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    The document provides biographical information about Maximo D. Ramos, a Filipino poet born in 1910. It summarizes his educational and professional background. It then presents his poem "When I See a Barong-barong" written after World War 2, depicting the improvised housing that sprang up in bombed areas of Manila. The poem conveys a sense of nationalism and admiration for the Filipino people's resilience in continuing to live despite great hardship after the war. It analyzes how the poem challenged readers to find beauty in difficult situations and see the strength of the Filipino spirit in rebuilding.

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    The document provides biographical information about Maximo D. Ramos, a Filipino poet born in 1910. It summarizes his educational and professional background. It then presents his poem "When I See a Barong-barong" written after World War 2, depicting the improvised housing that sprang up in bombed areas of Manila. The poem conveys a sense of nationalism and admiration for the Filipino people's resilience in continuing to live despite great hardship after the war. It analyzes how the poem challenged readers to find beauty in difficult situations and see the strength of the Filipino spirit in rebuilding.

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    The document provides biographical information about Maximo D. Ramos, a Filipino poet born in 1910. It summarizes his educational and professional background. It then presents his poem "When I See a Barong-barong" written after World War 2, depicting the improvised housing that sprang up in bombed areas of Manila. The poem conveys a sense of nationalism and admiration for the Filipino people's resilience in continuing to live despite great hardship after the war. It analyzes how the poem challenged readers to find beauty in difficult situations and see the strength of the Filipino spirit in rebuilding.

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    When I See A Barong Barong

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    The document provides biographical information about Maximo D. Ramos, a Filipino poet born in 1910. It summarizes his educational and professional background. It then presents his poem "When I See a Barong-barong" written after World War 2, depicting the improvised housing that sprang up in bombed areas of Manila. The poem conveys a sense of nationalism and admiration for the Filipino people's resilience in continuing to live despite great hardship after the war. It analyzes how the poem challenged readers to find beauty in difficult situations and see the strength of the Filipino spirit in rebuilding.

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    PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

    Prepared by: Mary Antonette G. Spandonis, CPA


    Spanish Colonization
    American Colonizers
    Japanese Colonizers
    WORLD WAR II
    About the author:

    MAXIMO D. RAMOS

     Born in San Narciso, Zambales in 1910

     He was a recipient of Hugo H. Miller Memorial Scholar


    where he took his M.A. in English at Indiana University

     He was a former head of the Englgish Department in


    Philippine Normal University (PNU)

     Became the Dean of College of Liberal Arts of the


    University of the East.
    When I See a Barong-barong
    (Maximo Ramos)

    When I see a barong-barong neighborhood in the heart of


    war-torn Manila;

    When I behold beside the Pasig sudden lean-tos defended


    against sun and rain with salvaged sheets of tin;

    When I take a truck ride through Suburbia and find Nipa huts
    clustered within the shell-punched walls of former mansions of
    stone –

    I do not look away in shame or throw up my hands despairing


    for my people.
    I fill my chest with the bracing breeze of this my country and
    say:

    Though my race has been pushed around in his own land for
    nearly half a thousand years,

    Though my people have been double-crossed again and again


    by foreigners,

    Though my race has been pitted against themselves down the


    centuries;

    I joy to discover that they are whole and remained unbroken in


    spirit;

    Building them makeshift huts of Nipa and salvaged tin and


    standing straight with heads against the stars.
    Analysis:
     The poem was written shortly after the Liberation of Manila,
    (March 4, 1945) when bombed areas of the city were renewed
    by the sprouting of sorry-looking ensemble of rags, sacks,
    wood and tin comprising makeshift homes for struggling,
    impoverished Filipinos.

     Barong-barong is type of housing was commonly seen along


    riverbanks or under the bridges, put up by “squatters”, a rather
    offensive term for illegal settlers.
     The poem depicts a strong sense of nationalism, showing a
    positive regard for one’s fellowmen during times of great
    depression

     The respect he manifested was driven by the admiration for


    people to continue living despite the heavy aftermath of the
    war. A complete application of the poem in the modern
    context may prove to be inappropriate due to the difference of
    setting.

     When I See a Barong-Barong was a defiant piece of literature


    in such a way that it challenges people to look at ugly things
    in their country and manage to see the beauty of their race as
    well as to rise up from the ashes and continue living.
    THANK YOU!

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