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English

MODULE 4
(Bridging Program)

Sound Devices in Poems, Songs,

Stories
English – Grade 7
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Module 4 : Sound Devices in Poetry, Songs, Stories
Trial Edition, 2020

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 LESSON 1
Grade Level The learner listens critically; communicates
Standard feelings and ideas orally and in writing with a high
level of proficiency; and reads various text types
materials to serve learning needs in meeting a
wide range of life’s purposes.

YOUR JOURNEY
Have you ever wondered why you are just right here at the moment?
Nevertheless, this moment is an opportunity leading you to a brighter
future that may open doors for your self-improvement and encouragement
to love reading literary texts especially poetry.
However, this will challenge you to appreciate the beauty and power
of words in a poem. Furthermore, it will help you to explore and embrace
the golden moments of reading with analyzation and comprehension.
As you go through this lesson, you will learn to analyze poems in
terms of its elements through doing the tasks/activities provided for you.
Enjoy and have fun.
YOUR OBJECTIVES
As you go through this lesson, you are expected to analyze poem
with four or more stanzas in terms of its elements.

Specifically, you are expected to:

 Read poem and identify its rhymes and rhythm;
 Write the rhyme scheme pattern of the poem;
 Identify the sound devices used in a poem;
 Identify the most commonly used figurative language;
 Recognize imagery presented in the poem;
 Make a diagram of the elements of poetry;
 Write/Compose a poem using its elements.
YOUR INITIAL TASKS
TASK 1. GUESS ME. Read the statement below and identify the word
that is being defined. Complete the box by supplying the missing letters
in order to guess the correct answer.
1. It is the repetition of similar sounds
Y E

2. It is a comparison of two unrelated objects using like or as.

S M E

3. It is a figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities.

P S N C T N

4. It is an element of a poem that uses sensory experience to

describe and create vivid images
M G R

5. It is a sound device that uses words to imitate sounds

O M T P A

YOUR TEXT
I WANT TO KNOW THIS!
Poetry is a personal type of writing where words flow and carry you
along the realms of beautiful thought. Poems are written in lines which
may or may not be sentences. A group of lines is called a stanza. A
stanza is printed with space above and below it.
A stanza is one element of poetry that may consist of just one line
while other stanzas may have more lines. In the poem “The Song of Maria
Clara”, there are three stanzas consisting four lines for each stanza.
Another element of poem is its sound. Words that end with the same
sound is called rhyme. Rhyming words do not appear only at the end of
the lines in poems, but they may also appear within the line.

Example:
 END RHYME INTERNAL RHYME
A tree in bloom Warm kisses play on her mother’s lips,
So near my room; On her fond, tender breast awakening:
Upon the tree When round her neck the soft arms slips
A pollened bee, And bright eyes smile, all love partaking.
Two singing birds
So loud with words, Sweet is death for one’s native land,
And dragonflies Where all is dear the sunbeams bless:
With beryl eyes: Dead is the breeze that sweeps the strand,
I’ll leave my book Without a mother, home, or love’s caress.
I’ll look and look. -Jose P. Rizal, translated by Charles E. Derbyshire, from
-Maximo Ramos, “A Tree, A Book” the “Song of Maria Clara”

TASK 2. READING ALOUD. Read the poem below entitled “The

Song of Maria Clara” written by Jose P. Rizal and try to listen carefully to
the pattern of syllables and to the last sounds of each line.

THE SONG OF MARIA CLARA

Sweet are the hours in one’s native land,
Where all is dear the sunbeams bless;
Life-gazing breezes sweep the strand,
And death is soften’d by love’s caress.

Warm kisses play on her mother’s lips,

On her fond, tender breast awakening:
When round her neck the soft arms slips
And bright eyes smile, all love partaking.

Sweet is death for one’s native land,

Where all is dear the sunbeams bless:
Dead is the breeze that sweeps the strand,
Without a mother, home, or love’s caress.
-Jose P. Rizal, translated by Charles E. Derbyshire
I WANT TO KNOW THIS!
The pattern of rhymes at the end of lines is called the rhyme
scheme of the poem. Letters in alphabet are used to indicate the rhyme
scheme.
Example:
Sweet are the hours in one’s native land, (a)
Where all is dear the sunbeams bless; (b)
Life-gazing breezes sweep the strand, (a)
And death is soften’d by love’s caress. (b)
Rhyme scheme refers to the order in which particular words
rhyme. It is an “a-b-a-b” rhyme scheme, which means “a” is the rhyme
for the lines 1 and 3 and “b” is the rhyme affected in the lines 2 and 4.
However, another musical sound of poetry is the rhythm. Rhythm is
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. To identify the rhythm,
the syllables of each line must be counted. The poem entitled “A Tree, A
Book” by Maximo Ramos has four syllables for each line.
A/ tree/ in/ bloom - 4 syllables
So/ near/ my /room; - 4 syllables
Up/on /the /tree- 4 syllables
A /pol/lened/ bee, - 4 syllables

TASK 3. BE QUIET! Pause for a while and be quiet for at least three
minutes. Try to observe the sounds that you hear in your environment.
Note the sounds as you hear them.

