FOOTNOTE TO YOUTH Flashcards
Comma Poet
Introduced reversed consonance rhyme scheme
Jose Garcia Villa
Doveglion whats the meaning
“dove,” “eagle,” and “lion”
the extensive use of punctuation marks—especially commas, which made him known as the Comma Poet.
reversed consonance rhyme scheme
Issue during 1930s
Filipino practice of marrying young and unprepared
MORAL of the story
Don’t marry young just because you are in love. More often than not, it’s a recipe for disaster.
Theme of the story
highlights a problem in Philippine society - the practice of marrying too young and suffering through the rest of the marriage.
A former suitor of Teang who was nine years older than Dodong.
Lucio
“The last sounded consonants of the last syllable, or the last principal consonant of a word, are reversed for the corresponding rhyme.
Poetic style
When was this published
(1933)
When was this published
(1933)