Detailed Lesson Plan

In Creative Writing

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson the students are expected to:
A. Determine the specific literary forms and conventions of poetry
B. Use selected elements of poetry in short exercises
II. Subject Matter
A. Elements of Specific Literary Forms
B. Ramos and Talisay (2017). Fundamentals of Creative Writing, pp 43-55.
Brilliant Creations Publishing, Inc. Quezon City
C. Laptop, PowerPoint Presentation, Google images
III. Procedures
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
Preliminary Activities
Good afternoon class!
Good afternoon Ma’am!
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hear me loud and clear?
(The students will click the heart
reaction)
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(Students will click heart reaction)
So how is your day? Did you have any
classes earlier or is it your first period
in the afternoon?
 Ma’am, as of now, my day is great and this
is our second period this afternoon.
(Other students will also answer)
That’s great. I am having a good day
as well. And honestly, I am excited to
teach your class today. So before we
start, let us first have opening prayer.
Who wants to lead?
(A student will raise hand)
Okay Dave, kindly lead the prayer.
(Dave will lead the prayer)
Thank you Dave. So for our
attendance kindly type on the chat box
“Good afternoon Ms. Kaye.”
(Students will type on the chat box)
Review
Okay, now let us first have a quick
review about we have tackled last
meeting. Who can still remember our
topic last time?
(A student will raise hand)
Yes Cristine?
Ma’am we talked about Experimental
Texts, Techniques and Literary Devices.
Very good! So who can enumerate
the Literary devices that we have
discussed?
(A student will raise hand)
Yes Danica?
Ma’am based on what I remembered the
Literary Devices are Imagery, Repetition,
Refrain, Symbolism and Allusion.
 Thank you, Danica. Your answers are
all correct. How about the others?
What can you still remember?
Ma’am, under Imagery there are five other
terms that appeal to the senses, those are:
Visual, Auditory, Olfactory, Tactile and
Gustatory.
Very good, Marco!

Motivation

So now look at your screen because I

have presented images there. What can
you say about the pictures?
(A student will raise hand)
Yes, Elaine?
The pictures represent different fields of
Arts, Ma’am.
Nice observation, but how can you say
so?
 Because there is an example of a sculpture,
painting and building Ma’am.
Thank you Elaine. How about the
others? Yes, Miguel?
Ma’am these pictures evoke an artistic
expression of the creator.
Wow, that’s also correct!!
(Some students will also raise their
hands)
Your answers are all correct!

Lesson Proper
Our new topic for today is all about the
Elements of Specific Literary Forms.
Based on your answers a while ago, it
reveals the common denominator of
Poetry and other Fine Arts like painting,
sculpture and architecture.
(A student will raise hand)
Yes, Alina, you want to ask something?
Ma’am may I ask why Poetry became
related to Painting, Sculpture and
Architecture? Poetry is all about writing,
right?
That’s a very interesting question,
class. Okay to answer that, it is
because as you can observe in Poetry,
it does not only revolves around the
theme or ideas it wants to convey.
Class, the forms it projects is also
equally important to consider. So like
the other Fine Arts, writing Poetry also
requires the writer to employ certain
techniques or styles to craft a
masterpiece. Additionally, there are
certain elements that some or most
poetry must have and that would be the
focus of our discussion today.
To start, we have the Rhyme.
Can someone define what rhyme is?
We have been encountering this term
since elementary.
(A student will raise hand)

Okay, Kaedie, what’s your answer?

Rhyme is the common sound at the end of
a poem, Ma’am.
Excellent! Yes, a rhyme is a repetition
of similar sounding words at the end of
lines in a poem. It also makes poetry
different from prose which is just plain
of follows a natural speech pattern.
There are different kinds of rhyme and
these are:
1. Perfect Rhyme- two words rhyme
in such a way that their final stressed
vowels and all following sounds are
the same.
Who can give me a simple example of
this rhyme?
Ma’am can I try?
Okay, Kylie what’s your answer?
Ma’am, I think the words sight and light
can be an example of Perfect Rhyme.
Very good! That’s correct as we can
see, the final sounds of both words are
exactly the same. Another example for
this are: right and might, rose and
dose.
2. General Rhyme- it pertains to the
phonetic likeness between words. It
also have five kinds namely: Syllabic
rhyme, Imperfect rhyme,
Assonance, Consonance and
Alliteration. Kindly refer to your
book for the examples.
3. Eye Rhymes- it is also called as
sight or spelling rhymes. It refers to the
words having the same spelling but
different sounds.
The example of this rhyme are
read and dead
cove and dove
wind and bind

Do you have any questions regarding

Rhyme?

