and nearly all are trivial in nature.
LIMERICK
I need a front door for my hall
I need a front door for my hall
The replacement I bought was too tall.
So I hacked it and chopped it,
And carefully lopped it,
And now the dumb thing is too small.
COUPLET
• A couplet is a unit of poetry containing two lines of
verse that form a singular though or idea. Couplets
can be rhymed or un-rhymed. Couplets can also be
rendered in various metrical schemes or free
verse, but must form a single idea or statement
within two existing lines.
Captive
Once I dive into these pages
I may not come out for ages.
Books have powers over me,
Inside a book I am not free.
I am a prisoner in a land
Of print on paper in my hand.
But do not worry. Do not fear,
I am happy captive here.
FREE VERSE
• A poetry that does not rhyme and does not have a
singular rhythm.
FREE VERSE EXAMPLE
Fog by Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
On little cat feet.
It sits looking
Over harbor and city
On silent haunches
And then moves on.
ODE
• Is a short lyric poem that praises an individual, an
idea, or an event. In Greece, odes were originally
accompanied by music – in fact, the word “ode”
comes from the Greek word aeidein, which means
to sing or to chant. Odes are often ceremonial, and
formal in tone.
Ode to a Fountain Pen
It breathes anticipation
As it lays upon my desk
Waiting to write poetry
Atop my prepared mess.
Once uncapped, the precious nib
Flows bright with navy ink
That glides across my notebook
Making words before I think.
It fits so well in my right hand.
It’s where it longs to be.
Atop my thick lined notebook,
It’s my fountain pen and me.
BALLAD
• Is a poem with musical quality. It is sometimes set
to music. A ballad is narrative in nature; this
means that it tells a story. Most ballads are written
in an ABAB rhyme scheme which means that lines
one and three rhyme, and lines two and four
rhyme.
BALLAD EXAMPLE
In Scarlet Town, where I was born,
There was a fair maid dwellin’
Made every lad cry wellaway,
And her name was Barbara Allen.
ELEGY
• a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for
the dead.
Captain! My Captain!
By Walt Whitman
O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weathered every back, the prize we sought
is won.
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting.
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and
daring;
But O heart! Heart! Heart!
O the bleeding drops of red.
Where on the deck my captains lies.
Fallen cold and dead.
BLANK VERSE
• A verse without rhyme, especially that which uses
iambic pentameter.
BLANK VERSE EXAMPLE
“ I wish that I was caterpillar.
It would be so cool to eat leaves all day,
And then, at the right time, to just curl up
Inside of a cozy cocoon, wait, sleep,
And emerge a majestic butterfly.
VISUAL POETRY/CONCRETE POEM
• Visual poetry incorporates graphic details like
images, colors, layout, shapes, typography, and
patterns into the poem in order to emphasize the
meaning of a poem.
OBJECTIVES IN PRIMARY LEVEL
• To enable pupils to enjoy a poem.
• To enable pupils read aloud the poem with proper rhythm and intonation.
• To enable students to enjoy recitation, individual or chorus of the poem.
• To develop a taste for poetry reading and writing.
• To train the emotions, feelings, and imagination of the students.
• To entertain and extend reader’s imagination.
OBJECTIVES IN SECONDARY LEVEL
• To provide an opportunity to the pupils to appreciate and derive aesthetic
pleasure from the poem being taught to them.
• To develop the power of appreciation of beauty.
• To make the students understand the thoughts and imagination contained in the
poem.
• To enable the students to analyze diction, tone, form, genre, theme, and figure of
speech.
OBJECTIVES IN SECONDARY LEVEL
• To enable the students to critically evaluate poetry.
• To inspire the students for writing poetry.
• To enable the students to comprehend the central idea of the poem.
• To enable the students to appreciate the message of the poet
contained in the poem.
• To appreciate the music of rhyme and rhythm.
POETRY
• Poetry lifts the reader from this world to another world with an
intensity that other genres may not contain in such a limited
space.
• Teaching of poetry should be seen as a participatory experience.
One of the most effective ways of helping students becoming
more adept in understanding poetry is to encourage them to try
their hand at composing it.
