Padre Faura Witness The Execution of Rizal

Author: Danton Remoto

I stand on the roof In Europe

Of the Ateneo municipal, And on this day
Shivering With the years beginning to turn,
On this December morning. Gabu Salt things my eyes.
Months ago, by Carlos A. Angeles I see Pepe,
The battering restlessness
Pepe came to me of the sea The waste of centuries A blur is grey and dead
Insists a tidal
In thefury upon the beach
observatory. And neutral Between
where the thesoldiers
sea has beached
At Gabu,I thought
and itswepurewouldconsistency
talk With their
its Mausers
brine, raised
About the stars
Havos the wasteland hard within its Where the And the early
spilt saltmorning’s
of its heart lies
That reach.
do not collide Star:
spread
In the sky: Still shimmering
Brutal the daylong bashing of its heart Among the dark habiliments of Time.
Instead, he asked me about purgatory Even if millons of miles away,
Against the(His seascape where,
cheeks still ruddy for miles The vital splendor The misses.
star itself For here, here
around,
From the sudden sun At Gabu where the
Is alreadyageless
dead tide recurs
Farther thanAftersight itself, the
the bitter winter rock-stones All things forfeited are most loved and
partin the poem? Write a piece of short information about
1. Who are the characters dear.
each character.
2. And
Who drop
speaksinto the
in the elemental
poem? Extract awound.
sentence from theItpoem
is the sea pursues
to prove a habit of shores.
your answer.
3. Discuss the form/structure of the poem.
4. What was the situation when Padre Faura stood in the balcony of Ateneo de Manila?
5. What was the situation of our country based on the poem? Prove your answer by extracting a line from
the poem.
6. To whom the poem is addressed? Explain your answer.
7. How do you feel while reading the poem, that Padre Faura witnessed the execution of his former
student?
8. What was the feeling displayed by the author in the poem?
9. What was the message that Danton Remoto wanted to convey in this poem?

Dandansoy
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Pauli ako sa Payaw Munisipyo, sa diin hustisya?
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