(There are no answer from the

Okay, I guess there is no questions as students)
of now. Let’s move on to the next
topic.
Now, let’s talk about the Meter. It is
defined as the pattern of stressed and
unstressed syllables in a verse or
within the line of the poem.
Additionally, it provides sound
patterns for the verses and gives poetry
a rhythmical sound.
Meter is measured in terms of how
many feet are found in a line of a
poem, wherein each foot has a
particular combination of
stressed/unstressed syllables.
Ma’am I can’t clearly understand it.
Don’t worry, Axl. We will further
discuss it later. But before I give you
an example, I would like you to know
first the five basic meters.
1. Iambic meter- the pattern of
syllables is unstressed+stressed.
2. Trochaic meter- the pattern of
syllables is stressed+unstressed.
3. Spondaic meter- the pattern of
syllables is stressed+stressed.
4. Dactylic meter- the pattern of
syllables is
stressed+unstressed+unstressed.
5. Anapestic meter- the pattern of
syllables is
unstressed+stressed+stressed.

Can you still follow??

Yes, Ma’am.
What I have discussed are the basic
meters. Now let’s proceed to the
names of foot because you will be
needing them later as we analyze the
example that I will give.
 1 foot – Monometer
2 feet- Dimeter
3 feet- Trimeter
4 feet- Tetrameter
5 feet- Pentameter
6 feet- Hexameter
7 feet- Heptameter
8 feet- Octameter

Using a line from Shakespeare’s

Sonnet 18, let’s analyze the meter of
the poem.

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

1 2 3 4 5

The syllables in bold is where the

stress or emphasis is located. Then, the
brackets represent the pattern of
stressed and unstressed variables.
Notice the numbers 1 to 5, class, those
numbers represent the number of
combination of stressed and unstressed
variables that I explained to you a
while ago. We call that as foot.
Now, can anyone tell me what meter
that this line have?
(A student will raise hand)
Yes, Alfred?
Ma’am the pattern of the syllables are
unstressed and stressed, therefore it is an
iambic meter.
Wow, Alfred did listen intently to my
discussion earlier. That’s correct,
class!! But how about the foot? How
many foot does it has?
(Students will raise their hands)
Yes, Jaysy?
It has 5 feet Ma’am.
And what do we call it, Jaysy, if a line
has 5 feet?
Pentameter, Ma’am.
Awesome! Thank you. Therefore, if
we combine the name of the meter and
the corresponding name of the feet,
what would the meter of this line be?
(Students will raise their hands)
Okay, Sam?
The line from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 is
an Iambic Pentameter Ma’am.
Very good! Since there are 5 pairs of
unstressed and stressed variables, this
line is called as an iambic
pentameter.

Okay, let us now proceed to another

topic under this lesson, which is about
the Forms of Conventional Poetry.
Here, we will talk about Haiku,
Sonnet, Limerick and Villanelle.
Which of the following are you most
familiar of? Type your answers on the
chat box.
(The students will type their answers on
the chat box)
 Based on your answer, most of you are
familiar with Haiku. So let’s start!

HAIKU- This is an ancient form of

Japanese poetry which is known for its
3-line poem consisting of 17 syllables
shared between three lines. It usually
follows a syllabic pattern of 5-7-5,
respectively, with nature as its
traditional topic.
Take a look at this example:

