16Activity: Free at Last?!Briefly answer the following questions (1-2 sentences only).1. Who is the author addressing in the poem? Who do you think is the intended audience?2. Amador Daguio mentioned that Filipinos have won the war, however, what is thiswarhe isreferring to in the second line?3. What does “these” in line 23 mean?4. In line 25, the author discusses about another enemy that Filipinos need to hurdle.a. What or who is thisenemy?b. Why do Filipinos need to win the fight?5. What is the message being conveyed by the poem?Permission for the use of this poem has beengranted by Mr. Daniel Daguio, the eldest son of thelate Amador T. Daguio.Bio-note:Amador T. Daguiowas a Filipino writer and poet during the pre-war Philippines. He published twobooks in his lifetime, and three more posthumously. He was a Republic Cultural Heritage awardee for hisworks.1there is no longer any enemybut ourselves. we have won this war.we said at first, not for ourselvesbut for the world, mankind, -- individualman -- were we fighting to die?we had to win. we died and also won.7what then is victory's meaning? is ita standard to hang over the round tablewhere representing victors sign a paper?is it the long, vain look of the motherto whom a son does not return?is it the flowers or the winds among themwhere the vacant wet eyes may rest,rememberingthe dead?is it the unreturning reality of mud and holeand the shriek of the slain and the rattle of theplanes?is it a hand of a forgotten dead holding a gun,rotting with it somewhere in the long,immeasurable beaches of the world?is it the dull slush of the sand to cover him?is it the piled bodies of men?23we have turned our back to all these.we face each other now. we have no25enemy but ourselves, believe this --we must win -- or shall we lose againthat our sons and daughters shall fightthe future for this blood we sacrificedin advance?
What Is ItStudy the timeline of events in the Philippine literary history, and reflect what kind of war theFilipinos battled during the post-colonial period17The Rebirth of Freedom(1946-1970)1.themes on Japanese brutality2. abundance of newspapers inEnglish3. more revolutionary tone injournalism4. many published books5. proliferation of novels and shortstories6. revival of literature in Tagalog7. more poetic jousts8. giving of literary awardsPeriod of Activism(1970-1972)1. seeking of social reforms2. active Filipino youth3. revolutionary tone in somewritings such as in campusnewspapers4. Martial Law5. cash prizes for the shortstory, poetry, and one-act playCarlos Palanca awardees givenby the Palanca MemorialAwards for LiteraturePeriod of the New Society(1972-1980)1. the emergence of themes onpatience, regard for nativeculture, customs, the beauty ofnature2. Continuous Palanca awards3. renowned Liwayway with moreserialized comics, essays,newsfeatures, entertainment news,articles4. more magazinesPeriod of the Third Republic(1981-1985)1. romantic andrevolutionary poems2. real-life themes of Filipinosongs3. abundance of children’sbooksPost-EDSA I (1986-1995)1. opposition newspapersemerged2.
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