This document provides information about Jose Garcia Villa, a Filipino poet. It discusses Villa being named a National Artist of the Philippines in 1973 for his poetic creations. It then presents two poems by Villa titled "First a Poem Must Be Magical" and "Proem" that indicate distinctive features of poems and the purpose of poetry. The document asks questions about words and expressions used in the poems.
This document provides information about Jose Garcia Villa, a Filipino poet. It discusses Villa being named a National Artist of the Philippines in 1973 for his poetic creations. It then presents two poems by Villa titled "First a Poem Must Be Magical" and "Proem" that indicate distinctive features of poems and the purpose of poetry. The document asks questions about words and expressions used in the poems.
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LESSON IN 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD
This document provides information about Jose Garcia Villa, a Filipino poet. It discusses Villa being named a National Artist of the Philippines in 1973 for his poetic creations. It then presents two poems by Villa titled "First a Poem Must Be Magical" and "Proem" that indicate distinctive features of poems and the purpose of poetry. The document asks questions about words and expressions used in the poems.
This document provides information about Jose Garcia Villa, a Filipino poet. It discusses Villa being named a National Artist of the Philippines in 1973 for his poetic creations. It then presents two poems by Villa titled "First a Poem Must Be Magical" and "Proem" that indicate distinctive features of poems and the purpose of poetry. The document asks questions about words and expressions used in the poems.
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JOSE GARCIA
VILLA Prepared by:
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Literary selections JOSE GARCIA VILLA Jose Garcia Villa was conferred in 1973 th e title National Artist of the Philippines in Literature for his poetic creations. Origina lly considered an award, this title was eleva ted in 2003 to an Order – the highest stat e honor accorded those who have significan tly contributed to their artistic fields. Literary selections JOSE GARCIA VILLA The following are two poems by Villa that i ndicate the distinctive features of poems a nd the purpose of poetry. First a Poem Must Be Magical By: JOSE GARCIA VILLA First a poem must be magical, Then musical as a seagull. It must be a brightness moving And hold secret a bird’s flowering. It must be slender like a bell, And it must hold fire as well. First a Poem Must Be Magical It must have the wisdom of bows And it must kneel like a rose It must be able to hear The luminance of dove and deer. It must be able to hide What it seeks like a bride And over all I would like to hover God, smiling from the poem’s cover. Proem By: JOSE GARCIA VILLA The meaning of poem is not the meaning of words The meaning of poem is a symbol like the b reathlessness of birds A poem cannot be repeated in paraphrase. A poem is not a thought by a grace. Proem By: JOSE GARCIA VILLA A poem has no meaning but loveliness. A poem has no purpose but to caress. Making Sense of Words and Ex pressions in the Text Answer the following questions. 1. How are these paired words related in meaning? a. Seek – hide b. Hide – hold secret c. Brightness – luminance 2. What do we associate with a “dove” that we also associate with a “deer?” 3. The word “bows” used as a noun used has three possible meanings. Which of these could be associate with “wisdom? ” In what way? 4. What do we do when we “paraphrase ” a text? a. Summarize it’s key points b. Express it in other words c. Criticize its message d. Take down notes from it. 5. What does the modal “must” indicat e? a. What is possible b. An alternative choice c. What has to be done d. An unlikely report Examining and Responding to the Text Answer the following questions. 1. In “First a Poem Must Be Magical,” what does the pairing of “musical” and “seagul l” in the lines “First a poem must be mag ical/ Then musical as a seagull” achieve? 2. Overall, what does Jose Garcia Villa aim to communicate in the first poem? Examining and Responding to the Text 3. One can express his ideas using poetic li nes or straightforward prose. Why do you suppose Text B is entitled “Proem” and not “Poem” although it focuses mainly on the fe atures of a poem? 4. What does the line “A poem has no purpo se but to caress” signify? 5. How do the two texts differ in form? 6. Which of the two texts did you find mor e difficult to comprehend? Why?