COMPILATION

IN PHILIPPINE
LITERATURE
Submitted by: Richdel G. Galacio
BSED MATH 3

Submitted to: Queenzel Daryl Alacio

Instructress
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Night In The Hills by Pas Marquez Benitez ----------------------------------------- 1-2

The Small key by Paz M. Latorena ------------------------------------------------------ 3-5

My Ideal University by Maximo M. Kalaw -------------------------------------------- 6

History and Philippine Culture by Hovaciodela Costa, S.J ------------------------ 7

Song of a City Dweller by N.V.M Gonzales ------------------------------------------- 8-9

The Spouse by Luis G. Dato -------------------------------------------------------------- 10-12

The Quarrel of the Volcanoes by Venancio Prietoziga ---------------------------- 13-14

Diplomat Listening to the Speech of Another Diplomat

by Dominador I. ILio ---------------------------------------------------------------- 15-16

DADA by MorliDhoram ------------------------------------------------------------------- 17

It Rained Saturday Afternoon by Antonio S. Gabila ------------------------------- 18

The Black Monkey by Edith L. Tiempo ------------------------------------------------19

A Gift of Tongues by Renato E. Madrid ---------------------------------------------- 20

Servant Girl by Estrella D..Alfon ------------------------------------------------------- 21

GABU by Carlos A. Angeles ------------------------------------------------------------- 22

BADOC by Carlos A. Angeles( Tacloban, Leyte) ----------------------------------- 23-25

CHANTEY by Ramon Escoda ----------------------------------------------------------- 26-28

The White Horse of ALih by Alvarez Enriquez ------------------------------------- 29

SCORING RUBRICS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 30-31

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A Night In The Hills by Pas Marquez Benitez

Literary Analysis

Give the information for the following elements of the short story:

1. Setting
 Intramuros , Manila
 Hills of Laguna
2. Plot
a.) Introduction

 Gerardo Luna introduced as a salesman and has a dream in life to go to the

forest.
b.) Rising Action
 He tells his wife but she doubt if the purpose is not for the business.
c.) Climax
 His wife died and this made him the opportunity to be with Ambo.
d.) Falling Action
 At the point he realize that it was not the forest he had dreamed and also
realized that he did not want the life in the forest.
e.) Denouement
 He went home feeling saddened and disappointed about the forest.
3. Theme
 Expectation vs. Reality or Dream vs. Reality
4. Conflict
 Man vs Fate

5. Characterization
GERARDO LUNA – A jewelry store salesman and his only dream is going to
the forest.
HIS WIFE – A woman whose mind is her small business.

AMBO – An orchid gatherer the one who invited Gerardo to go to the forest

ATE TERE/SOTERA- Gerardo’s older sibling

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PEREGRINA - Owner of a pawnshop, Gerardo’s Fiancee.

Comprehension Check Up
1. What was Gerardo’s dream?
 He always dream to go to the forest and see the beautiful place.
2. What was his wife’s reaction towards his dream?
 She doubt if the purpose is not for the business.
3. What difficulties were encountered by Gerardo during his first
night in the forest?
 There were noises and seemed only the silence itself. There were a
continuous trilling, strange night-calls and a peculiar, soft clinking
which recurred at regular intervals forest noise that was Gerardo
encountered in his first night in the forest.
4. What is the relationship of Sotera with Gerardo?
 Sotera is the former sister of Gerardo.
5. What ending would you give the story?
 The ending that I give in the story is that there has a good and a bad
side in the forest so when you want to go there you have the courage to
face the reality.
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The Small Key

Paz M. Latorena

Literary Analysis

Give the information for the following elements of the short story:

1. Setting
 In the Farm
 In the house

2. Plot
 Introduction- It was a sun up above the sky is blue and Pedro Buhay a
farmer he was eating and he was hurry to go back to work.
 Raising Action- When Pedro lift his coat it contains the small key on his
coat pocket.
 Climax- Pedro was in the backyard and saw the cloat was burn.
 Falling Action- And when Pedro found out that trunk is empty.
 Denouement- Soledad was still ill and Pedro is trying not to be angry with
her.

