Bago Aplaya by Macario Tiu

Published on September 15, 2016

I. Authorship

Macario D. Tiu is a skilled and famous writer, editor, and researcher whose
style and imagination are massive, and he never fails to catch everyone’s
attention. Macario D. Tiu is a natural born from Mindanao and also a famous
historian, community poet, famous writer, editor, and researcher for English and
Visayan stories. He has a doctorate in education and is a professor of literature at
the Ateneo de Davao University. He is now working at Ateneo de Davao
University as the Chair of the Humanities Division.

His famous works have proudly been a three-time Hall of Fame awardee in
the Palanca Awards. His works, Ang Bata na Dili Matulog (2001), Balyan (2005),
and Tsuru (2008), have won first place in the Shory Story Cebuano category.
Most of his works have been published in numerous books. He was also given
the National Book Award for "Davao: Reconstructing History from Text and
Memory" in 2005. His poems and fiction, which he wrote in both Cebuano and
English, have appeared in journals like BISAYA, the Philippines Free Press, and
the Philippine Graphic.

II. Summary

Hinay ang tapya sa balod

Ug nagsugod na ang taob.
Namasbas ang pari sa bangkang de motor,
Ug lakip tang nawiskan sa bendita.
Uban sa mga gagmayng mananagat nga nanag-alirong.
Nalipay ako sa ilang kalipay
Nga nakaangkog himan sa panagat:
mao kana ang atong gisaulog.
Apan hinay ang tapya sa balod
Ug nagsugod na ang taob.
Ug sama sa karaang magbabalak,
Akong nabati ang walay kataposang kasubo
Nga dala sa balod.
Apan dili tungod sa pangagho sa katawhan
kondili sa akong kaugalingong kahimtang.
Ugma, mobiya ka na sa hangtod
Samtang hinay sa balod
Ug magsugod na ang taob.

III. Analysis

1. Characters
 Author- a person who writes the poem
 Managat- people who witness the newly blessed boat
 Pari- the person who baptized the new boats
 2. Symbolism
 witness of success
 self-doubt
 keep on with life

The poem describes the lives of the fishermen. They are thankful,
even though it is only an ordinary job. The bad weather and storms
make them struggle more, but they're still content with what they
have. Well, the poem has mixed emotions. He enjoys seeing the
people with their newly baptized boats and equipment. but he
realized that the sadness or those times may not come back.

3. Figure of speech
 Methapor
 Rhythm

4. Imagery
 Auditory- when the author hears the waves
 Visual-
 Kinesthetic Imagery- the movements of the waves

5. Plot
 is when the author has doubts about something he or she did not
do.

6. Point of View
 First person-
 Objective-
 Omniscient-

7. Setting
 Sea

8. Theme
 Self-doubt

IV. References
 Macario Tiu. (2016). Bago Aplaya. Retrived November 6, 2023, from
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tiu/?fbclid=IwAR3og-dkIt-kc_SeYFeYlSFtmthflrVJe7dmIjj-
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