Reaction Paper in " Like The Molave"

LIKE THE MOLAVE I 1940)

By: Rafael Zulueta da Costa

Not yet, Rizal, not yet. Sleep not in peace;

There are a thousand waters to be spanned;

There are a thousand mountains to be crossed;

There are a thousand cross to be borne.

Our shoulders are not strong; our sinews are

Grown flaccid with dependence, smug with ease

Under another‘s wing. Rest not in peace;

Not yet, Rizal, not yet. The land has need

Of young blood and, what younger than your own,

Forever spilled in the great name of freedom.

Forever oblate on the altar of

The free? Not you alone, Rizal. O souls

And spirits of the martyred brave - arise!

Arise and scour the land! Shed once again

Your willing blood! Infuse the vibrant red

Into our thin anemic veins; until

We pick up your Promethean tools and strong,

Out of the depthless matrix of your faith

In us, and on the silent cliffs of freedom,

We carve, for all time your marmoreal dream!

Until our people, seeing, are become

Like the Molave, firm, resilient, staunch

Rising on the hillside, unafraid,

Strong in its own fiber; yes, like the Molave!

Not yet,Rizal,not yet. The glory hour will come 

Out of the silent dreaming 

from the seven thousand fold silence 

We shall emerge, saying WE ARE FILIPINOS! 

and no longer be ashamed

 sleep not in peace 

the dream is not yet fully carved

 hard the wood but harder the woods 

yet the molave will stand 

yet the molave monument will rise

 and god's walk on brown legs 

REACTION ON THE POEM LIKE THE MOLAVE

At the beginning of the poem, the poet outlines

how the Philippines is dependent on other nations,

and must work towards becoming inde

pendent in the future in order to

support its citizens. Like The

Molave also highlights the importance of the younge

r generation, and how they must fight for their

country and improve the Filipino way of livi

ng. The poet believes this

will grant the nation

freedom.

Like The Molave also talks about heroes and how they inspire regular Filipinos to be great

themselves and join them on the quest to make the Philippines a more prosperous place. The poem states that whilst many Filipinos are achieving great

things for their country, there is still much

more to be done and more resident

s must contribute to the efforts.

In short, Like The Molave is

about inspiring the Filipino na

tion to improve their country

and make it self-sufficient.