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8. • Precocious poetry which includes Sa Aking Mga Kabata
The Initial Stage
• His adolescent poetry (1874-1881) which include Un Recuerdo
A Mi Pueblo, My First Inspiration and A La Juventud Filipina
The Second Stage
• His poetic maturity that showed national sentiments of his
oppressed fellow Filipinos (1882-1896) which include Mi Piden
Verses, Mi Retiro and Ultimo Adios
The Last Stage
Rizal showed a courageous and determined purpose of awakening the national consciousness of the people against oppression and tyranny
The events/conditions that Rizal had witnessed and experienced under the Spanish authority had greatly affected his thinking about human rights
At the age of 8, Rizal wrote his first poem in our native language, do you know what is it?
In 1876, when Rizal was fifteen years old and was a student of Ateneo, he wrote this poem
In 1879, the Liceo Artistico-Literario (Artistic-Literary Lyceum) of Manila held a literary contest, Rizal, who was 18 years old, submitted his poem
It garnered the first prize, the prize was a feather-shaped silver pen decorated with gold ribbon
3rd: This winning poem of Rizal is a classic in Philippine Literature for two reasons:
This is Rizal’s final poem which was originally untitled, inserted by the author in an alcohol burner/lamp that he gave as a gift to his sister Trinidad before his execution
2nd: the poem was published under different titles such as my last thoughts, my last farewell
Even in the face of death, there is an outpouring of love for country, accompanied by an obsession to die for the country
