Poems Written in Ateneo and UST

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  1. 1. Through this poem he encouraged Filipinos to acquire education forthem to be able to fulfill their dreams and to improve their motherland. His highregards for education was evident in his determination to seek the best educationpossible even across the shores of his country.
  2. 3. This is a legend in verse of the tragic life of Columbus.
  3. 6. An entry to the literary contest held by theLiceoArtistico-Literario de Manilaa society of literary menand artists.
  4. 7. It is a poignant poem of farewell to his classmates, written just before hegraduated from the Ateneo Muncipal de Manila.
  5. 10. This epic poem was written by Jose Rizal in 1879 and declaimed by Manuel Fernandezon the night of December 8, 1879 in honor of the Ateneo’s Patroness.
  6. 17. In this poem, the heronarrated how the great warrior defeated the Moros under Sultan Mahumat of Jolo.
  7. 20. Is about Juan Sebastián Elcano, a Spanish Basque, Ferdinand Magellan’s second in command,who upon Magellan’s death on the shores of Mactan in the Philippines, took over andcompleted the first circumnavigation of the world.
  8. 21. In this sonnet, he urged all Filipino artists toglorify the Philippines. This poem was written by Jose Rizal to serve as a reminder forFilipinos to love their motherland.
  9. 23. This poem relates how King of Portugal missed fame and riches by his failure to finance the projected expeditionof Columbus to the new world.
  10. 24. An allegorical dramawritten by Rizal which he entered in the literary contest of Artistic-Literary Lyceum in1880 to commemorate the fourth centennial of the death of Cervantes -was a literarymasterpiece based on the Greek classics.
  11. 25. The above undated poem was another religious writing Jose Rizal wrote inpraise of whom
  12. 26. A brief religious ode which expressed his devotion to Catholicism.
  13. 27. He wrote this poem at the age of fifteen while he was in Ateneo.
  14. 28. Spanish translation of this poem that was written to express his love and appreciationfor the place where he grew up.
  15. 29. This poem was written in honor of hismother’s birthday as evidenced by the terms “perfume of the flowers”, “the songs ofthe birds”, “feast your day of bloom” and “festive day”.
  16. 30. The famous poem was a nationalistic undertakingto promote the usage of Tagalog language by the Filipino people.
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  1. 2. This poem recounts the tragic story of this Saint. However, it appears that the originalmanuscript of this no longer exists and may have been destroyed in the bombardmentof the Second World War.
  2. 4. This entry is one of the most powerfulsymbolic moments in Spanish history.
  3. 5. In this poem, he described the defeat and capture of Boabdil, last Moorish sultan of Granada
  4. 8. The poemwas written on the occasion of that good Father’s birthday. Reverend Father PabloRamon had been so kind and helpful to the national hero.
  5. 9. This novel is the description of the Spanish colonization here in the Philippines and how the Spanish treated Filipinos badly.
  6. 11. Jose Rizal wrote thisepic poem in December 1877 during his academic years in Ateneo Municipal deManila. (Spanish translation).
  7. 12. A novel dedicated to GOMBURZA.
  8. 13. This poem was written to express his love and appreciationfor the place where he grew up.
  9. 14. Translated in Spanish, The14 year old Rizal wrote this poem to congratulate his brother-in-law, Antonio Lopez(husband of his sister Narcisa), on All Saint’s day.
  10. 15. An inspiring poem written by Jose Rizal at the age of eighteen was said to beof flawless form which aimed to implore the Filipinos to rise from indolence.
  11. 16. It is believed to have been his first poem that had the honor of being readin a public programme held at that school. “Hymn to Magellanta’s fleet”talked aboutthe departure of Ferdinand Magellan, the first man to colonize the Philippines.
  12. 18. This poem was written by thePhilippine National Hero in 1875 during his schooling in the Ateneo de Municipal.
  13. 19. This poem praises Columbus, the discoverer of America.
  14. 22. A zarzuela which was staged by the Ateneanson December 8, 1880, on the occasion of the annual celebration of the Feats Day ofthe Immaculate Conception, Patroness of the Ateneo.