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    The document analyzes the poem "Sa Aking Mga Kabata" and evaluates whether young Jose Rizal truly wrote it in 1869. While the poem promotes loving one's native language, some historians doubt Rizal's authorship given that he was more fluent in Spanish at a young age. They point out words used that did not exist in the 19th century and the lack of a manuscript in Rizal's handwriting. Overall, the document concludes the real author remains unknown but the poem still impacted Filipino nationalism regardless of who wrote it.

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    The document analyzes the poem "Sa Aking Mga Kabata" and evaluates whether young Jose Rizal truly wrote it in 1869. While the poem promotes loving one's native language, some historians doubt Rizal's authorship given that he was more fluent in Spanish at a young age. They point out words used that did not exist in the 19th century and the lack of a manuscript in Rizal's handwriting. Overall, the document concludes the real author remains unknown but the poem still impacted Filipino nationalism regardless of who wrote it.

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    Critical Analysis Ganancial Arequeen Allan B.

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    The document analyzes the poem "Sa Aking Mga Kabata" and evaluates whether young Jose Rizal truly wrote it in 1869. While the poem promotes loving one's native language, some historians doubt Rizal's authorship given that he was more fluent in Spanish at a young age. They point out words used that did not exist in the 19th century and the lack of a manuscript in Rizal's handwriting. Overall, the document concludes the real author remains unknown but the poem still impacted Filipino nationalism regardless of who wrote it.

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    Critical Analysis

    Instruction: Evaluate the poem ‘Sa Aking Mga Kabata’ in terms of its provenance,
    credibility, and authenticity. You will be graded using the rubric below.

    Sa Aking Mga Kabata


    Historical Source to Analyze

    It was a long-held belief that the poem Sa Aking mga Kabata (To My Fellow
    Children) was written by Dr. Jose P. Rizal. According to popular belief, Rizal wrote the
    poem in 1869 to express the importance of loving one’s native tongue. This is the poem
    where one finds the popular line, “Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang salita, mahigit sa
    hayop at malansang isda.” However, did young Rizal really wrote the poem? Prove your
    arguments in your paper and support it with various research.

    Sa Aking Mga Kabata


    Kapagka ang baya’y sadyang umiibig
    sa kanyang salitang kaloob ng langit.
    sanlang kalayaan nasa ring masapit
    katulad ng ibong nasa himpapawid.

    Pagka’t ang salita’y isang kahatulan


    sa bayan, sa nayo’t mga kaharian,
    at ang isang tao’y katulad kabagay
    ng alinmang likha noong kalayaan.

    Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang salita


    mahigit sa hayop at malansang isda,
    kaya ang marapat pagyamaning kusa
    na tulad sa inang tunay na nagpala.

    Ang wikang Tagalog tulad din sa Latin,


    sa Ingles, Kastila, at salitang angel,
    sapagkat ang Poong maalam tumingin
    ang siyang nag-gawad, nagbigay sa atin.

    Ang salita nati’y tulad din sa iba


    na may alfabeto at sariling letra
    na kaya nawala’y dinatnan ng sigwa
    ang lunday sa lawa noong dakong una.

    1
    Authorization of Rights: Rizal Wrote the Poem ‘Sa Aking Mga Kabata’
    Ganancial, Arequeen Allan Bulasa

    Introduction
    This paper evaluated the poem ‘Sa Aking Mga Kabata’. In 1869, it is said that an
    eight-year-old Jose Rizal wrote his first Tagalog poem. Entitled “Sa aking mga Kabata”
    (“To My Fellow Children”), it soon immortalized the line “ang hindi marunong
    magmahal sa sariling wika ay masahol pa sa hayop at malansang isda” (he who loves not
    his own language is worse than a beast and a stinking fish).

    The earliest documented appearance of Sa Aking Mga Kabata was in a book


    published in 1906, almost ten years after Rizal’s death. This paper disagreed to the
    statement that young Pepe wrote this poem. The poem emphasizes the importance of
    loving and valuing the nation’s native language. Pepe, young Jose’s nickname, was more
    fluent and educated in Spanish language compare to his native language, it is surprising
    that Pepe could wrote the poem of deep meaning regardless of his intelligent. This paper
    provides you a context and related research that disagreeing to the statement that young
    Pepe wrote the poem ‘Sa Aking Mg Kabata’.

