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Sa Aking Mga Kabata. " Sa Aking Mga Kabatà " (English: To My Fellow Youth) is a poem about the love of one's native language written in Tagalog. It is widely attributed to the Filipino national hero José Rizal, who supposedly wrote it in 1868 at the age of eight. [1]
Francisco Balagtas y de la Cruz (April 2, 1788 – February 20, 1862), [1] commonly known as Francisco Balagtas and also as Francisco Baltazar, was a Filipino poet and litterateur of the Tagalog language during the Spanish rule of the Philippines. He is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino literary laureates for his impact on Filipino ...
"Miss Kita Kung Christmas" (lit. ' I Miss You Every Christmas ', 1975), written by Hermie Uy and Fe M. Ayala "Kumukutikutitap" (lit. ' Glimmering ', 1987), music by Ryan Cayabyab and lyrics by Jose Javier Reyes "Pasko Na Sinta Ko" (lit. ' It's Christmas Now My Dear ', 1982), written by Francis Dandan and music by Aurelio Estanislao
Unlike the Ambahan whose length is indefinite, the Tanaga is a seven-syllable quatrain. Poets test their skills at rhyme, meter and metaphor through the Tanaga because is it rhymed and measured, while it exacts skillful use of words to create a puzzle that demands an answer. It was a dying art form, but the Cultural Center of the Philippines ...
The poem on a gravestone at St Peter’s church, Wapley, England. " Do not stand by my grave and weep " is the first line and popular title of the bereavement poem " Immortality ", presumably written by Clare Harner in 1934. Often now used is a slight variant: "Do not stand at my grave and weep".
Happy Heavenly Mother's Day Quotes. 1. Mom, your love was a sanctuary, and your lessons in motherhood were my guiding stars. Happy Mother's Day in Heaven. I love and miss you. 2. To the woman who ...
Captaincy General of the Philippines. ISBN. 978-1-78435-092-5. Florante at Laura [a] is an 1838 awit written by Tagalog poet Francisco Balagtas. The story was dedicated to his former sweetheart María Asunción Rivera, whom he nicknamed "M.A.R." and Selya in Kay Selya ("For Celia"). [2] [3] [4] The story is loosely based on Balagtas' own ...
Alejandro G. Abadilla (March 10, 1906 – August 26, 1969), commonly known as AGA, was a Filipino poet, essayist, and fiction writer. Critic Pedro Ricarte referred to Abadilla as the father of modern Philippine poetry, and was known for challenging established forms and literature's "excessive romanticism and emphasis on rhyme and meter". [1]