Poetry Terms in Tagalog


The Tagalog word for 'poetry' is panulaan or simply tula ('poem').


maikling tula
short poem

mahabang tula
long poem

maiikling tula
short poems
mahahabang tula
long poems


tula ng pag-ibig / tulang pag-ibig / tula sa pag-ibig
poem of love / love poem / poem on love



tulang pambata
children's poem

tulang liriko
lyric poem

tulang epiko
epic poem

tulang pasalaysay
narrative poem

makata / poeta
poet
mga salik ng tula
elements of a poem

sukat
meter

tugma
rhyme

kagandahan / kariktan
beauty

malayang taludturan
free verse



List of Tagalog poems on Tagalog Lang