3. Theme
 Memories of Love once

4. Conflict
 MAN Vs MAN

5. Characterization
 Pedro Buhay – Husband of Soledad or Choleng
 Soledad – Wife of Pedro or Indo
 Tia Maria – Housemaid of Pedro and Soledad
 Dr. Santos – Doctor of Soledad
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Comprehension Check Up
1. What is the importance of the small key to Pedro and Soledad?
-A rusty small key has a big meaning to Pedro because it reminds it with his first
wife and for Soledad the key is not important to her but Pedro give the motive
to Soledad what is the value of the small key.

2. What was the reaction of Pedro towards the illness of his wife?
 Pedro feel worry because of Tia Maria said that his wife have a fever so
Pedro hurry up to go to the town to look Dr. Santos but after the doctor
check what happened to Soledad , Pedro got angry to his wife because
he found out that Soledad not have a sick but he was trying not to be
angry to Soledad and wait here to explain what happen.

3. Give a brief summary of each part of the story.

Part I:
 One morning Soledad finds herself knowing that the farm will produce
plenty but that she still had some of inner feeling of discontent. She
planned to mend some of her husband’s shirts, which were in a locked
trunk. Pedro look out from his pocket a string which held two keys, one
large and shiny and one small and rusty. He gave Soledad the large key
to his trunk and put the small key back in his jacket pocket. Since it was
hot that morning, he removed his coat before leaving to work in the
field. When he was gone, Soledad began to fold the jacket and the
small key fell to the floor. It is obvious that Pedro values the small key
while Soledad fears it. Soledad knows that the small key is a key to a
different trunk. She wonders why it is that he keeps her old clothing and
why he seems to have a special feeling about them. She obviously fears
that Pedro still loves his first wife even though she has been dead for
many years by now.

Part II:
 She reveals that she hates the things in the small trunk and worries that
they will destroy the relationship between her and her husband. Despite
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her attempts to not think about the contents of the small trunk, Soledad
opens it. At this point, Pedro returns home to find Soledad in bed
supposedly with a fever. It turns out she does not. The next morning
Pedro discovers a pile of ashes and half burnt clothing in the backyard.
He realizes what Soledad has done and rushes to look in the trunk to
confirm it. Soledad has indeed burned his first wife’s clothing. Pedro is
angry and bitter that this has happened and he expects that Soledad
will explain things later. He thinks to himself that he will forgive her
because he loves her but that even if she did it out of love for him, it will
always remain a matter of some resentment toward her for doing it.
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My Ideal University
Maximo M. Kalaw

Comprehension Check Up

1. What are the qualities of an Ideal University?

 The ideal university must live a free life, cooperating with, yet
financially independent of, the vital political and economic forces of the
country; sympathetic toward national purposes and ideals yet free from
the passions and inconsistencies of contemporary politics.
2. Compare these qualities to the qualities of your school.
 -There are different School if I compare the qualities of Ideal University
and to ou school that is a Clear and Shaved , vision for the school,
teamwork, reliable support , focus on teaching and learning and many
more.
3. In what way can you help your university achieve these qualities?
 -To be a Good Student so that in that way I can help the university
achieve these qualities.
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History and Philippine Culture

Hovaciodela Costa, S.J.

Comprehension Check Up
1. In what way can we say that our national culture did not develop?
 Our national culture did not develop as did the culture of the Chinese in
isolation by the cultivation and elaboration.
2. What is the effect of acculturation in our historical development?
 The effect of acculturation in our historical development is a process of
social psychological and cultural change that stems from the balancing
of two cultures while adapting to the prevailing culture of the society.
3. How will you define Filipino culture?
 Filipino culture is the summation of indigenous forces and foreign
influences that had come to bear upon the people in varying degrees
during the last centuries.
4. What is the role of the Historians in the development of our
history?
 The role of the historians in the development of our history they are
academics and researches who study events of the past. They primary
duties include obtaining historical data, archives and artifacts.
5. In what way can we enrich and preserve our cultural heritage?
 The best way to enrich and preserve our cultural heritage, whatever it
maybe is to share it with others.
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Songs of A City-Dweller
N.V.M Gonzales

Literary Analysis

1. Give the message of the poem.

 The message of the poem Song of a city dweller is about we have to
respect dreams and life.
2. Paraphrase the poem.

