Lyric Poetry

 May be in the form of poems, sonnets, or

odes. It expresses the personal (often
emotional) feelings and thoughts of the
poet. The most important quality of it is
the ability to express feelings, state of
mind, and perceptions of the poet. It
does not tell stories which show actions of
characters.
Connections and connectors in
poem

A connector is a word that

used to express relationships
and join ideas in sentences or
phrases.
Connections and connectors in
poem
Contrast Compariso Cause and Time
n Effect
On the And… too For At first
other hand Just as (cause)… Afterwards
In contrast Similarly so ( effect) later
Conversely In Because
However comparison Since
But Like Therefore
Yet Similar to Due to
As a result
Word connectors
Writer’s Techniques
 Stanza forms - a stanza form is a unit of poetry consisting
of two or more lines arranged in a pattern according to
rhyme and meter or rhythm.
 Rhyme - a poem that rhymes has in its structure the last
words of the line matching each other in some form .
 Rhythm is a systematic arrangement of stressed and
unstressed syllables in poetry. the basic unit of meter is
the foot which usually consists of 1 stressed syllable and
one or unstressed syllables.
Like paragraphs in prose, stanzas organize ideas into units.
however, unlike the paragraphs of prose stanzas in a poem
are generally of a fixed length and share the same pattern
of rhyme and rhythm .
 In your notebook list the words that rhyme
in both poems.
 How would you compare the stanzas of
the two poems?
Figurative Languages

 A simile is a figure of speech that uses the words

like or as in order to compare one thing with
another. Example: My love is like a pure and
white sampaguita.
 A metaphor is a figure of speech which also
compares two things but in an implicit manner;
that is, one thing replacing another. My love is a
pure and white sampaguita .
Reread the poem to identify metaphors. Check if you will
consider each of the listed words below as a metaphor. If yes,
write the details why it is considered a metaphor.

Word Metaphor (/) or Not (x) Reason

1. Road
2. Horse
3. Hoe
4. Time
5. Blade-end up
Life experiences of poets like Longfellow and Frost
may have influenced the content and message of
their literary pieces.
Here are a few more bits of information about Robert Frost.
How is Frost or his parents similar to or different from Filipinos?
Write your answers on the second column.
Frost's parents had good
education. When frost was a
child is, mother shared bible
stories, tales about Scotland,
and classic stories by reading
them to him.
In school, frost who was a
good student, loved and
enjoyed reading Shakespeare.
He also learned Latin and
Greek, and he read the classic
poets.
What is the main message of the poem “a time to talk”? Is this
message seen in American culture and Filipino culture? Write
your answers in the spaces below and discuss your answers in
small groups with 3 or with 4 members.

The Message of the Poem:

Is this message seen in the American Is this message seen in the Filipino
culture? culture ?
Discovering More About Yourself
Through Literature
 Are you sociable or friendly?
 Do you take time to make new friends?
 Do you exert effort to maintain existing
friendship?
 What are ways to enhance old friendship?
Writers’ Technique
 The theme is the most important idea which is the central idea of
a poem.
A poet express ideas which may be a description of an object or a
person. Poet’s may also want to convey a story or an experience,
which they themselves experienced, or they could have observed
from the experience of another person.
 The tone of the poem is the level and kind of emotions expressed
which may be anger, excitement, or sadness.
 The mood is seen as the bigger picture of the poet's feelings
which is produced as the poet chooses the words to be included
in the poem. These are the language choices of the poet.
A poet may produce a desolated which may be associated with
death or serious illness not only through his use of words but also to
the punctuation marks in his or her poem.
 COMPARISON AND
FOCUS THE RAINY DAY A TIME TO TALK
CONTRAST
THEME OR MAIN
MESSAGE
MOOD OF THE
POEM
SOUNDS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO THE
MOOD
THE CHARACTER OF
THE SPEAKER IN THE
POEM
FIGURES OF SPEECH

PURPOSE OF THE
POET
ACRONYM

 An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial components

of a word or phrase.
TYPES OF ACRONYM
MADE OF INITIAL LETTERS; PRONOUNCED AS A WORD

 LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated

Emission Radiation
 SCUBA - Self Contained Underwater Breathing
Apparatus
 NASA - National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
TYPES OF ACRONYM
CONTAINS NON-INITIAL LETTERS; PRONOUNCED AS A WORD

 Interpol - International Criminal Police

Organization
 DepEd - Department of Education .
TYPES OF ACRONYM
MIXTURE OF INITIAL AND NON-INITIAL ;ETTERS WHICH IS PRONOUNCED AS A
WORD
 AIDS - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
 Radar - Radio Detection and Ranging
 Sonar - Sound Navigation and Ranging
TYPES OF ACRONYM
COMBINED PRONUNCIATION OF SPELLED OUT LETTERS AND WORD

 DVD-ROM - Digital Versatile Disc Read Only

Memory
 JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
 PHILCOA - Philippine Coconut Authority
TYPES OF ACRONYM
PRONOUNCED ONLY AS A STRING OF LETTERS

 BIR - Bureau of Internal Revenue

 PDEA - Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
 PDA - Philippine Dental Association
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS IN YOUR NOTEBOOK
 Which of the acronyms listed above are you
familiar with?
 Are acronyms important to know? Explain your
answer.
 List the acronyms that you know.
On July 9, 1861, a very unfortunate and tragic accident led
to the death of Longfellow's wife. Fanny, his wife, was with
her daughters aged five and seven, in the library. Fanny
was sealing envelopes by melting wax and she was doing
that, a lighted match accidentally dropped onto Fanny’s
dress which had cuttings of her children's hair. Although
Longfellow tried to save is wife with a rug, he was not
successful. There were terrible burns on his hands and face
so he couldn't shave. Because of the scars caused by the
fire, Longfellow grew a beard. He felt so depressed and to
save himself from depression, he occupied is time and
translating Dante into english and went back to Europe.
Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sound still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
 Have you experienced stress? What did you do
to overcome stress? How can one deal with
stress?
 What do you know about stress management?
Write at least three things that you know.