An old silent pond… 5 syllables

A frog jumps into water, 7 syllables

Splash! Silence again. 5 syllables

SONNET- The sonnet is a fixed verse

containing 14 lines in iambic
pentameter. What is an iambic
pentameter again?
Ma’am iambic pentameter has 5 feet and
follows the unstressed stressed syllabic
pattern.
That’s correct, Marie!
Now we have two classifications of
Sonnet namely:
1. Petrarchan Sonnet- Its 14 lines of
iambic pentameter is divided into two:
 The first eight lines or
“octave”, and the final six
lines, or “sestet”.
 The octave involves only two
rhymes scheme of ABBA
ABBA.
 Class can you still follow?
Yes’ Ma’am.
Again, what pattern does this poem
have?
Ma’am, it follows the ABBA ABBA
pattern.
Very good!
✓ Okay, so this sonnet is traditionally
written from the point of view of a
man longing for a woman to return
his love. The sonnet sets up a
problem or describes an incident
in its octave, then resolves it or
reflects on it in the sestet.
Take a look at the example on the
PowerPoint presentation. Can you
identify the octave and seste in the
excerpt from The Long Love That
in my Thought Doth Harbour by
Sir Thomas Wayyt?
Ma’am the octave will start on the first
line up to the eight line which is ‘With his
hardiness taketh pleasure’ Then the nineth
line is where the sestet will start up to the
last line of the poem.
Very good, Kate. And take a look at
its pattern, in the octave we have
the ABBA ABBA pattern while in
the sestet we have CDCCDC
pattern.
Now, let’s define the Shakespearean
Sonnet, which is also known as the
English Sonnet.
The Shakespearean sonnet has 14 lines
that are divided into three 4 lines, or
“quatrains,” and the final two lines, or
“couplet”.
The quatrains have a rhyme scheme of
ABAB CDCD EFEF, with the final
couplet rhyming GG.
Again, look at the ppt and let’s have this
example from Sonnet 18 of
Shakespeare. Will you please read it
Kim?
(Kim will read the poem)
Okay class, does it conforms to the
patterns that I have mentioned in its
definition?
Yes, Ma’am!
How can you say so James?
It is because in these stanzas there are
three quatrains and one couplet, Ma’am.
They all follow the ABAB CDCD EFEF
and GG pattern.
Thank you for that very informative
answer, James. So class, you can really
observe the pattern right? Because as
you read it, you are able to hear the
similarities of sounds of the specific
lines.
Do you understand now the difference
of the two sonnets?
Yes, Ma’am. It’s clear to me now.
Okay that’s great! Class are you still
okay there? Can you please give me
heart reactions if you are still eager to
listen? (The students will click the heart
reaction.)

Thank you so much my dear students.

So now, we will now proceed to
Limerick. Let me show you this
example,

There was an Old Man with a beard,

Who said, "It is just as I feared!—
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard.

What have you noticed?

Ma’am it is exaggerated because the beard
became the nest of the hen and other
animals.

That’s a nice observation. How about

the others?
Ma’am it has a funny vibe and light mood.

That’s also correct, Maine.

So, the limerick is a humorous poem
consisting of five lines where the first,
second, and fifth lines must have seven
to ten syllables that rhyme and have the
same rhythm. The third and fourth lines
must have five to seven syllables that
should also rhyme with each other and
have the same rhythm.
It’s quite funny right? Because if we are
going to imagine it, the beard of the old
man seems to be really thick to the point
that the hen, owls and other egg-laying
animals mistook it as a nest. But aside
from that let’s dissect the pattern in
each line. What can you say about its
pattern?
The first, second and fifth lines all have
rhyming pattern, Ma’am. We have beard,
feared and beard.
Very good, Elaine. Another?
Ma’am it is also the same in the third and
fourth lines because Hen and Wren has
similar sounds.
Okay that’s right.
Most limericks are considered
“amateur” poetry due to their short
length and relatively simplistic
structure. However, we can say, class,
that this does not take away the
entertainment that it can offer to us as
readers.

Then for the last term, we have

Villanelle. Have you read or heard this
before?
I haven’t heard about it Ma’am. That is
why I am so interested to know what
Villanelle is.
Oh really? Well, now let me introduce
to you the definition of Villanelle.
 This type of poetry is comprised of a
fixed verse of 19 lines which consists of
5 tercets (first 15 lines), and a quatrain
(last 4 lines), where the last two lines of
which are considered as a couplet in
itself. In here, there are no fixed
numbers of syllables, nor a well-
organized meter, but it follows a set of
rhyme scheme of the refrains. It follows
the ABA ABA pattern.
(Students will raise their hands)
Take a look at the example on your
screen which is from the poem “A
Portrait of the Artist as a Young
Man” by James Joyce. I put it on a table
so that you could clearly see the pattern
in each lines.
How about we analyze this famous
poem of Dylan Thomas which is Do
Not Go Gentle into That Good Night.
Who wants to read?
(Students will raise their hands)
Okay please read, Arcel.
(Arcel will read the poem)

Thank you. So, as you noticed, this

poem follows the ABA ABA pattern
which makes it a Villanelle.

