The answers, of course, are the moon, the eyes, and the flower, respectively. After a sleepless night covered with a blanket It rears up laughing. A little lake Fenced in by fine bamboo strips. Lets see if you can answer some of these riddles: A mere half of a coconut, But it took all night to budge it.
Central to every bugtong is the metaphor, or what they called the talinghaga: in doing riddles, they refer to something by describing something elsewhich, if you really think about it, is the very nature of poetic discourse. You will recall that the bugtong of the pre-colonial times were used by the people as a teaching device of sorts, sharpening the observational skillsand the practical knowledge that goes along with itof things in their environment and community. These (below) are but a few samples of the treasures we have in the bugtong tradition. Different regions of the Philippines have a wealth of gnomic poetry in the form of proverbs, riddles, and ditties for different special occasions. If you can recall our discussions of Pre-Colonial Literature, you will remember that most of the literary forms we covered, excepting the epic, were very short verse forms, among them the tanaga, the salawikain, the bugtong, and others. If in doubt, please ask first.LECTURE ON PHILIPPINE POETRY IN ENGLISHTHE NATIVE TRADITION IN PHILIPPINE POETRY The native tradition in Philippine poetry can be found in a specific form called the GNOMIC VERSEand gnome meaning something that is short or small, these are then poetic lines which are short and compressed. Posts using this tag may be subject to moderator approval. : For discussing the subreddit itself, or discussing other posts that appear on the subreddit.
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