The poem describes a man who fell in love at first sight with a rural maid. When they parted ways, he continued to dream of her and think of her constantly. Though he knows her heart is not for him, he pleads for her forgiveness in expressing his love and says that if he could hold her, he would consider both heaven and earth as his. The persona depicts the maid as having a rare, divine beauty that left him longing for her despite the impossibility of them being together.

1. The Rural
Maid
Presented by: Angelica Grace Galwardo

2. Unlock difficult
words
1. Rural
2. Maid
3. Glance
4. Fond
5. Parted
6. Fair
7. Impart
8. Pleading
a. relating to the country and the people
who live there instead of the city.
b. a girl or woman who is not married.
c. pleasing to the eye or mind especially
because of fresh, charming, or flawless
quality.
d. to give, convey, or grant from.
e. the act of asking for something in a
serious and emotional way.
f. feeling or showing love or friendship.
g. to look at someone or something very
quickly.
h. leave someone's company.

3. 1. a
2. b
3. g
4. f
5. h
6. c
7. d
8. e

5. The Rural Maid
By Fernando M. Maramag
1.
Thy glance, sweet maid, when first
we met,
Had left a heart that aches for thee,
I feel the pain of fond regret—
Thy heart, perchance, is not for me.
2.
We parted: though we met no
more,
My dreams are dreams of thee, fair
maid;
I think of thee, my thoughts
implore
The hours my lips on thine are laid.
3.
Forgive these words that love
impart,
And pleading, bare the poet’s
breast;
And if a rose with thorns thou
art,
Yet on my breast that rose
may rest.
4.
I know not what to name thy
charms,
Thou art half human, half
divine;
And if I could hold thee in my
arms,
I know both heaven and earth
were mine.

6. Fernando M. Maramag was born on January 21, 1893 in Ilagan, Isabela.
He was a Spanish mestiza. His parents were landowners Rafael
Maramag and Victoria Mamuri. He studied at the University of the
Philippines and was the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper
meanwhile.
He was the principal of the Institute De Manila when he was 21 years
old. He also taught English at UP and San Juan de Letran. Then, he
worked in the government as chief of the publications division of the
Department of Justice.
He was a great poet and journalist at the same time. He was very
influential on the lives of the Filipinos by his writings in 1917. He was
the editor of Rising Philippines too. He published many poems in his
lifetime.

7. INTERPRETATION:
A boy felt in love in a girl at a one glance, he
always dream about that girl, but he know the heart of
the girl was belong to someone else, he felt a pain
inside him, he dream that one day he want to see again
the girl, she is like a goddess from heaven that he
didn't take his eyes on her.
Sometimes, no matter how addicting love can get, one
must know when to stop dreaming and to start living
in the world of reality. The words written are of the
words of someone’s feelings: a small voice of
unrequited love.

8. 1.
Thy glance, sweet maid, when first we met,
Had left a heart that aches for thee,
I feel the pain of fond regret—
Thy heart, perchance, is not for me.
The first time that he saw the maiden he felt love at first sight, but it
became a heartache when the persona didn’t saw the maiden the second
time around, the persona felt sadness and pain, but he loved the maiden
so much that he never regretted meeting her. The persona did not also
have a chance to love the maiden since the love of the maiden is not for
him, but towards to others.

9. 2.
We parted: though we met no more,
My dreams are dreams of thee, fair maid;
I think of thee, my thoughts implore
The hours my lips on thine are laid.
Again for the second time the persona didn’t have the chance to meet the girl of his
dreams, but this was a long time ago. Several years have past and he only saw the
maiden that he loved so much in his dreams the fresh, charming, or flawless all the
beautiful qualities the first time he saw the maiden is tainted through his mind and
heart, to the point that his thoughts beg earnestly and eagerly about the maiden he will
never forget. Hours refer to the years of his waiting, he dreamed that one day he may
have the chance to kiss the lips of the fair maiden he saw several years ago.

10. 3.
Forgive these words that love impart,
And pleading, bare the poet’s breast;
And if a rose with thorns thou art,
Yet on my breast that rose may rest.
The persona wants to seek forgiveness for loving the maiden without her
knowing, the persona wishes that the maiden grant his wish to love her back.
He act like the maiden was there seeing him asking to love him in a serious
and emotional way, and the metaphor lies “bare the poet’s breast”, meaning
that the persona means his pure feelings and intention to love to maiden. The
persona describe the maiden as a rose that has thorns, the thorns in the rose
in his heart that rest and strike his heart in pain.

11. 4.
I know not what to name thy charms,
Thou art half human, half divine;
And if I could hold thee in my arms,
I know both heaven and earth were mine.
The persona says that the maiden beauty is beyond compare. “Thou art half
human, half divine;” shows how much the persona in the poem
appreciated the maid's beauty. The last two lines embodies the persona's
sincerity for the maid and how true the persona's love was for the maid,
that if he could her in his arms, then he ends it with hyperbole saying that
heaven and earth will be his.

12. Generalization:
Love is addicting. No questions asked – no strings
attached. For me, there’s no other word to describe
that sweet sensation that makes a smile appear on
ones face; a grin accompanied with that contented
trademark sigh. But let’s face it: not everyone has a
‘happily-ever-after’ ending. We end up having people
are usually called ‘hopeless dreamers’; those that hold
onto dreams that could never turn into reality.

13. Assignment I want you to create a letter about love, you
can address it your parents, grandparents, to your
special someone, friends and other people who matters
to you.”

14. End of Presentation 