Generalization
Okay class that concludes our discussion.
Again, what is our general topic today?

(Students will raise their hands)

Yes, Margie?
 Ma’am we talked about the Elements of
Specific Literary Forms.
That’s correct! How about the key terms
that we discussed? Can you give me one
and tell a simple definition of it, Kylie?
We talked about Rhyme and Meter,
Ma’am. Rhyme is the repetition of similar
sounds in the final syllables of words on a
poem while the meter is the pattern of
stressed and unstressed syllables in a verse
or within the line of the poem.
Very well said! How many basic meters
are there again?
There are five Ma’am, namely the iambic
meter, trochaic meter, spondaic meter,
dactylic meter and anapestic meter.
Thank you, Kean!
Class, always remember those basic
meters together with the types of meter
because it is crucial for you to determine
the meter of the poem.
Now, how can we again identify if the
poem is an example of Villanelle?
It follows the ABA ABA pattern Ma’am.
Correct! How about in Haiku?
It is about nature and the syllabic pattern
are 5-7-5, Ma’am.
Very good! What type of sonnet has 14
lines and follows the ABAB CDCD
EFEF GG pattern?
It is a Petrarchan Sonnet, Ma’am.
Hmm, are you sure Candy? Yes it has 14
lines but does Petrarchan Sonnet has
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG pattern?
No Ma’am that is a Shakespearean Sonnet.
Okay thank you for helping Candy. It is
really sometimes confusing that’s why we
need to carefully analyze the pattern.

Application
Now, for your short activity, kindly copy
this and underline the stressed syllables on
the lines of the poems. Then, identify the
meter of the following lines of poem. Is
that clear?
Yes ma’am.
(A student will raise hand)
Yes Dave? Do you have a question?
Ma’am are we going to format it like your
example in Shall I Compare Thee To A
Summer’s Day? when we discussed
Meter a while ago?
Yes, that is exactly what you will do in this
activity. Just to make it easier for you, you
just have to underline the stressed
syllables. Okay?
Okay Ma’am. Thank you.
If you have no more questions, you may
start answering.

Activity:
1. ‘But, soft! What light through yonder But, soft! What light through yonder
window breaks?’
window breaks?’- Iambic Pentameter
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare.
 2. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when
all through the house
all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a
Not a creature was stirring, not even a
mouse’
mouse’ – Anapestic Octameter
- ‘TwasThe Night Before
Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore

3. ‘Tyger Tyger burning bright,

Tyger Tyger burning bright,
In the forest of the night’
In the forest of the night’- Trochaic
- The Tyger by William Blake
Hexameter

4. ‘Half a league, half a league,

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward’
Half a league onward’- Dactylic
- The Charge of the Light Brigade
Trimeter
by Tennyson

IV. Evaluation
Direction. Read and analyze the structure of the Poem then answer the following questions
below.
ONE ART

by Elizabeth Bishop

The art of losing isn’t hard to master;

so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster

of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.

Then practice losing farther, losing faster:

 places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.

I lost my mother’s watch. And look! my last, or

next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.

I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,

some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn’t a disaster.

—Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture

I love) I shan’t have lied. It’s evident
the art of losing’s not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.

1. What is the theme of the poem One Art?

2. How many syllables are there in each line?
3. How do you describe the rhythm of the poem?
V. Assignment
Direction. In letter-sized bond paper, create your own poems. You are free to choose any
topic that you like as long as it follows the characteristics of each literary piece that we
have discussed. Have a title for each poem. Be creative in doing your output. Plagiarized
work will automatically have zero merit.
1 Haiku
1 Sonnet (Petrarchan or Shakespearean)
1 Limerick
1 Villanelle

Save your output in pdf

Upload it on the Aralinks’ assignment bin
One (1) page per category.
The paper should be fully designed. You may use different fonts for aesthetic purposes.

Submission Date: November 3, 2021 not later than 11:00am