ORIGINAL POEM PARAPHRASED POEM

Clear as lovely crystal Future was bright as light

Grey like doves
The waters of the lake
Have only silence for their voice,
So will my heart seek long for song,
So will my dreams be lost like ghosts,
Pale as lonely smoke
Life isn’t but dark shadows
Just like water flowing in a river
with no boundaries,
So my heart longs for your voice
For you are my desire, but you went
away just leave me easily crashed
spirit.

Comprehension Check Up
1. Give your analysis to the first two lines of the poem.
 The analysis that I give to the first two lines of the poem is that our lives
are bright like crystal it’s clear but old color like doves.

2. What meaning would the author want to convey? Explain.

 The meaning that the author want to convey is that even if we come to
appreciate another race or go to their place to reach our dreams we will
never forget our lives in province where it so beautiful.
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The Spouse
Luis G. Dato

Literary Analysis
1. Give the message of the poem.
 -The message of the poem is about the abused spouse, but she can’t do anything
because she loved her husband so much.

2. Paraphrase the poem.

ORIGINAL POEM PARAPHRASED POEM

I I
Rose in her hand, and moist eyes Holding a rose, crying because
young with weeping, she’s sad
She stands upon the threshold At the edge of her house,
of her house, she’s stand
Fragrant with scent that wakens The fragrant due to
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love from sleeping, awaken love,

She looks far down to where her
husband plows.
Ii
Her hair disheveled in the
Night of passion,
Her warm limbs humid with the
sacred strife,
What may she know but man and
woman fashion
Out of the clay of wrath
and sorrow LIFE?
III
She holds no joys beyond
the day’s tomorrow,
She finds no words beyond
her love’s embrace,
She looks upon the form
behind the furrow,
Who is her Mind, her Motion,
Time and Space.
IV
O somber mystery of eyes unspeaking,
O dark enigma of life’s love forlorn,
The Sphinx beside the river
Smiles with seeking,
The secret answer since the
world was born
To her husband plows,
she glimpse.
Ii
Her hair is messy because
of the romantic night,
She’s in the battle
of holy war,
What woman and man
can make
From the anger or sadness.
III
Does not care about the
future holds,
The eternity of love she
finds no world,
And the field she looks upon
Wondering her mind, motion
time and space not longer existing.
IV
How sad of your eyes,
How hide a lonely love is,
Look at the creature
besides the river
The secret answer is in there.

Comprehension Check Up
1. What relationship does the husband and wife have?
 The relationship does the husband and wife have is that seems to
indecent and unlawful relationship that after the desire of the flesh is
fulfilled both of them face the consequence of the affair.

2. What is the couple’s way of living?

 To work hard, the man has to labor hard to sustain their needs. He loves
his wife he has to give everything to give his wife what she wants.

3. What was the poem tell about their future?

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 The poem tell about their future that marriage should not isolate us
from growing into what we want rather it should be a springboard that
will support us in achieving the goals that we had worked upon before
the nuptials.
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The Quarrel of the Volcanoes

Narrated by VenancioPrietoziga
In Bicol Paper No. 61, January 1, 1930, in H.O. Beye
“Ethnography of the Bicol People”’ v. II
Bikol

Literary Analysis

Give the information for the following elements of the short story:

1. Setting
 Albay
2. Plot
 Introduction- Mayon Volcano was only then a mountain and such had
no fire or smoke.
 Raising Action- Mayon took advantages of this abused the good
character of Malinao and went to the extend of even taking what she
wanted.
 Climax- Mayon beheaded Malinao.
 Falling Action- Mayon hurried home with the fire and supplied her
visitor’s needs she did not return fire for Malinao was dead.
 Denouement- To this day, Mayon sends forth fire from her crater while
the Malinao Volcano was now a mountain without any smoke coming
out of its crater to this day too, the conical crater of Malinao can be
seen at her foot where it fell when Mayon cut it off.
3. Theme
 Never give to someone your trust so that she can’t take advantage on
your kindness and being hurt at the end.
4. Conflict
 Nature Vs Nature
5. Characterization
 Mayon Volcano- Always dependent to Malinao Volcano.
 Malinao Volcano- Aided Mayon in all her needs.
 Isarog Mountain- Neighbor of Mayon and Malinao.
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Comprehension Check Up
1. Describe Mayon Volcano as a neighbor.
 I describe Mayon Volcano as a neighbor who takes advantage and
abusive of the kindness and she is the one that what she wanted, what
she wants not thinking anyone will get hurt.
2. What was the cause of Malinao’s death?
 The cause of Malinao’s death she was beheaded of Mayon.

