Selected poems of dr. Jose P. Rizal: An analysis

This study aimed to analyze the literary elements permeated on Dr. Jose P. Rizal’s selected poems “Imno sa Talisay”, “Josefina”, “Awit ng Manlalakbay”, “Kay Don Ricardo Carnicero” at ang “Sa Aking Kinaliligpitan” written during his four-year exile in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte. The researcher purposely used Qualitative Research Method through Content Analysis to analytically scrutinize the in-depth evaluation of the aforesaid literary genre of Rizal. Based on the result of the study, societal awareness will be uplifted through proper guidance of the Filipino youth considered as the hope of the fatherland which was implied in one of his poems. Depicted in his poem were the ideals of the Filipino youth in the place of exile few of which were services to the community and active involvement in community activities and keenness in societal issues. Sociological features were assimilated to intensify the inimitable nature of the pieces’ total development and this flaunted Rizal’s exceptional literary craft imbued by his unique literary fermentation, his atypical style of showing off his works to the readers. Hence, this obviously provided delight and amusement by giving meaningful human-life insights to their daily encounter of myriad human experiences to become better citizens infused with a genuine Filipino cultural enrichment and refinement.