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    This document contains learning tasks for analyzing two poems: 1. The first task is to analyze Poem 1 by Jose Garcia Villa titled "A Poem Must Be Magical" and identify three figures of speech used. It explains that the poem conveys a poem should be beautiful, impactful, and its message not too shallow or explicit. 2. The second task is to explain the Philippine social situation suggested by Bienvinido Santos' poem "The Gods We Worship Lived Next Door" and discuss a personal experience relating to the divided social classes. The poem and the writer's experience portray the discrimination faced by the poor at the hands of the rich who see themselves as superior due to their wealth

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    This document contains learning tasks for analyzing two poems: 1. The first task is to analyze Poem 1 by Jose Garcia Villa titled "A Poem Must Be Magical" and identify three figures of speech used. It explains that the poem conveys a poem should be beautiful, impactful, and its message not too shallow or explicit. 2. The second task is to explain the Philippine social situation suggested by Bienvinido Santos' poem "The Gods We Worship Lived Next Door" and discuss a personal experience relating to the divided social classes. The poem and the writer's experience portray the discrimination faced by the poor at the hands of the rich who see themselves as superior due to their wealth

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    This document contains learning tasks for analyzing two poems: 1. The first task is to analyze Poem 1 by Jose Garcia Villa titled "A Poem Must Be Magical" and identify three figures of speech used. It explains that the poem conveys a poem should be beautiful, impactful, and its message not too shallow or explicit. 2. The second task is to explain the Philippine social situation suggested by Bienvinido Santos' poem "The Gods We Worship Lived Next Door" and discuss a personal experience relating to the divided social classes. The poem and the writer's experience portray the discrimination faced by the poor at the hands of the rich who see themselves as superior due to their wealth

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    Poem 1 by Villa and The Gods We Worhsip Live Next Door by Santos

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    This document contains learning tasks for analyzing two poems: 1. The first task is to analyze Poem 1 by Jose Garcia Villa titled "A Poem Must Be Magical" and identify three figures of speech used. It explains that the poem conveys a poem should be beautiful, impactful, and its message not too shallow or explicit. 2. The second task is to explain the Philippine social situation suggested by Bienvinido Santos' poem "The Gods We Worship Lived Next Door" and discuss a personal experience relating to the divided social classes. The poem and the writer's experience portray the discrimination faced by the poor at the hands of the rich who see themselves as superior due to their wealth

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    Delagana, Vanessa B.

    BSED-E3 September 15, 2021

    ENGL339

    Learning Tasks for poetry

    1. Give the message in poem1 by Villa. Identify 3 figures of speech used in the
    poem.

    Poem 1 by Jose Garcia Villa is entitled “A Poem Must Be Magical” and the title
    itself already tells us that this poem is about how a great poem should be
    created. It also tells us the characteristics of a great poem; it should be beautiful,
    impactful, its message shouldn’t be too shallow, and that it should be bold but
    humble. The poem uses simple vocabulary but it is not meant to be interpreted
    literally because the message of this poem is deeply hidden using figures of
    speech. One example is along the 6 th line of the poem which is “And it must hold
    fire as well”. For me, this line conveys that a great poem should have spirit. A
    poet should write a poem that is full of life and can influence certain emotions
    and feelings as readers read throughout the piece. Another figure of speech used
    is “It must have the wisdom of bows” which expresses that a great poem should
    be comparable to a great bow where it successfully shoots at the desired target.
    It describes that a poem should give an impactful message and hits the right
    points of its given theme or topic. Lastly, “It must be able to hide What it seeks,
    like a bride” indicates that a reader should take time to understand deeply each
    line of a great poem. Furthermore, the message shouldn’t be too shallow to
    comprehend and shouldn’t explicitly state its meaning because to analyze a great
    poem, one should be able to sense and feel the emotions implied by each line.

    2. Explain the Philippine social situation suggested by Santos in the poem The
    Gods We Worship Lived Next Door. What similarity have you experienced in the
    situation suggested in the poem? Explain your answer.

    “The Gods We Worship Lived Next Door” by Bienvinido Santos suggests a


    typical Philippine social situation which is about the divided world between the
    rich and the poor and how the Philippine society considers money as equivalent
    to power. The lines “Fear grips us when they frown But they're just like us, they're
    brown” indicate that these so-called gods, who are praised and feared, and think
    highly of themselves, are just normal people too. They were labeled as gods
    because of their money which is also the reason for their high social status. The
    poem describes that these gods were also feared and I think that is because they
    were of high-profile despite the fact that they also die and are buried
    underground the same as ordinary people. Furthermore, the poem indicates that
    the poor is discriminated by the rich as described that they are feared especially
    when they frown.
    Growing up, I have understood that my family belongs in the middle class,
    but sometimes my family’s income wouldn’t reach until the end of the month so
    most of the time, we only spend for our needs. Therefore, I don’t consider myself
    a well-to-do individual and honestly, I have experienced the same situation as
    implied by the poem in which I was discriminated badly by these high-class
    people even when I was still at a young age. It was truly heartbreaking because
    they treated me like I am not a person and it was actually true (as stated in the
    poem) that they think highly of themselves that they are only kind and friendly to
    those people of the same social status as them.

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