POEM PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION CRITICS

To the Philippines February 1880 The poem is about Rizal’s muse,

which he referred to like the
Philippines. People know
how much Rizal valued and love his
country, although the poem was
meant for the album
of Society of Sculptures, we can still
see how enthusiastic he wrote it for
his country.

Kundiman September 12, 1891 A kundiman is actually a traditional

Filipino love song used by a young
man to serenade the woman of his
love. The theme of Rizal’s
“Kundiman” is his intense love for his
Motherland. His words reflected his
optimism that Philippines would be
freed from injustice and bondage.
Song of Maria Clara 1887 Rizal wrote the song of Maria Clara as
a tribute to the heroine of his novel,
Noli Me Tangere. He admired her for
her beauty, purity, and strength of
character.

Sa Aking mga Kabata 1869 The first poem of Jose Rizal is "Sa
Aking Mga Kabata." It is also known
by the title "To My Fellow Children."
He has written it at the age of eight.
The poem was widely taught in
Philippine schools to point out Rizal’s
precociousness and early
development of his nationalistic
ideals. A commemoration of the
establishment of the Filipino
language as the national language of
the Philippines.
Mi último adiós It was written on day “Mi Ultimo Adios” was Rizal's poetic
of Rizal’s execution tribute, his last farewell to the
on December 30, country he loved so much. Rizal died
1896. He handed the without seeing the dawn of a new
poem to his family. day, yet he did see the downing of a
new democracy in our country. It was
his last farewell, a farewell of the old
system, to tyranny and to oppression.