GENERAL TYPES OF

LITERATURE
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ODE
This is a poem of a noble feeling,
expressed with dignity, with no definite
number of syllables or definite number
of lines in a stanza.
ODE
This is a poem of a noble feeling,
expressed with dignity, with no definite
number of syllables or definite number of
lines in a stanza.
Structures:
Strophe
Antistrophe
Epode
ODE Structures:
1. Strophe
is a poetic term originally referring to the first part
of theode.
ODE Structures:
1. Strophe
is a poetic term originally referring to the first part
of theode.
2. Antistrophe
is the portion of anodesung by the chorus.
in response to thestrophe.
ODE Structures:
1. Strophe
is a poetic term originally referring to the first part of
theode.
2. Antistrophe
is the portion of anodesung by the chorus.
in response to thestrophe.
3. Epode
is the third part of anode, which followed thestropheand
theantistrophe, and completed the movement.
PSALMS (Dalit)
This is a song praising God or the
Virgin Mary and containing a
philosophy of life.
Ex. Matthew 6:9-15
 Psalms
Ex. Matthew 6:9-15
9This, then, is how you should pray: Our Father in
heaven,hallowed be your name,
10your kingdom come,your will be done,on earth as it is in
heaven.
11Give us today our daily bread.
12And forgive us our debts,as we also have forgiven our
debtors.
13And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from the
evil one.
14For if you forgive other people when they sin against you,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
PSALMS (Dalit)
Awit (Song)
These have measures of twelve
syllables (dodecasyllabic) and sloly
sung to the accompaniment of a guitar
or banduria.
Ex. Florante at Laura by Francisco
Balagtas
Florante at Laura by Francisco Balagtas
Ang taong magawi sa ligayat aliw,
Mahina ang puso, lubhang maramdamin,
Inaakala pa lamang ang hilahil
Na daratnay di na matutuhang bathin
Corridos (Kuridos)
These have measures eight syllables
(octosyllabic) and recited to martial
beat.
Ex. Ibong Adarna
 Ex. Ibong Adarna
O birheng kaibig-ibig Di-umanoy si Don Juan
Ina naming nasa langit, Bunso niyang minamahal
Liwanagin yaring isip Ay nililo at pinatay
Nang sa layoy di malihis. Ng dalawang tampalasan

Ganito ang napagsapit May isang ibong maganda

Ng haring kaibig-ibig Ang pangalan ay Adarna,
Nang siyay managinip Pag naririnig mong kumanta
Isang gabing naiidlip Sa sakit ay giginhawa.
Dramatic Poetry
Dramatic
Dramatic Poetry

Poetry
 Dramatic Poetry
This Includes:
Comedy, Melodrama, Tragedy, Farce & Social Poems
Comedy
Komos Festivity or revelry.
This form usually is light and written
with the purpose of amusing, and
usually has a happy ending.
Comedy
Melodrama
This usually used in musical plays with
the opera.
It arouses immediate and intense
emotion and is usually sad but there is a
happy ending for the principal character.
Melodrama
Tragedy
This involves the hero struggling
mightily against dynamic forces.
Tragedy
This involves the hero struggling
mightily against dynamic forces.
Farce
This is an exagerated comedy. It seeks
to arouse mirth by laughable lines. The
characters seem to be caricatures and
the motives undignified and absurd.
Farce
Social Poems
This form is either purely comic or
tragic and it pictures the life today.
It may aim to bring about changes in
the social conditions.
Social Poems