    Analysis
    Tracing the provenance of the poem to its source is quite difficult. According to the
    Philippine Inquirer, the author Herminigildo Cruz claims to have the poem from his
    friend, the poet Gabriel Beato Franscisco, who got it from a certain Saturnino Raselis of
    Lukban, a bosom friend of Rizal and teacher in Majayjay, Laguna, in 1884. However,
    there is no manuscript of the poem that used Rizal’s handwritten and he never mentioned
    of having a close friend by the person of Raselis. Author Hermenegildo Cruz presented it
    as an example of modern naturalist Tagalog poetry in Kun Sino ang Kumath ng
    “Florante” [The Person who Composed “Florante”]. The poem, like the rest of the book,
    was rendered using the new Tagalog spelling that Rizal himself had helped to develop in
    the mid 1880’s.

    According to Ambeth Ocampo, “First, there is language in the poem that does not
    belong in 1869, the (now) supposed year that the poem was supposedly written. In
    particular cited the word “himpapawid,” used in the poem, calling it a 20th century
    term, “langit” being its 1869 version”, a Filipino public historian, academic, cultural
    administrator, journalist, author, and independent curator.

    According to Xiao Chua, a historian in De La Salle University, “Wala pa’ng


    salita’ng KALAYAAN noong 19th Century sa Pilipinas. Ni-hindi rin alam ni Rizal ang
    salitang KALAYAAN. Ito lamang ay nalaman nya noong sya ay nagaaral na sa Europa.
    Sa katunayan, sa isang sulat nya sa kanyang kapatid na si Paciano, nabanggit nya na
    ang libro‟ng (Wilhem Tell ni Schiller) kanyang isinasalin sa wikang tagalog ay hindi
    nya lubusang maperpekto. Sinabi pa nya na literal translation ang ginawa nya. Ang

    2
    salitang LIBERTY ay isinalin nya sa tagalog na salitang LIGTAS”. He explained the
    reasons and flaws that he saw from the poem.

    Both Ocampo and Chua saw the same flaws in regards of the poem ‘Sa Aking Mga
    Kabata’, Rizal was more educated in Spanish language than his native language, they
    pointed out that there is no extant manuscript of said poem, when other writings of Rizal
    either have extant manuscripts or were once manuscripts whose existence can stand the
    test of verification, the used of words that are not appropriate and applicable during the
    19th century, and the published only in 1902 and cannot be traced back to Rizal, i.e., there
    is no evidence that said poem was actually part of his body of work. That said works was
    actually already accounted for even during Rizal’s lifetime. Few academics such as
    Virgilio Almario, Ambeth Ocampo, Nilo Ocampo and others have expressed doubts that
    young Pepe really wrote the poem.

    Conclusion
    To summarize, the poem ‘Sa Aking Mga Kabata’ expressed the love of a man, a
    Filipino to be exact to his own native language. It depicts the comparative words that can
    used to compare to a person does not love and value their own language, which serves us
    the identity of every Filipino. However, the context of this paper showed the
    disagreement to the statement that Rizal was the one who wrote the poem. Throughout
    the study of different well-known personalities in the field of Philippine history, they
    proved that Rizal doe not had the authorization towards the poem. The real author is still
    unknown. Nevertheless, either Rizal or unknown author wrote the poem, it impacted our
    lives and provoked the nationalism within every Filipino.

    References
    Ocampo, A (2011) Did young Rizal really write poem for children? Inquirer.net
    https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/45479/did-young-rizal-really-write-poem-for-
    children Scribd Did Jose
    Scribd (2014) Did Jose Rizal write “Sa aking mga Kabata”
    https://www.scribd.com/doc/231108346/Did-Jose-Rizal-Wrote-Sa-Aking-Mga-
    Kabata

    Criteria for Grading

    Criteria Performance Indicators Points

    3
    Provided an argument that is coherent to
    Arguments 30
    the content and the context it had.

    Used relevant and truthful evidence to


    Evidence 20
    support the argument.

    Used correct grammar, punctuation,


    Grammar 15
    spelling, and capitalization.

    Ideas expressed the points in clear and


    Organization of Ideas logical arrangement of ideas in the 15
    paragraph.

    Citations and Followed APA 7th edition’s proper text


    10
    References citation and referencing.

    Adhered to the required style or


    Format 10
    appearance.

    Total 100

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