1. The Simile
• Ma. Karolina Espejo
• Bernadette Ann Ching
• Julian Lorenzo Eijansantos
• Alfred Dunhill Mananquil
Otherwise known as…

3. What is a Simile?
• A Simile is a figure of speech in which things
different in kind or quality are compared by
the use of the words as or like.
• We can use similes to make descriptions more
emphatic or vivid.

4. Examples:
Julian: Karolina, you are as
beautiful as these flowers.

5. Alfred: Berna, your smile is like
the sun!

6. Landscape II
by Carlos A. Angeles

7. Who is Carlos A. Angeles?

8. • He was born on May 25, 1921 in Tacloban City, Leyte,
• Studied in UP in 1941 where he became a member of the UP
Writers' Club.
• In 1964, received first prize in the prestigious Carlos Palanca
Memorial Awards for Literature for his collection of poems, A
Stun of Jewels.
• A Stun Of Jewels comprised of 47 poems and dedicated to
Angeles' wife, also won the Republic Cultural Heritage Award
for Literature.
• His collection of poems:
Carlos A. Angeles
A Bruise of Ashes
Collected Poems
1940-1992

10. Landscape II
by Carlos A. Angeles

11. LANDSCAPE II
Sun in the knifed horizon bleeds the sky,  3 stanzas
Spilling a peacock stain upon the sand,
Across some murdered rocks refuse to die.  16 lines
It is your absence touches my sad hands
Blinded like flags in the wreck of air.  The word sky mentioned
twice
And catacombs of cloud enshroud the cool
And calm involvement of the darkened plains,  The word absence also
The stunted mourners here: and her, a full mentioned twice
And universal tenderness which drains
The sucked and golden breath of sky,  Rhymes:
comes bare,
• sky and die
Now, while the dark basins the void of space, • sand and hands
Some sudden crickets, ambushing me near, • cool and full
Discover vowels of your whispered face and subtly cry. • plains and drains
I touch your absence here • near and here
remembering the speeches of your hair.
Carlos A. Angeles

12. LANDSCAPE II
By Carlos A. Angeles
Sun in the knifed horizon bleeds the sky, Personification
Spilling a peacock stain upon the sand, Personification & hyperbole
Across some murdered rocks refuse to die. Paradox
It is your absence touches my sad hands Metonymy & Personification
Blinded like flags in the wreck of air. Simile
And catacombs of cloud enshroud the cool Metaphor
And calm involvement of the darkened plains, Personification
The stunted mourners here: and her, a full Utterance
And universal tenderness which drains hyperbole
The sucked and golden breath of sky, Personification
comes bare,
Now, while the dark basins the void of space, Metaphor
Some sudden crickets, ambushing me near, Personification
Discover vowels of your whispered face and subtly cry. Personification
I touch your absence here Paradox
remembering the speeches of your hair. Personification

13. How the poem affected us:
What we feel in the poem is a sadness that
a man feels. It talks of an absence that is felt
more and more as the sun sets.
It seems that the poem is saying
something about the death of a loved one, and
how it greatly affects the person who is still
alive.

14. Sources:
http://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/simileterm.htm
http://www.panitikan.com.ph/authors/a/cangeles.htm