MORALES, AILEY SOLANGE M.

JRIZAL ASSIGNMENT #6 09/23/21

Among the peoms of Dr. Jose Rizal choose only 1 and give your reactions or reflection on the
poem in 150 words or more.
"Oh genius great, soar high; and fill their mind with noble thoughts. May their virgin mind
fly and find the honor's glorious seat more rapidly than the wind." One of my favorite lines from
Rizal’s poem “To the Filipino Youth”. According to articles, this line represents how Rizal calls
to genious to fill young minds with noble thoughts and hopes that as they release their thinking
from the chains that bind, they may be able to soar swiftly high where the joy of honor is.
This poem can be considered as Rizal’s first testimony and presentation of his nationalism.
In this literary piece, he clearly referred to the Philippines as his home/motherland, Rizal thought
in the poem relates to the role of the youth with the nation building. We, the youth, must move
now and use our overall knowledge and abilities we have to prove that we are important in the
country’s situation today. Today is the day of the youth to move and change the country.
As young adults on the quest of discovering who we are and who we are meant to be, the
role of nation building has been firmly placed in our hands. Mentors from generations before have
done their part in shaping the nation and are grooming us, the Filipino youth, to be the next change
agents. This poem would also make us realize that in this coming election, it is our time to be the
change that our country needs, we must register to vote so that we can do our part as this country’s
youth.