To The Philippine Youth Poem Analysis

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The poem of Rizal entitled “To the Philippine youth” implies a message of Confidence in the first few stanzas of the poem. Confidence is a feeling or belief that someone or something is good or has the ability to succeed at something. The poem of entitled “To the Philippine youth” is predominated by a formal vocabulary because during the time of Rizal, many wealthy scholars travel to different countries to study in prestigious universities to enhance their vocabulary according to www.loc.gov.According to the line from the poem of Rizal “Hold high the brow serene youth, where now you stand;”, Rizal is implying that the Philippine youth must be more confident when taking a stand because according the line “Come now, thou genius grand, And bring …show more content…

Participants also cited concern about out-of-school youth, child laborers, and those who are being lured into drug use. They stressed the importance of responsible parenthood and guidance from older peers. This news article shows confidence in the Philippine youth because as stated in the poem of Rizal many young Filipino’s have the potential to become great leaders and this shows that the youth has Confidence today because they aren’t afraid to speak about the problems facing the country. Unfortunately during the time of Rizal the youth was unconfident to speak against the Spaniards because whoever spoke against them would be tortured or killed according to http://www.joserizal.ph. This example is a counter example to “confidence” because by definition according to thefreedictionary.com, Unconfidence is the Absence of confidence; uncertainty; doubt. Jose Rizal wanted the youth to be braver in taking a stand because the youth has a lot of potential to become great and today many young members of the Philippine society are slowly rising up to help improve the

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