Q1 MODULE 2 - TOPIC2-Poetry From The Archipelago

ST.
MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARINDUQUE

Boac, Marinduque
Senior High School Department

SY 2020 – 2021
I. Title
21st Century Literature from the Module
Subject Quarter First 2
Philippines and the World #
Level 11 Duration Week 2 Day 1-6
Topic: Poetry from the archipelago Code EN12Lit-Ie-30
II. Preliminaries
A. Objectives/ Competencies
 Identify common figures of speech used in the Philippine poetry
 Explain how different contexts enhance the text’s meaning and enrich the reader’s
understanding
 Appreciate the literary pieces of Filipino writers.
III. DISCUSSION
Philippine Poetry: Its Form, Language and Speech
Poetry in the Philippines is not different from its

other counterparts around the world. In the early 1900s,
Filipino poetry celebrated romanticism, and several poems The country`s
about love flourished. Eventually, as the years went on, poetry reflects your history
poetry became formalist –the emphasis of poetry is more as a Filipino and may also
on the form and language that the poet used, rather than
explore the possibilities of
the theme itself. Then, modern poetry sprouted, and
nowadays, writers are more adventurous in their craft. the Filipino`s future culture
and society.
Senses and Images are used by the writer to
describe their impressions of their topic of object writing. The kinds of sense
impressions in poetry are categorized in mainly the following:
1. Visual Imagery- what the writer wants you to see
2. Olfactory Imagery- what the writer wants you to smell
3. Gustatory Imagery- what the writer wants you to taste
4. Tactile Imagery- what the writer wants you to feel
5. Auditory Imagery- what the writer wants you to hear
Diction is the denotative and connotative meaning of the words in a sentence,

phrase, paragraph, or poem.
Filipino writers are very careful of the way they write and the words they
use to form their poems.
Rhyme Scheme is the way the author arranges words, meters, lines, and
stanzas to create a coherent sound when the poem is read out loud. It maybe
formal or informal, depending on the way the poem was written by poet.
Senses, imagery, diction, and rhyme scheme are emphasized

in this canonical poem, “Gabu,” one of the most widely read local
poems in English by Carlos Angeles.
Some contributions of literary
pieces of the Filipino writers
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1. Is It the Kingfisher by Marjorie Evasco
-born in Bohol
-writes bilingually in English, and
Cebuano-Visayan
earliest feminist poet
-received an award of South Asian
Write Award (SEA Write)
-a professor emeritus of De La Salle University
Extend your knowledge Source:

https://panitikan.ph/wp-content/uploads/2014/0
You can visit the link below
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http://marjorieevasco.jimdo.com/is_it_the_kingfisher.php
accessed on 8 September 2015)
2. Oh How to Find Silence in the World

by Cirilo Bautista
-well known as poet, fictionist, critic, and
nonfiction writer
-awarded as a National Artist for Literature by
the Philippine government
-a professor emeritus of De La Salle
University
Extend your knowledge

You can visit the link below
http://www.poemsabout.com/poet/cirilo-bautista/
(accessed on 28 January 2014) Source: https://notednames.com/ImgProfile/
Cirilo-Bautista_vmh.jpg
Exercise I
Read the poem “Gabu” by Carlos A. Angeles and answer the questions
that follow.
Source: http//tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/poetry/gabu-by-carlos-a-angeles/ (accessed 8
September 2015)
Gabu
by Carlos A. Angeles
The battering restlessness of the sea

Insists a tidal fury upon the beach
At Gabu, and its pure consistency
Havocs the wasteland hard within its reach.
Brutal the daylong bashing of its heart
Against the seascape where, for miles around, Source:
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Born on May 25, 1921 in Tacloban
And drop into the elemental wound. City, Leyte
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The waste of centuries is grey and dead
 Graduated from Rizal High in 1938
And neutral where the sea has beached its brine,
o Chief of the Philippine bureau
Where the split salt of its heart lies spread of International News Service
 Board of directors of International
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o 47 poems
o In 1964, when poetry was first
considered in the Carlos
Among the dark habiliments of Time.
The vital splendor misses. For here
At Gabu where the ageless tide recurs
All things forfeited are most loved and dear.
It is the sea pursues a habit of shores.
Guided Questions:
1. What is the poem all about?
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2. What do you do when you feel restless within?

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3. If you were the “sea” in this poem, why do you keep pursuing the shore?
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Exercise II
Research about Ilocos and its beaches, and try to guess which one Carlos
Angeles is talking about in “Gabu.” Use the poem`s imagery as clues to
pinpoint the beach mentioned here. Afterward, draw your visual imagery of
Gabu as described in the poem and share your output with the rest of the
class.
BROADENING OF CONCEPTS
 How does elements of poetry useful in writing?

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 What particular writings you often notice the use elements of poetry?
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 Why do we need to be a good writer?

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INTEGRATION
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A. What do you do when you feel restless within?
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B. How does the country fight in today`s restless pandemic?

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C. What are the roles of the church in restless days of pandemic?

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BIBLICAL TEXT
“Stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.” Corinthians 16:13.
IV. EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT
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V. ASSIGNMENT
Reflection Notebook
Read the poem “Oh How to Find the Silence in the World” by Cirilo
Bautista. Answer the questions below.
A. How would you feel if you were singled out because of your physical characteristics?
Do you think it`s fair to be singled out because of the way you look?
VI. REFERENCE/S
21st Century Literature from Philippines and the World by Rina Garcia Chua
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MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARINDUQUE

Senior High School Department

Philippine Poetry: Its Form, Language and Speech

Poetry in the Philippines is not different from its

Diction is the denotative and connotative meaning of the words in a sentence,

Senses, imagery, diction, and rhyme scheme are emphasized

Extend your knowledge Source:

2. Oh How to Find Silence in the World

Extend your knowledge

The battering restlessness of the sea

2. What do you do when you feel restless within?

 How does elements of poetry useful in writing?

 Why do we need to be a good writer?

B. How does the country fight in today`s restless pandemic?

C. What are the roles of the church in restless days of pandemic?

“Stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.” Corinthians 16:13.

See it on Google Classroom

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