QUIET
PLEASE!!!
I WANT TO KNOW THIS!
Other ways of achieving a musical effect is through the use of
onomatopoeia. The poet uses words that suggest sounds at the same
time describe actions being made. Onomatopoeia is a sound device used
by poets to suggest actions, movements and meanings.
Examples: I heard buzzing of the bees and the hissing of the
snakes.
Other interesting features of a poem that make it musical is the
presence of sound devices like alliteration, assonance, consonance
and repetition.
1. Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning
of words like:
doubting, dreading dreams no mortal
enter dared to dream before
-Edgar Allan Poe, from The Raven

Ne’er shall invaders trample thy sacred shores

-Jose Palma, from Filipinas
2. Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within words like:
Along the window sill, the lipstick stabs
Glittered in their steel shells.
-Rita Dove, from Adolescence III
3. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds within and at
the end of the words.
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door
-E.A. Poe, from The Raven
4. Repetition is the technique of repeating a sound, word, phrase or
line for emphasis with no particular placement.

Not yet, Rizal, not yet. Sleep not in peace.

There are a thousand waters to be spanned;
There are a thousand mountains to be crossed;
There are a thousand crosses to be borne.
-Jose P. Rizal, from Like the Molave

Set me adrift on the bay tonight,

Tonight when the gray winds blow;
-Angela Manalang Gloria, But the Western Stars
TASK 4. WHAT YOU SENSE IS WHAT YOU GET. Read each of the
following phrases, put EY if the phrase helps you to see something, EA if
it helps you to hear something, NO if it helps you to smell something, HA
if it helps you to feel something and TO if it helps you to taste something.
Write your answer on the space provided before each number.

-Photo is taken from English 7 Learner’s Material

____1. A flower in bloom ____6. A mother’s kiss

____2. Two singing birds ____7. A tremulous voice
____3. The cool breeze from the ocean ____8. The clear blue sky
____4. The aroma of brewed coffee ____9. The scent of appl
____5. A sweet chocolate cake ____10. The sour grapes

I WANT TO KNOW THIS!

USING IMAGERY TO CONVEY SENSORY EXPERIENCE
Imagery is the use of a word or sequence of words to convey sensory
experience. It is a device used for readers to create an image that
encompasses the five senses. Imagery in literary works uses sensory
experiences such as sight, touch, hear, smell, or taste to describe the
impressions of the writers and to create vivid pictures (mental images) that
can explain to the readers the meaning of a poem or prose.
Expressions Sensory Experience
Wind blew its hardest Touch
New fragrance Smell
Sun comes up Sight
Creaking bamboo window frames Hear
Sweet as the nectar of a flower Taste
TASK 5. READ TO FIND. Determine the figurative language used in the
following lines of poetry. Write the letter of your answer on the space
provided before each number.
A. SIMILE C. PERSONIFICATION
B. METAPHOR D. HYPERBOLE
___1. The little Road says, Go,
The little House says, Stay:
___2. How sweet the sobbing violin!
___3. Dewdrops are the gems of morning,
But the tears of mournful eve!
___4. Your kiss lies on my face
Like the first snow
Upon a summer place.
___5. And the tortured land lay trembling
Rocking, heaving helplessly.

I WANT TO KNOW THIS!

USING FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
SIMILE. A simile is a comparison of two unrelated objects with the use of
as or like.
Examples: He runs like a horse.
Her skin is white as a cloud.

METAPHOR. A metaphor is a direct comparison of two unrelated objects

without the use of as or like.
Examples: The train is steel snake coiling its way to the city.
His brother is a tiger.

PERSONIFICATION. It is a way of speaking in which human qualities are

given to a non-human subject. When you speak of things as though they
were persons, you are using personification.
Examples: The clouds cried heavily.
The smiling sun shines down on us today.
The flowers are dancing in the breeze.

HYPERBOLE. It is a purposeful exaggeration of fact. This exaggeration

is called hyperbole. It is used for effect and not meant to be taken literally.
Examples: I will love you till the seas go dry.
She cried a million tears.
 He drank gallons of water to wet his throat.
YOUR DISCOVERY TASKS

Make a DIAGRAM of the Elements of Poetry. Using this diagram

write the salient features or definition of each elements and then give
examples. (This task can be done in a sheet of paper to be submitted to
the teacher.)

YOUR FINAL TASK

You are expected to compose or write a short poem with a maximum

of twelve lines using the elements (imagery, sound devices, figurative
language) that you have learned from this lesson. (This task can be done
in a sheet of paper to be submitted to the teacher.)
Your output will be assessed according to the rubrics/ criteria below.

CRITERIA POINTS
Originality 4
Content 3
Language/Choice of Words 3
TOTAL 10

MY TREASURE

As you continue your journey on the next lessons, always bear in

mind what you have learned, unlearned and relearned in this lesson
because it will serve as your guide in your search for new knowledge.
In order to realize it, you will answer the following questions below:

QUESTIONS ANSWER
What have I learned?

What have I improved on?

What do I want to share?

(NOTE: The outputs of the students must be compiled in a

PORTFOLIO for checking and assessment procedures.)
REFERENCES

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A Journey through Anglo-American Literature-Grade 9

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First Edition 2014

English- Grade 7 Learners Material

Printed by FEP Printing Corp., Philippines
Published by Department of Education
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Published by J.C. Palabay Enterprise Inc., Marikina City
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INTERNET
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accessed March 13, 2014