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Most of the students thought that literature is a BORING subject and
DIFFICULT to understand. However, by learning literature students will be
able to learn a lot of values from poems to short story to novel. Various
themes will be discuss and they can learn how to respect others at the same
time appreciate LITERATURE.
To be honest, we live within LITERATURE. Each and every word you said
considered as a piece of LITERARY work. Even for a song considered

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LITERARY work, so change your PERCEPTION. LEARNT LITERATURE and start

to APPRECIATE LIFE !!
There are 3 different types of LITERARY work for form 4 to form 5. As for SPM
candidates, you need to FOCUS on POEMS & NOVEL only. While Short
Stories and Drama, you are only learning it as for escapism and knowledge.
Poems :

In the midst of hardship (Latiff Mohidin)

He had such a quiet eyes (Bibsy Soenharjo)
The Nature (H.D. Cardburry)
Are you still playing your flute?(Zurinah Hassan)

Short Stories

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INTRODUCTION
TOWicked
POETRY
The Step by the
Step (Anne Fine)
Elements of Poetry
Elements

Meaning

Literal
meaning

Clear meaning of words as they appear in the poem

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Implied
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Mood &
atmosphere

Tone

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Underlying meaning of the poem

General feelings in the reader created by the poem.

Mood refers to the inner feeling created and
atmosphere refers to the outer world or the
environment
The voice you hear or used in the poem which tells you
the attitude of the persona or poet

Theme

The main idea of what the poet is trying to convey.

Includes the message of the poem

Style

The way the poet uses language and ideas

Symbol

A thing, a word, an animal or an object that is used to

represent something else

Images

Pictures created in the mind of the reader by the words

used. Images appeal to our five senses like sight, smell,
hearing, touch and taste

Simile

Comparisons made between two unlike things using the

words as, like, or than
e.g. He is as brave as a lion

Metaphor

Comparisons made between two unlike things without

the use of the words as, like, or than

Personification Non-human things that are given human characteristics.

E.g. the sun is smiling brightly
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Point of view

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Poets voice/opinion from a point where he is the

speaker of the poem (persona)
1st person the speaker is a character in the poem
and tells it from his perspectives (uses I)
2nd person limited perspective where the speaker
is not in the poem but mentions about the other
characters through limited ways
3rd person- omniscient perspective where the
speaker is not in the poem but is all knowing and
able to tell what all the characters is thinking.

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Stanza : a unit of lines grouped together, which is similar to a
paragraph in prose

2 lines Couplet

6 lines- Sextain

3 lines- Tercet
Septet
4 lines- Quatrain

7 lines8 lines- Octave

Rhyme scheme: pattern observed through the arrangement of rhymes

in a poem alphabetical letters are used to show the occurrence of the
rhyming patterns.

Now heres a bit of advice

(a)

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Be sure that nice really means nice

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Form : the method, style or structure which a poem is based on and

reflect certain characteristics

Open poetry free regular pattern

Closed poetry-fixed in structure and
pattern
Blank verse- no rhyme
Free verse no definite pattern or
structure

[Form 4: Poem]
IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP
BY
LATIFF MOHIDIN

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Background of poet

Understanding the poem

Stanza 1

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Paraphrase of the poem

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Stanza 2

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Stanza 3

Paraphrase of the poem

Summary/Synopsis of the poem

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ELEMENTS OF THE POEM

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Theme

Point Of View

Language & Style

Tone & Mood

Moral Values

Poetic Devices

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[Form 4: Poem]
HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES
BY
BIBSY SOENHARJO

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Background of poet

Understanding the poem

Stanza 1

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Paraphrase of the poem

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Stanza 2

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Stanza 3

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Summary/Synopsis of the poem

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ELEMENTS OF THE POEM
Theme

Point Of View

Language & Style

Tone & Mood

Moral Values

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Poetic Devices

[Form 5: Poem]
NATURE
BY
H.D CARBERRY

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Understanding the poem

Line 1-2

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Paraphrase of the poem

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Line 3-5

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Line 6-7

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Line 8-10

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Line 11-15

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ELEMENTS OF THE POEM

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Theme

Point Of View

Language & Style

Tone & Mood

Moral Values

Poetic Devices

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[Form 5: Poem]
ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE?
BY
ZURINAH HASSAN

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Understanding the poem

Stanza 1

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Paraphrase of the poem

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Stanza 2

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Stanza 3

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Summary/Synopsis of the poem

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ELEMENTS OF THE POEM
Theme

Point Of View

Language & Style

Tone & Mood

Moral Values

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Poetic Devices

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A short story:

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Short work of fiction (prose of writing about imagined

events and characters)
To tell a story in an effective and engaging manner,
authors need to look into the elements of the short
story.

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Its including theme, plot, characters, literary devices,

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Literary Devices
Literary devices
Irony
Symbol

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Meaning
An unexpected twist of events,
opposite of what was expected
Used by a writer to represent
something else. It could be a word,
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Imagery

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an animal or object
Creating of images in the readers
mind. It is enable them to understand
what the characters see or feel.
Appeal in 5 senses:
Sight
Touch
Hearing
Smell
taste

Alliteration

Repetition of consonant sounds at

the beginning of words to give a
rhythmic effect

Foreshadowing

Hint or make an allusion about

something that will happen later on

Flashback

A point in a story whereby a past

incident to described

Figurative language
a) Simile
A figurative comparison of two ideas or things that uses
like or as
b) Metaphor
Describes something by referring to it as something
else
c) Personification
Giving something inanimate human qualities

[Form 4: Short Story]

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Vivien Alcock

Background of poet

Synopsis of the story

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Settings
Physical Setting
The Office of Ross & Banister

Social Setting

Lucys home

Characters & Characteristic

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Lucy Beck

Mrs. Beck

Uncle Bert

Mr. Harry Darke

The spirit of Miss

Broome

Mr.Ross

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Climax

Falling action

Conflict

Resolution

Exposition

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Themes

Point of view

Language and style

Moral Values

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Literary Devices

Colour Imagery

Simile

Personification

Symbol

Irony

Flashback

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