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Rizal's poem "To the Filipino Youth" uses personification and metaphor to encourage the youth of the Philippines and give them a sense of purpose and responsibility. It tells them that they possess a "grand genius" and talents that can help lift their country out of suffering under Spanish rule. The poem describes the youth as having "accents clear" that can serve as lights to the nation. It aims to empower the youth and make them realize that they themselves are "the fair hope of the fatherland."

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Output #4 (Poem Analysis)

Rizal's poem "To the Filipino Youth" uses personification and metaphor to encourage the youth of the Philippines and give them a sense of purpose and responsibility. It tells them that they possess a "grand genius" and talents that can help lift their country out of suffering under Spanish rule. The poem describes the youth as having "accents clear" that can serve as lights to the nation. It aims to empower the youth and make them realize that they themselves are "the fair hope of the fatherland."

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1. “My First Inspiration” (Mi Primera Inspiracion, 1874, Ateneo de Municipal)

 The theme of the poem is unconditional love for one’s mother. Rizal dedicated the poem
to his mother, Dona Teodora Alonso, during her birthday. This also served as a celebratory
piece because after nearly two years, she was finally released from prison.

2. “Sa Aking mga Kabata/Kababata” (To My Fellow Children, 1869, eight-years-old)

 The theme of the poem “Sa Aking Mga Kababata” is nationalism and love of our mother
tongue. Rizal wanted to emphasize the importance of our national language since it gives
us a sense of identity and belonging. Language is so much more than just communicating
because it is a reflection of our culture and heritage as Filipino people. As time passes by,
we should never neglect and be prideful of how far our language has come. He also said that
“a Filipino who does not love his language is worse than a smelly fish".

3. “The Intimate Alliance Between Religion & Education” (Alianza Intima Entre La Religion Y La
Buena Education, 1876, Ateneo de Municipal)
 The poem is about the importance of the interdependence of Religion and Education.
The Jesuits at Ateneo, during Rizal’s studies, emphasized the relation between education
and faith, hence Rizal’s focus for the poem. According to Rizal, a person who is properly
educated needs to apply what he learned on a spiritual view rather than simply on material
achievements. The result of moral education fulfills virtues and values that are able to help
a person achieve a right and just future for all of humanity.

4. “Through Education our Motherland Receives Light” (Por La Educaccion Recibe Lustre La
Patria, 1876, Ateneo de Municipal)

 The theme of this poem is empowerment through education. This poem shows how
powerful and important education is in a person's life and in the development of a country.
Rizal expresses that education is what builds up a country and allows it to rise above the
rest in matters of honor and a good name. Rizal also stresses the great importance of a
Christian education as opposed to one that lacks spiritual aspect. Rizal tells us that
education is for everyone, even savages can turn into champions given the right
education. He also said that from the time of a man's birth to the moment of his death, he is
constantly engaged in the journey of learning and addressed that through formal education
you can attain life experiences.
“To the Filipino Youth” (A ‘La Juventud Filipina, 1879, University of Sto. Thomas)
1[Fly, grand genius],
And infuse them with noble sentiment;
2[That vigorously rushes,
More rapid than the wind]
Its virgin mind to the glorious goal

 1” Fly, grand genius” is a line from the poem that uses the figure of speech: personification. Rizal
gives qualities or abilities to an inanimate abstraction, “grand genius”, by telling it to “fly”.
 2” That vigorously rushes more rapid than the wind” is a line from the poem that uses the figure of

speech: simile. “Grand genius” from the first line is compared to the wind on the second line.
 In general, from the chosen stanza, we can analyze and infer that Rizal tries to encourage the
Filipino youth by telling them to hold their heads up high; they each possess talents, skills, and
abilities that would make their motherland, the Philippines, proud. Rizal also asks “grand genius” to
fill the youth’s minds with noble thoughts and hopes, so that they may be able to soar high and
reach the “glorious goal”. The “glorious goal” is love, honor, and pride for the country.

You of the celestial accent, 2[And thou, it accents clear


Melodious rival of the nightingale, Of Phoebus, to Apollos dear]
Who with varied melodies, Or by the brush's magic art
1[Dissipate mortality’s bitter pain] Takest from nature's store a part,
To fig it on the simple canvas' length;

 1”Dissipate mortality’s bitter pain” is a line from the poem that uses the figure of speech:
personification. It’s as if mortality is a human being who needs to be physically rescued and freed
from pain. It gives us an idea of the weight of freeing the mortality in/of the Philippines from pain
and sufferings caused by the Spanish colonizers.
 2”And thou, it accents clear. Of Phoebus, to Apollos dear” is a line from the poem that uses the

figure of speech: metaphor. Instead of saying that the youth are like an accent clear, it was directly
stated that the youth are accents clear themselves, serving as lights to the nation.
 Upon reading the prize-winning poem entitled “The Filipino Youth” of Dr. Jose Rizal, it gave us a
clearer vision of the context of one of his classic sayings “The Youth is the fair hope of the fatherland/
Ang Kabataan ang Pag-asa ng Bayan”. Through the lines in the poem, we were able to see how
Dr. Jose Rizal used the power of words to encourage and empower the youth. He highlighted
the capabilities of the youth calling them “genius”, encouraging them to rise up with a deep sense
of passion for the country, and making them realize that the hope of this nation doesn’t just lie
upon their shoulders as they are the hope themselves.

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