Literature 2

Recognizing Apostrophes
DepED PROMPTWhat is an apostrophe? How does it work in literature?
ENTLT-I1-0-2.2.2:
Explain the literary
Read again the poem
devices used.

1. To whom is it
"My Last Farewell.
addressed?
2. Is the addressee a
person-one who can answer back?
The addressee-Land that I love or the Philippines-cannot answer back
LEARNING GOAL for it is an
object.
Identify Study the following examples:
apostrophes
in a poem.

1. Hail, oh Motherland that I adore

from "The Motherland" by Emilio Jacinto

2. O lamp in the cold night,

KEY CONCEPT You're like a star in the sky
An apostrophe is from "Serenade," Author Unknown
a literary device
that refers to the 3.
3. Immortal hero! Legendary colossus!
use of imaginary
Come from the abyss where you sleep the slumber of glory.
characters the
speaker in a literary from "To the National Hero" by Cecilio Apostol
work speaks to as
if the former were 4. Oh, my Ninay,
around face-to- You are the clear fountain
face.
Which God looks into;
In my very life
You are the glory and the sun.
"Ninay" by Pedro A. Paterno

When you address an object, as though it were a person, you are using a
See examples 1 and 2.
figure of speech called apostrophe.
You are also using the apostropne when you address the dead as if it were

alive. See example 3.

Another example of an apostrophe is when you address someone who is
she were present. See example 4.
absent as though he or
Tn an apostrophe, the speaker asks a rhetorical question or unburdens his

or her innermost thoughts and feelings.

Lesson 6: Imbibing the Nationalistic Spirit 169