3. How different is Mayon Volcano now from the past?

 The different of Mayon Volcano now is that she was an active volcano.
But in the past she was only a mountain and had no fire or smoke she is
not also beautiful as now nor was rich and vegetation.

Diplomat Listening to the Speech of Another Diplomat

Dominador I. Ilio

Literary Analysis
1. Give the message of the poem.
 The message of the poem is that people don’t need money to have a
special moments or to build strong relationship but we need time to
each other.
2. Paraphrase the poem.
ORIGINAL POEM PARAPHRASED POEM
DIPLOMAT LISTENING TO THE SPEECH OF DIPLOMAT LISTENING TO THE SPEECH OF
ANOTHER DIPLOMAT ANOTHER DIPLOMAT
I

They cannot go to the summer sea this year
Where on the boardwalk, in no more than
shorts
And bare feet, he can toss platitudes
Without much mind to the next fellow,
perhaps
Or to his nervous wife all ears beside him
And watch the silly antics of the children
Long unloved in the carefree stretch of sand
Or, perhaps with anonymous paunch and
goggles
Foolishly try to execute a handstand in
wrist-deep water and make it,
II
Though with much awkward kicking in air
It will be fun there in the summer sea
But with this, he cannot hint a word
To the little woman. His hands are firmly
chained
To bulky paper-weights on his polished desk
And his nights will be crammed with not
merely silence
It shall need greater diplomacy, though
To tell the children why they cannot go
Tan answer back this shrill-voiced speaker.
O, These talks shall drag on many long
seasons yet
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They cannot go to the beach for their
summer sea this year
Where along the beach there is wooden path
With no more available but clothes,
Walking just with their feet while expressing
their own idea
Which is not new to them, and without
hassle
to their next step, perhaps
Everything that he heard was all about his
own wife beside him, and looking
To the wild-playing of the children in the free
air of sand and with the unknown man trying
to perform a handstand in wrist water and
make it.
Though some quiet appeared, fun comes in
the middle of the sea
But apparently, he wants to say something in
a girl but he cannot even speak a little word
Because he was stock just like he has a big
weight on his chest, and his night was not
remained silence even it needs to maintain a
good relationship
Without causing a bad feelings to tell the
children why they cant go but
Tan respond with the low voice in
a long.

Comprehension Check Up
1. Analyze the significance of the poem’s title.
 It is about diplomatic speech in this poem the person whose point
of view it is from is listening to another diplomat gives a speech.

2. How were the words “diplomat” and “diplomacy" used in the

poem?
 Diplomat a person who is tactful and skillful in managing delicate
situation and Diplomacy is general conducted in short sentences
which reveal as much as they hide it is used to create a poem.
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DADA
MorliDhoram

Comprehension Check Up
1. Do you think that the point of view used by the writer in the story
was effective in developing the character of Rama Why or why not?
 Yes, because the scene is talking about Rama like his mother and his
aunt they were talking about him through that we will know about
him rather than focusing only to him. Since God like point of view
we all know what’s happening to the whole scene of the story that
can develop the character of Rama.
2. An atmosphere of suspense is built up at the beginning of the story.
What clues were given by the author which leads the reader to the
revelation of Rama's conversation with his uncle Dada?
 When Rama confess to his uncle that he is sick that cause to
pneumonia he ask for money and when his uncle tell him that he
should stop studying instead he wants him to help in his business.
3. Describe Rama's character in terms of his relationship with his
mother and his attitude towards the other characters in the story .
 The Rama is silent but he has no respect, not paying attention when
someone’s talking to him and also he is a hardheaded and stubborn
Rama to his mother.
4. Analyze Rama's speaking problems and their parallelism with
various situations and emotions that he came across.
 When I analyze and picture out Rama when I read the story he is
silent but no emotions to his face, he answered very short only when
he is asking by his aunt he also not friendly in short he has his own
world.

