The Philippine National Hero

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IF truly a people dearly loveThe tongue to them by Heaven sent,They'll surely yearn for libertyLike a bird above in the firmament.In this first stanza we note that Rizal considers a people's mother tongue as a gift from heaven. Growing up in the Catholic faith where language, according to the Bible, originated from the fall of the Tower...

Aglowing and fair like a houri on high,Full of grace and pure like the Morn that peepsWhen in the sky the clouds are tinted blue,Of th' Indian land, a goddess sleeps.Rizal builds a description of his motherland using simile and metaphor. He likens her to an houri which, by definition, is one of the beautiful maidens that in...

Jose Rizal wrote the poem To the Child Jesus (in other references, Child Jesus) when he was 14 years old. A rather short poem only eight lines long, it follows the traditional Spanish pattern of poetry:Why have you come to earth,Child-God, in a poor manger?Does Fortune find you a strangerfrom the moment of your birth?The poem begins with...

There were three main reasons for his struggling academic performance at the University of Santo Tomas (Guerrero, 1998):Rizal was not satisfied with the system of education at the university.In the Ateneo,  Jesuit professors were encouraging and understanding. This motivated Rizal to develop his skills and talents.The Dominican system was obsolete and repressive.Rizal stressed this in the El Filibusterismo,...

Jose Rizal, having completed his Bachiller en Artes at the Ateneo Municipal, was now eligible for higher education at a university. His mother, Doña Teodora, had second thoughts about sending her son to school because of the previous incident involving the execution of friars Gomez, Burgos and Zamora. However, it was Don Francisco who decided his son should...

To my Creator I singWho did soothe me in my great loss;To the Merciful and KindWho in my troubles gave me repose.Rizal opens the poem in thanksgiving. The entire poem is generally about God and is speaking in the second person to God. However, it is important to observe the order in which these verses are written. That...