Literary

CRITICISM
ANAK BY FREDDIE AGUILAR
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CONTENTS
title persona

Literary devices poetic vision

THEORY
 ANAK BY:FREDDIE AGUIILAR
No'ng isilang ka sa mundong ito
Laking tuwa ng magulang mo
At ang kamay nila ang 'yong ilaw
At ang nanay at tatay mo'y
'Di malaman ang gagawin
Minamasdan pati pagtulog mo
At sa gabi'y napupuyat ang iyong nanay
Sa pagtimpla ng gatas mo
At sa umaga nama'y kalong ka
Ng iyong amang tuwang-tuwa sa iyo
Ngayon nga ay malaki ka na
Ang nais mo'y maging malaya
'Di man sila payag, walang magagawa
Ikaw nga ay biglang nagbago
Naging matigas ang iyong ulo
At ang payo nila'y sinuway mo
'Di mo man lang inisip na
Ang kanilang ginagawa'y para sa iyo
'Pagkat ang nais mo'y masunod ang layaw
mo di mo sila pinapansin
Nagdaan pa ang mga araw
At ang landas mo'y naligaw
Ikaw ay nalulong sa masamang bisyo
At ang una mong nilapitan
Ang iyong inang lumuluha
At ang tanong, "Anak, ba't ka
nagkaganyan?"
At ang iyong mga mata'y biglang lumuha
Nang 'di mo napapansin
Pagsisisi ang sa isip mo't
Nalaman mong ika'y nagkamali
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TITLE ANAK: FREDDIE AGUILAR

EXPOSE •Disobedience of a child, Parents

disappointments, Regrets of the child,
drug addiction
ANALYZE • Parent's love and sacrifice for their
child
COMPARE • The pain of the parents about thE
disobedience of the child

EVALUATE • The love of the sacrifices of the

parents for their child
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PERSONA
Child
Mother
Father
LITERARY
DEVICES
personification
metaphor
rhetorical question
poetic
VISION
a parent's love and sacrifices
child's disobedience
It is a POV of an parent's pain.
parent's witnessing the child's
addiction.
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Theory
The theory used in the song "Anak" by Freddie Aguilar is the
c o r r e s p o n d e n c e t h e o r y b e c a u s e a s y o u c a n r e a d f rom the lyrics of the
s o n g , t h e " c o n t e n t " o f t h e m u s i c w h i c h i s t h e l y r i c s, dictates the
" f o r m " t h a t i s t h e t i t l e o f t h e s o n g . T h e s o n g " A n ak" explains parents'
s u f f e r i n g f o r t h e i r c h i l d , b u t t h e c h i l d i g n o r e s t h e m and doesn't even
c a r e a b o u t h i m s e l f o r h i s p a r e n t s . I t i s a l s o a b o u t the sacrifices
p a r e n t s m a k e f o r t h e i r c h i l d r e n t o t h e p o i n t t h a t they will do anything
t o g i v e t h e i r c h i l d a b r i g h t e r f u t u r e . T h e s o n g A n ak by Freddie Aguilar
i s a m u s t - l i s t e n f o r t o d a y ' s y o u t h . T h e r e f o r e , m o s t of today's youth
a r e i n f l u e n c e d b y t h e m o d e r n m e d i a a n d a r e o f t e n not under its
c o n t r o l . A s a r e s u l t , s o m e f o r g e t t o v a l u e a n d r e s p ect adults and their
p a r e n t s . S o w h e n t h e y l i s t e n t o t h e s o n g , t h e y c a n learn from it and
apply it.
 Freddie Aguilar' s song Anak needs to hear by today' s youth. This
is because most young people today are likely to be influenced
by modern media and are often untrained. As a result, they
forget to value and respect adults and their parents. Some
people get tired of it. So when they hear the song, they can take
lessons from it and apply them. Love your parents, listen to them,
don' t get angry, and apologize for your mistakes. I know they will
forgive us because they love us.
Thank
YOU!