IT RAINED SATURDAY AFTERNOON

(Antonio S. Gabila)
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1. What is the author’s purpose in repeating the line "It rained at

three Saturday afternoon"?
 The purpose of the author in repeating the line “It Rained
at three Saturday Afternoon” is to show to us that we must
be thankful for what we have, we must not complain, to
think that our life is better than someone else. Everything
happens for a reason.
2. Show the parallelism between the lines quoted from the mad boy's
songs and the narrator's comments after each one.
 The parallelism of the lines quoted from the mad boy and
the narrator comment the boy sing “You are my sugar plum”
it will be the boy is inloved deeply to the girl he thought the
girl is his everything but the girl thought nothing to him.
“Don’t take away my dream’ there’s a reason he wants to go
to the past he wants to play again as a child but in that
dream he loses his mind as he grows.

3. The rain which made them pause and pay attention to the boy

enabled them to arrive at certain realizations about themselves.

What are these?

 When the rain has stopped and made them pause and pay
attention it start they looked vaguely had it possible for
them to play again then they realized they are not the most
unlucky humans.

THE BLACK MONKEY (Edith L. Tiempo)

1. What frightens Nena to stay at home?

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 Nena is frightens to stay at home because she was scared on

what is happening outside and she was scared of the
monkey.
2. What was the fear of Marina and the two other women when they
heard an alarm from the camp of the guerillas?
 The fear of marina and two other women when they heard
an alarm they groped their way up to the precipice behind
their neighbors how the whole of that night the three of
them had cowered in dark hut while all around monkeys
gibbered in the leaves.
3. Was there a sign of regret when Nena successfully ended the life of
the monkey? Why or why not?
 No, their was not a sign of regret when Nena successfully
ended the life of a monkey because she was thinking of the
escaped prisoner now she could talk openly to herself and
could talk to Carlos and anybody.
4. What disturbed the attention of the neighborhood during the night?
 Is the pieces of voices from the guerillas on the river pieced
into the forest like thin splintered glass.

5. How did Carlo appeased his wife when he heard her complain of the
noise during night?

 Carlo told his wife to use the rifle he had given her to protect
herself.

A GIFT OF TONGUES (Renato E. Madrid)

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1. Why didn’t Don Amancio use his prerogative of becoming a

superior?
 Don Amancio chose the hermits life because it was the one
gave something he wanted.
2. Explain "our riches are in our hearts" which was part of Don
Esildoro’s sermon?
 The line “our riches are in our heart” is that riches do not
mean having a large property or having a lots of money,
Riches are contentment in your life or in your self, gratitude,
love to the others and specially your love and trust in God.
3. Why did brother Crisostomo quit being a choir master at the
cathedral?
 Crisostomo quit being a choir master at the cathedral
because of the pressure to his superior and suffered to his
work from maladjustment. He shows that a manner to his
heart was not a choir master like he shown in the story.
4. Why did the author entitled this selection as "A Gift of Tongues"?
 The author entitled the story “A Gift of Tongues” because
the plot was addressed people at the church who believe in
God a holy spirit. The intention of of the spiritual Gift of
Tongues is to Glorify God now, but also tp prepare ourselves
as his churh to glorify him in heaven.

SERVANT GIRL (Estrella D. Alfon)

1. What incident happened when Rosa was on her way to bleach the
clothes. Narrate briefly.
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 When Rosa on her way to bleach the clothes some dogs chasing
each other on the street, she did not notice because the women
were praising her for the whiteness of the linen in the basin on her
head. When one of the dogs passed swiftly very close to her looking
down she saw in wide alarm another dog close on the heels of the
first, an instinctive fear animals made her want to dodge the
heedlessly running dog. Her patadiong was tight in their wetness
about her legs and she fell down in the middle of the street.
2. Did Rosa get mad when a cochero tried to help her? Why or why not?
 At first yes she started angrily tell him that there was plenty of
room at the sides of the street she couldn’t move. But she found out
no time to protest.
3. Was Rosa able to explain to the mistress the cause of the broken
bottle? Why or why not?
 No, because the mistress sudden anger and striking Rosa then she
saw Rosa in tears and started crying and cowering. Rosa crept out
the door and told herself never comeback it been useless to tell her
mistress how the bottle been broken and the wine spilled.

