Juan Salazar was part of the first group of Filipino writers to use English in their writing. He crafted poems and stories modeled after English literature of the time. The poem "Air Castles" reflects on ambitions and motivation, with the speaker dreaming of mountains, seas, and achieving goals despite potential adversity. It uses natural imagery and themes of ambition driving one forward in life.

2. Juan Salazar
 was part of the first
batch of Filipino
writers who used the
English language in
their writing
 crafted poems and
stories modeled after

3. Air Castles
(Juan F.
Salazar)
My life's tomorrow
beckons me
From distant
mountains high and
low
My future seems a
boundless sea
When moving
passions come and
go.
Deep in my heart
ambition dwells
He cheers me up the
highland way
And guides me through

4. I cannot write with
Shakespeare's pen
But I can write with
Shakespeare's heart
I love his skill, his craft
of men
His mastery of poet's
art.
I do not care for fame as
he
Enthroned was he, like
unto a God
the depth he reached

5. I wear achievement's coronet.
For blest are they who see things
done
and all my cares I soon forget
When I have wrought my work
alone.
If I be met by adverse fate
And all my dreams be but in vain
then I will work harder yet

6. Elements
 Speaker: aspiring country
person
Setting: rural area or country
Tone: normal, reflective,
motivating
 Rhyme Scheme: A B A B C
D C E F G F G A H A I J K J K

7. Elements
Figures of Speech:
Simile, Metaphor,
Imagery,
Theme:

8. Elements
Figures of Speech:
Simile, Metaphor,
Imagery,
Theme:

9. Structure
 Quatrain
Quadrosyllabic

10. Analysis
 connects reality to life
talks about how an
individual's dreams can
become that person's
motivation to face the
tough challenges of life
 about your ambitions in
life, the things or you want
to be you want to have in