Poems of Rizal

 “To my fellow children”
 a poem about the love of
one's native language
written in Tagalog.
 Jose Rizal wrote it in 1869
at the age of eight.
 The poem was widely
taught in Philippine
schools to point out Rizal's
precociousness and early
development of his
nationalistic ideals.

 “My first inspiration”
 first poem written by Dr. Jose Rizal during his
third academic year in Ateneo de
Municipal.
 He wrote the poem in 1874, before he
turned 14.
 He was delighted to see his mother, Doña
Teodora Alonso, released from prison that
same year so he dedicated the poem to
her.
 He also dedicated this poem to his mother’s
birthday.

 “Through Education Our Motherland
Receives Light”
 Rizal wrote this poem in the year 1876 at
the age of fifteen.
 It was written in Ateneo de Municipal in
Manila.
 The poem was written during the Spanish
Government.

 “The Intimate Alliance Between Religion
and Good Education”
 Poem he wrote to show the important
relationship between religion and
education.
 During the summer of April 1876, before
entering his fifth year in Ateneo Municipal in
June, Jose Rizal previous to turning fifteen
wrote this poem along with Por La
Educación Recibe Lustre La Patria.

 Al Nino Jesus
› “To the Child Jesus”
› written in Spanish by Jose Rizal in 1875 at the age
of 14 during his stay Ateneo De Municipal.
 A La Virgen Maria
› “To the Virgin Mary”
› It was written during Rizal's academic stay in
Ateneo Municipal de Manila on 3 December
1876.

Among the poems he wrote, in 1875 were
the ff:
 Felicitacion (Felicitation)
 El Embarque Himno a la Flota de Magallanes
(The Departure: Hymn to Magellan’s Fleet)
 Y Es Español: Elcano, el Primero en dar la
Vuelta al Mundo (And He Is Spanish Elcano, the
First to Circumnavigate the World)
 El Combate: Urbiztondo, Terror de Jolo (The
Battle: Urbiztondo, Terror of Jolo)

 Un Recuerdo a Mi Pueblo
› “In Memory of My Town”
› Which was also another tender poem about
the town where he was born.
 El Cuativerio y el Triunfo: Batalla de Lucena
y Prisioni de Boabdil
› “The Captivity and the Triumph: Battle of Lucena
and the Imprisonment of Boabdil”
› This martial poem describes the defeat and
capture of Boabdil, last Moorish sultan of
Granada.

 “In Memory of My Town”
 Rizal wrote it in 1876 when he was 15
years old while a student in the Ateneo
de Manila.
 This poem is about the Calamba, the
place where he was born, which he
loved very dearly.

 El Heroismo de Colon
› “The Heroism of Columbus”
› This poem praises Columbus for his adventurous spirit
and his success as an explorer.
 Colon y Juan II
› “Columbus and John II”
› This poem relates how the King of Portugal, John II
missed fame and riches by his failure to finance the
expedition of Columbus to the New World.
 Gran Consuelo en la Mayor Desdicha
› “A Farewell Dialogue by the Students”
› This is a virtual farewell poem of Rizal written during
his last days in Ateneo.

1. It was the first Spanish poem written by a
Filipino, which gained recognition
among known Spanish authors,
2. It contained for the first time, the
nationalistic sentiment insinuating that
the Filipinos, and not the foreigners were
the “fair hope of the Fatherland.”

 1879, which was declaimed by Manuel
Fernandez, an Atenean on the occasion
of the Ateneo’s patroness.
 1880, for the Album of the Society of
Sculptures.

 1881, the Ateneo rector whom he
considered a very good and helpful
friend.
 “Love of Country”
 He wrote while he was in Barcelona.
 Described as a nationalistic essay wherein a
pen name Laong Laan was used.
 This article was published in two texts, one in
Tagalog and one in Spanish.

 “Travels”
 Inspired by the encouragement given by
the publisher
 “Review of Madrid”
 The latter which was returned for the
newspaper had ceased publication for
financial reasons.

It was two years later in Madrid, Spain
that Rizal renewed his writing activity. He
joined the Circulo Hispano-Filipino
(Hispano-Philippines Circle) and was
requested to write a poem which he
personally declaimed during the New
Year’s Eve reception held on Dec. 31,
1882. The title of the sad poem was:
“They Ask Me for Verses”

 “To the Flowers of Heidelberg”
 Wrote in April 22, 1886.
 Describing such beautiful spring flowers.
 While viewing the cool banks of the
Neckar River, he was fascinated by the
blooming forget-me-nots along its banks
and so impressed was he that he wrote
this poem.

 It is a poem inside his first novel, Noli Me
Tangere, which is also a popular piece of
poetry.
While an exile in Dapitan, Rizal
wrote a poem about Talisay.

 He wrote this poem for Josephine.
 It was written when he received a letter
from Governor Blanco on July 1, 1896,
that his volunteer application for
medical service in Cuba was accepted.

 Rizal wrote this poem for Lipa in 1888 in
commemoration of the town’s elevation
to a villa (city) by virtue of the Becerra
Law in 1888, which was unique and far
different from the others in the sense that
it prepared other members of a group to
join the hymn.

 “My Last Farewell”
 The most famous of the poems of Rizal.
 His last one, a masterpiece, written on the eve of his
execution.
 Originally, the poem was without a title and was not
signed.
 The title was given by Father Mario Dacanay, a
Filipino priest-patriot.
 It was published for the first time in La
Independencia, a newspaper of Gen. Antonio Luna
on Sept. 25, 1898, almost one year and a half after
Rizal’s execution.
 Currently, there are twenty-eight translations of the
poem, but that made by Charles E. Darbyshire.

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