11th (HUMSS): Creative Writing – Elements of Poetry
Denotation and Connotation
The roses climbed the trellis. Elements of Specific Literary Forms
The roses adorned the trellis. Meter - is the pattern of stressed and
The roses strangled the trellis. unstressed syllables that creates the rhythm of
some poetry.
Diction - The right choice of words greatly
contributes to the development of a Ex: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
composition. As such, diction is applied. The repetition of metrical feet in a line of
Diction, simply put, is the selection of the poetry creates poetic meter, like beats in
most appropriate word you can use for your music:
written work.
one foot – monometer
A good use of diction is said to be achieved
when the following conditions are met by the two feet – dimeter
author or writer: three feet – trimeter
a. The right words were chosen for what four feet – tetrameter
is written about.
b. The words chosen are appropriate for five feet – pentameter
the theme and tone of the composition. six feet – hexameter
c. The words used can be easily
understood by the readers.] seven feet – heptameter
The level of formality of a written output is eight feet – octameter
generally identified through diction. The more Five Basic Meters:
serious the piece of writing is, the more formal
its diction. Notice how each of the following Lambic meter
sentences can denote the level of formality of Trochaic meter
the text, though all of them actually mean the
same. Spondaic meter
Dactylic meter
Anapestic meter
Denotation and Connotation
The roses climbed the trellis. Elements of Specific Literary Forms
The roses adorned the trellis. Meter - is the pattern of stressed and
The roses strangled the trellis. unstressed syllables that creates the rhythm of
some poetry.
Diction - The right choice of words greatly
contributes to the development of a Ex: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
composition. As such, diction is applied. The repetition of metrical feet in a line of
Diction, simply put, is the selection of the poetry creates poetic meter, like beats in
most appropriate word you can use for your music:
written work.
one foot – monometer
A good use of diction is said to be achieved
when the following conditions are met by the two feet – dimeter
author or writer: three feet – trimeter
a. The right words were chosen for what four feet – tetrameter
is written about.
b. The words chosen are appropriate for five feet – pentameter
the theme and tone of the composition. six feet – hexameter
c. The words used can be easily
understood by the readers.] seven feet – heptameter
The level of formality of a written output is eight feet – octameter
generally identified through diction. The more Five Basic Meters:
serious the piece of writing is, the more formal
its diction. Notice how each of the following Lambic meter
sentences can denote the level of formality of Trochaic meter
the text, though all of them actually mean the
same. Spondaic meter
Dactylic meter
Anapestic meter
