A La Juventud Filipina
Jose Rizal wrote the poem a la juventud Filipina in 1879 when he was but a student in the University of Santo Tomas, and as the title suggests, was written for the Filipino youth. The first prize was conferred upon Rizal for this composition, at a competition held by the Liceo Artistico Literario de Manila.
Rizal’s teenage years were the years when his nationalism and patriotism were being fostered more and more, according to Fr. Schumacher who quoted Rizal’s statement “My second year as a boarder was like the first, except that on that time there had been a great development of my patriotic sentiments, as well as of an acute sensitivity .” Rizal was born during the era of Spanish …show more content…
Rizal urges to the youth to pursue freedom, and to free themselves from the burden of ignorance. According to Fr. Schumacher, his poem reveals a sense of loyalty to Spain, but Rizal makes it clear that the Philippines, not Spain, is the True …show more content…
He even implies that music can dissipate the blight of man. Rizal was known to be a man of arts, as is evident in his poetic writings and compositions.
You at th' impulse of your mind
The hard rock animate
And your mind with great pow'r consigned
Transformed into immortal state
The pure mem'ry of genius great; Fr. Schumacher said that the reliance on study, on knowledge, as a necessary means by which a true Filipino patriot must love his country and promote her progress expressed an essential and, at the time, predominant tone of Rizal’s nationalism. Rizal says that the mind of the youth has great capacity and potential to be genius.
Run! For genius' sacred flame
Awaits the artist's crowning
Spreading far and wide the fame
Throughout the sphere proclaiming
With trumpet the mortal's name
Oh, joyful, joyful day,
The Almighty blessed be
Who, with loving eagerness
Sends you luck and
Jose Rizal wrote the poem a la juventud Filipina in 1879 when he was but a student in the University of Santo Tomas, and as the title suggests, was written for the Filipino youth. The first prize was conferred upon Rizal for this composition, at a competition held by the Liceo Artistico Literario de Manila.
Rizal’s teenage years were the years when his nationalism and patriotism were being fostered more and more, according to Fr. Schumacher who quoted Rizal’s statement “My second year as a boarder was like the first, except that on that time there had been a great development of my patriotic sentiments, as well as of an acute sensitivity .” Rizal was born during the era of Spanish …show more content…
Rizal urges to the youth to pursue freedom, and to free themselves from the burden of ignorance. According to Fr. Schumacher, his poem reveals a sense of loyalty to Spain, but Rizal makes it clear that the Philippines, not Spain, is the True …show more content…
He even implies that music can dissipate the blight of man. Rizal was known to be a man of arts, as is evident in his poetic writings and compositions.
You at th' impulse of your mind
The hard rock animate
And your mind with great pow'r consigned
Transformed into immortal state
The pure mem'ry of genius great; Fr. Schumacher said that the reliance on study, on knowledge, as a necessary means by which a true Filipino patriot must love his country and promote her progress expressed an essential and, at the time, predominant tone of Rizal’s nationalism. Rizal says that the mind of the youth has great capacity and potential to be genius.
Run! For genius' sacred flame
Awaits the artist's crowning
Spreading far and wide the fame
Throughout the sphere proclaiming
With trumpet the mortal's name
Oh, joyful, joyful day,
The Almighty blessed be
Who, with loving eagerness
Sends you luck and