Week 5 Activity

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I. Instruction: Choose one of the poems of Melvin Banngolay. Conduct research about both the literary
pieces and the author, then answer the following questions:

1.What does the title mean? Analyze the title and reflect on what it means:

Poetic Devices: Tools of the Poet

Identify different poetic devices and how they convey the poem’s message.

POETIC DEVICES HOW THEY CONVEY THE POEM’S MESSAGE

Simile – comparison using like or as

Filipino is like Malayan spirit

Metaphor – a direct comparison Time is a candle

Filipinos are heroes

Personification – giving human qualities to Heavy rain is shouting in my ear.
nonhuman things Cloud is walking with me.

Cannon is like Filipinos ready to died to protect the

land.

Tone – what emotion does the speaker use as he talks Playful, Sad, serious.

Loving,Audacious
Point of view – who is the telling the poem First person point of view. In first person
point of view, one of the characters is
narrating the story

Point of view is centered on defending the

land because one loves their country.
Imagery – creating pictures with words There’s a man, Alone sitting in the shore, thinking
deeply, refreshing and relaxing his brain .

Alliteration – repeating the same letter Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
2. Identify the theme (central idea) of the poem. How was the theme conveyed in the poem’s
message?
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II. Instruction: Using the table below, compare the three literary pieces based on observable context
(e.g., historical, social, cultural) and literary elements.

Title Historical Context Social Context Cultural Context Literary Elements

Day on the Farm The social, The persona

economic, political, speaking in the
and religious events poem is can be said
that influenced the to be the author
composition of a himself or a guys
work are called to who's deeply in love
as the historical to his crying
context. woman. In the
poem, it can be seen
that the guy actually
tried a lot of things
to soothed his
woman.
A Cloud Named
Looking-for-You

A Duwende

III. Instruction: Let’s get to know more about these wonderful writers! Search about the following
Filipino writers and list some of their contribution in the Philippine Literature.

Filipino Author Information Contribution

1. Francisco Sionil Jose One of the most widely road His novels and short stories depict
Filipino writers in the English the social under plannings of class
 language. struggle and colonialism in Filipino
society
2. Melvin Banggollay Senior specialist at department of Poem hunter, Only you,
trade and industry DTI
3. Luis Guevarra Dato Considered as an authority on the Day on the farm
Bicol language and culture
4. Marne L. Kilates One of the first Filipinos and A cloud named looking for you
publish works in English
5. Damiana Ligon Eugenio Author and publications in the field Kwentong bayan
of Philipine folklore