4 How did the cochero and Rosa meet again?

 Rosa was turning into the street full of store set side by side she felt
the swish of a horse almost brushing against her. She looked angrily
at the cocheros laughing. She flung the stone in her hand at the
cochero on his set but apparently she hit something and then yelled
a stop the horse and then looking up into his face she gasped and
said “ANGEL”.

GABU (Carlos A. Angeles)

1. Give the message of the poem.

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 The message of the poem is that always remember that our

life is change life can be rough like the sea but we can
believe that if the sea can find stability once it meets the
shore we can find it too.
2. Describe the setting of the poem.
 The setting of the poem is in GABU is a place in Ilocos Norte
near the sea it is often when typhoons occur places in large
tidal waves and devastate the life and forms and structures
in the place.
3. Speculate why the poet chose this theme.
 He chooses this theme because he wants to see what life is
and how life is restless and bounded by time.
4. How is the poem compared to the life of man?
 It compared it to the life of a man , a man love a woman
seriously it is strong but easy to destroy.

BADOC (Carlos A. Angeles Tacloban, Leyte)

1. Paraphrase the poem by stanza and give each meaning.

ORIGINAL POEM PARAPHRASE POEM


I I
The town presupposes that it
cannot die, Darkness and dust
tattoo its crumbling hope, Like
palimpsests persistently
impressed, Upon an antique
manner of growing old, Veiling
the slow torture of Time’s
mutilation, On the unyielding
present, Too delicately drawn as
would snap, break, Or unfold, at
last beneath the sun’s
luminosity. Tattoo and theorem
shall both endure,In the
mutilated hour.
II
Still, to be as trees confined in
their habitat, Naturak and pure,
Myself, approaching Badoc and
its torn belfry, Whose arrogance
hangs from the bell’s stilled
tounge, And whose Castillian
grandeur, wrecked, now terribly
spills, Into streets that scream in
isolation, I am most softly
shocked, To find the belfry’s
burst brick belly, Wears moss,
like sad, defiance, to define a
gash of green, And exact my
kinship, involve me, suddenly.
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The town presupposes it cannot
die, Darkness and particulate
matter bugle cell its crumbling
hope, Like palimpsests
persistently impressed upon and
antique style of growing elderly
knelling the dilatory torment of
time mutilation on the dour
immediate to delicately as would
talk end, or blossom out at last
the sunshine brightness level,
Tattoo and theorem shall both
endure in 60 minute.
II
Still to be as trees in their
environment habitat natural and
pure, Myself Badoc and its bell
tower whose better hang from
the device stilled tounge and
whose Castillian Brilliance now
terribly spills into streets that
scream in isolation I am most
softly shocked to chance the bell
tower busted building belly wears
non vascular plant like
depressing intractability to a
slash of light green and verbatim
my relation involve me suddenly
an cognisant or a opening a
shape for animation casually
bared before the mind shield of
indifference.
III
Green is the coloring of
animation Fose still, Some
abstractive clumsiness
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And I am aware or a beginning, A imbalances me before the barren

pattern for survival casually country, time maturement in a
seed the lily like of the matter
bared, Before the mindshield of
bloom.
indifference IV
III So that upon Badoc deaf and
Green is the color of survival, dumb person which is houses
your bantam and depressing
Fose. Still, Some theoretical
intractability, Your religious belief
ineptitude unbalances me, that orchards you among the
Before the desolate scene. Time ruins, I chance your intractability
ripening in a seed, The flowering a most sad poise, For Jose, light
green is the black and white of
of the atom bud .
animation, So area unit the
IV locusts adorned like
So that, descending upon graminaceous plant.
Badoc’s mute decadence, Which
houses your small and sad
defiance, Your faith that
orchards you among the ruins, Of
time’s corroding hands, I find
your grim defiance a most tragic
poise, For if, Jose , green is the
color of survival, So are the
locusts clothed like grass.

