Modern Tanaga/ Textula

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• Textula is a poetry genre mastered by Frank Rivera.
• Entire poems are written and read on mobile phones.
• Traces its origins to traditional tagalog form of poetry called Tanaga.
• Text tula or Textula employs communication technology in the sharing
of tanaga.
• A short poetry in a form of tanaga, dalit, and diona that is sent
through SMS on mobile phone with your friends, families, loved ones,
and through netizens.
• It consists of 4 lines with 7 syllables each.
 a fixed verse Filipino poetry which is composed
of four lines using the mobile phone. Modern
Tanaga or Mobile phone textual , which is a type
of Filipino poem, consisting of four lines with
seven syllables each with the same rhyme at the
end of each line - that is to say a 7-7-7-7 syllabic
verse, can now use ABAB, ABBA, ABCD and AABB
rhyme scheme.
•The modern tanaga still uses the 7777
syllable count, but rhymes range from dual
rhyme forms: AABB, ABAB, ABBA; to
freestyle forms such as AAAB, BAAA, or
ABCD. Tanagas do not have titles
traditionally because the tanaga should
speak for itself. However, moderns can opt
to give them titles.
Example
Pulitiko
Atilla Roma
Ay! Walang kapagurang
Pagngasab at pagdaldal
Labis pang tumatakaw
Ang baboy sa labangan
Example
Sinaktang walang sugat,
‘Di ko alam ang ugat.
Ako ay mapag-panggap,
Bakit ‘di ako tanggap.