LIT 1/GEC 322: Philippine Literature/Panitikan

ACTIVITY 5

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A. Instructions: Read and analyze the poem below titled “To the Filipino Youth” written by Jose Rizal.
Answer the questions that follow.

Unlock the meaning of the following words before reading the poem. After which, use each of the words in a
sentence. (5pts.each)

a. Timid

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b. Abounding

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c. Resplendently

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e. Ardent

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f. Unperturbed

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To the Filipino Youth

Unfold, oh timid flower! 

Lift up your radiant brow,

This day, Youth of my native strand! 
Your abounding talents show
Resplendently and grand,
Fair hope of my Motherland! 

Soar high, oh genius great,

And with noble thoughts fill their mind;
The honor's glorious seat,
May their virgin mind fly and find
More rapidly than the wind.

Descend with the pleasing light

Of the arts and sciences to the plain,
Oh Youth, and break forthright
The links of the heavy chain
That your poetic genius enchain.

See that in the ardent zone,

The Spaniard, where shadows stand,
Doth offer a shining crown,
With wise and merciful hand
To the son of this Indian land.

You, who heavenward rise

On wings of your rich fantasy,
Seek in the Olympian skies
The tenderest poesy,
More sweet than divine honey;

You of heavenly harmony,

On a calm unperturbed night,
Philomel's match in melody,
That in varied symphony
Dissipate man's sorrow's blight;

You at th' impulse of your mind

The hard rock animate
And your mind with great pow'r consigned
Transformed into immortal state
The pure mem'ry of genius great;

And you, who with magic brush

On canvas plain capture
The varied charm of Phoebus,
Loved by the divine Apelles,
And the mantle of Nature;

Run ! For genius' sacred flame

Awaits the artist's crowning
Spreading far and wide the fame
Throughout the sphere proclaiming
With trumpet the mortal's name
Oh, joyful, joyful day,
The Almighty blessed be
Who, with loving eagerness
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Sends you luck and happiness.

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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:

1. What is the main idea of the poem? (5pts.)

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2. What does the stanza below mean? (5pts.)

“Descend with the pleasing light

Of the arts and sciences to the plain,
Oh Youth, and break forthright
The links of the heavy chain
That your poetic genius enchain.”

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3. What are the symbols used in the poem? (5pts.)

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4. What figures of speech are present in the poem? (5pts.)

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5. What was the message of Rizal to the Filipino Youth? (5pts.)

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6. How would you describe the youth today? (5pts.)

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7. Enumerate the rhyming words found in the poem. Give at least 10 pairs of words. (10pts.)

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IDENTIFICATION/ENUMERATION
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B. Instructions: Read and answer the following: (2pts.each)

1. How does the filipino spirit reawaken after 300 years of passivity under spanish rule?

2-3. Give 2 objectives of Propaganda Movement to seek reforms and changes.

4. This is a sequel for the NOLI ME TANGERE

5. Marcelo H. Del Pilar established the _______in 1882, where he expressed the evils of the spanish
government in the Philippines

6. This became the official voice of the Associacion Hispano de Filipinas

7. He is the Father of Filipino Democracy and the Father of the Katipunan

8. He is the Brains of the Katipunan

9. The Sublime Paralytic and the Brains of the Revolution

10. He became popular because of his Himno Nacional Filipino (The Philippine National Anthem)