AMADOR T.

DAGUIO
FRANK RIVERA
 Comparing and
Contrasting Two Poems
Published in Different
Periods.
Sofia Tulabing- Ygoña
11-21-2017
 At the end of this lesson, you
should be able to compare and
contrast two poems published
in different periods.
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Compare and Contrast the Two
Poems

1. What do the poems published

in different periods have in
common?
Compare and Contrast the Two
Poems

2. How are they different from one

another?
 In this lesson, you will
compare and contrast
Amador T. Daguio’s poem
“Man of Earth” and a piece
of textula by Frank Rivera.
 Amador T. Daguio

At 20, the poet Amador T. Daguio wrote “Man of

Earth” in 1932. According to Dr. Gemino Abad, a well-
known Filipino poet and critic, “Man of Earth” marks
a turning point in Filipino poetry. Daguio’s poem
words in English are reinvented to establish a native
idiom.
 Frank Rivera

• Textula is poetry written and read on a mobile phone. It

is popularized by the playwright Frank Rivera, who came
to be known as the “makata sa cell phone.” His works of
textula and other poems are performed in different
occasions, such as rallies, school programs, and contests;
published in newspapers; heard on radio; and shared on
social media or through text messaging.
 Poetic Terms

• Allusion – Using this literary device, the writer refers to a

significant person, place, thing, or idea in culture, history,
literature, or politics briefly and indirectly.
• Apostrophe – With this literary device, the writer
addresses someone or something that is not present in
his work.
 Poetic Terms

• End rhyme – This rhyme occurs in the last syllables of

verses.
• Lyric poetry – This traditional poetry is characterized
by its brevity, emotional intensity, and musical
quality.
 Man of Earth
By Amador T. Daguio

• Pliant is the bamboo;

I am man of earth.
They say that from the bamboo
We had our first birth.
 Man of Earth
By Amador T. Daguio

• Am I of the body,
Or of the green leaf?
Do I have to whisper
My every sin and grief?
 Man of Earth
By Amador T. Daguio

• If the wind passes by,

Must I stoop, and try
To measure fully
My flexibility?
 Man of Earth
By Amador T. Daguio

• I might have been the bamboo,

But I will be a man.
Bend me then, O Lord,
Bend me if you can.
 A Textula
By Frank Rivera

1. Merong himala, hindi totoong wala

Ituro ma’y mali, alam nati’y tama
Kahit walang sagot itong panalangin
Hindi tumitigil ang ating paghiling.
 A Textula
By Frank Rivera

2. Walang nagturo na tayo’y makibaka

Ngunit sulirani’y ating binabata
Kahit may pangakong laging napapako
Sa anumang init, handa ring mapaso.
 A Textula
By Frank Rivera

3. Sa ating puso’y may awit ng pag-asa

Kahit titik nito’y hindi makabisa
Ang katotohana’y lalaging totoo
Basta maniwalang mayroong milagro.
 A Man of Earth

• The lyric poem has a varied rhythm. It is composed of four

stanzas, each one with five to seven syllables.
• The poem contains end rhymes.
• The poem contains an allusion to a Philippine creation myth
that tells that the first man and woman came from a bamboo.
The speaker is aware of his own pagan heritage.
• The poem uses apostrophe. The speaker addresses a spiritual
being he calls “Lord” in the last two lines of the fourth stanza.
 Textula

• The poem is a piece of lyric poetry. It is composed of three

stanzas, and each stanza has four lines. It has a regular meter;
each line consists of twelve syllables.
• The poem uses what is called in Tagalog poetry as “tugmang
karaniwan,” wherein the last word of each line has the same
sound. Except the last two lines of the first stanza, the rest of
the poem uses “tugmang patinig,” wherein the last words of
the lines have the same vowel sound.
• Both Amador T. Daguio’s and Frank Rivera’s poems
are lyric poetry, and they show traditional elements.
Both poems use end rhymes. However, Daguio’s
poem has no regular meter, while Rivera’s poem has.