 The meaning of the First stanza of the poem its all about the
town full of dark has tattoo like antique manner whose
growing elderly. Second stanza it talks about the
environment the people who’s arrogance and screaming on
the street a pattern how to survive their indifference. Third
the color of survival but clumsiness and imbalance of the
country that waiting the seed to be bloom. Lastly the Fourth
stanza it all about the beliefs in life.
2. What scene is evoked in the poem?
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 I think the scene in the poem that evoked is the town

presupposes that cannot die and antique manner of growing
old.
3. To whom was the author speaking?
 To the people in the town.
4. Give your interpretation of the poem.
 My interpretation of the poem is that the poem is a
beautiful tourist spot but because of the people that has no
manners the town becomes a darkness town.

CHANTEY (Ramon Escoda)

1. Paraphrase the poem by stanza and give each meaning.

ORIGINAL POEM PARAPHRASE POEM

I I
Down river, up river Down river, up river
Rows the boatman singing The singing boatman move
His doleful song, For his sorry song,
What sorrow he feels, what grief His heart feels in sadness
He has in his meditating soul. In his religious soul.

II
Tedious and rainy is the
afternoon
A gloomy stork-shaped cloud
Crosses the anguish of the sky
In the wind the sad yearning
Of the boatman’s song
Tells a sorrowful story.
III
From afar, the dying light
Of the sun glides the heights,
Oh, illusion that only lasts
The instant of a sight
Sorrow that the boatman feels,
Who ignores that sorrow ?
Sad human inclination.
IV
Sighing for tomorrow when
enjoying today
And in the fullness of enjoyment
Of the affection that blooms
In the peace of the saintly hoe,
Search for the dream accursed
Of a madness to love.
V madness
In his chantey, the boatman
Trusts his cares to the wind.
Sad eagerness, vain torment!
What is there lighter than the
wind?
The love of a woman!
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II
The long and rainy is the
afternoon
Stormy sad shaped cloud
Seeing the pain in the sky
The long sadness of the wind of
the boatman song
Tell sadness of a story.
III
From a far in a dark
The sun goes up
Oh, illusion that only lasts are
you in a long breath
Sadness that the boatman feels
Is the sadness ignore you?
Bending the head of a sad person
IV
The sadness of tomorrow while
enjoying today
From the the cpmpleteness of
enjoyment
The love tha blooms
In the peace of the kind
Search for your dream under a
curse ,
From a love that cause in
V
In his chantey, the boatman
He trusted the wind to his life
A strong feeling of abilities
What is their lighter than the
wind?
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The love of a woman!

 The meaning of the first stanza is how the song feel his
sadness, the second is even the sky can feel the sadness of
your heart, third the life full of darkness there is a chance to
see the brighter in life, fourth enjoy every moment of your
life we will never know what will be tomorrow and last fifth
he will let the love of a woman in the wind.
2. What kind of emotion did you feel in the poem?
 The emotion that I feel in the poem is sadness.
3. What was used to symbolize the poet’s feelings?
 He use to sing to feel his sadness.
4. Comment on the last two lines of the poem.
 My comment in the last to lines is that he wants to see the
brightness of life the happiness by the love of a woman.
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THE WHITE HORSE OF ALIH (Alvarez Enriquez) (Source: Enriquez Mtg.

The white horse of Alih and Other Stories. Quezon City: New Day
Publishers, 1985.)

1. What two conflicting beliefs can be seen in the story? Differentiate

them.
 The two conflicting beliefs can be seen in the story are killing
will be their way to wash away their shame and gain and to
have a white horse ride to heaven and as many hours as the
number of infidel heads he could lay before Allah but that
white horse is as a reward killing is reference conjured by
fanatics in their attempt to gave reason to their behavior.
2. What was in Alih's mind Why?
 Alih was thinking of his houri and the past memories of
their family because his father was accused of killing a man
that he did not kill.
3. What was the reaction of Alih when Omar narrated the story of
their lives?
 The reaction of Alih when Omar narrated the story of their
lives is they sold their house, boats, fishing nets and even
their mothers pearls.
4. What type of endig does the story have – tragedy or a happy
ending? Explain.
 The ending of the story is tragedy because his brother Omar
killed people then Omar want to kill Fermina but Alih
protected her and killed his brother Omar.

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