What Rizal told me by Cirilo Bautista?

In the poem “What Rizal Told Me,” Bautista presents to us the personae of Rizal and Cirilo, the poet’s double. The discursive situation is a conversation through 13 stanzas of 4 lines each between the man that Filipinos hail as the nation’s hero and the poet Cirilo.

What is the famous writing of Cirilo Bautista?

The Trilogy of Saint Lazarus
His best known work is the epic poetry trilogy “The Trilogy of Saint Lazarus,” made up of the “The Archipelago (1970), “Telex Moon” (1981) and “Sunlight on Broken Stones” (1999).

Who is Cyril Bautista?

Cirilo F. Bautista (July 9, 1941 – May 6, 2018) was a Filipino poet, critic and writer of nonfiction. A National Artist of the Philippines award was conferred on him in 2014.

What are the awards of Cirilo Bautista?

Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Poetry
Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Poetry in FilipinoCarlos Palanca Memorial Awards for EssayCarlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Short Story
Cirilo Bautista/Awards

What is Cirilo Bautista known for?

Bautista is a poet, fictionist and essayist with exceptional achievements and significant contributions to the development of the country’s literary arts. He is acknowledged by peers and critics, and the nation at large as the foremost writer of his generation.

What is the meaning of the poem pedagogic?

“Pedagogical Poem”, tells how in the children’s labor colony, created in the first years after the Civil War (1920s), there was the formation of a “real man” from the number of homeless, petty thieves, people crippled by the difficult and brutal conditions of the civil war.

What is the theme of the poem Third World Geography?

Poverty. People who live in poverty are usually envisioned working under the scorching sun. It symbolizes hardship and the cruel conditions of the work environment.

What makes Cirilo Bautista unique?

What does the tree on the last stanza mean when it asked why the persona never changed color?

“They stood with their finger flaming” means that the students are interested to learn everything. “ Till one tree spoke, speaking in dolor to ask why I never changed color “ suggest that after many generations why did s/he remained the same.

What was the poem pedagogic suggest?

What is the meaning of only the wind hears your useless words?

Government. “Only the wind hears your useless words”. Corruption and bad politics. They know the needs, they know the numbers and yet most keep a deaf ears on poverty and hunger. The rich get only richer and the corrupt becomes the devil’s advocate.