SANDALAN

   An Analysis of 21st Century Literature entitled "Isa na Namang Pagtingala sa Buwan"
By: Edgar Calabia Samar

About the Author

     Edgar Calabia Samar is a multi-awarded poet and novelist from San Pablo City, Philippines. He was born on February 18, 1981.

Educational Attainment

•1998-2002 Ateneo De Manila University A.B Psychology

Thesis: The Use of Online Journal Writing for Theraphy”

•2002 2004  Ateneo De Manila University M.A Literature Filipino 

Thesis: Tayong Lumalakad nang Matulin: Talambuhay at Kalipunan ng Tula.

•2005-2011 University of The Philippines Ph.D. Filipino Malikhang Pagsulat Dissertation ‘Sa Kasunod ng 909 at Manananggal sa Pagsulat ng Nobela”. Best Dissertation, College of Arts and Letters (April 2011)

Awards, Grants, Fellowships

•2010 International Writing Program, Fellow

•2009 Man Asian Literary Prize, Longlist for "Eight Muses of the Fall"

•2007 Gantimpalang Collantes sa Sanaysay, Second Prize for "Tungo sa Pag-awit ng Inadung"

•2007 46th UP National Writers Workshop, Fellow for Poetry in Filipino

•2005 NCCA Writer's Prize, Grand Prize for Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog

•2004 Gawad Surian sa Tula, Grand Prize for "Kung Bakit Tayo Nakikinig sa Alamat"

•2004 PBBY-Salanga Writer's Prize, Honorable Mention for "Magkano Papuntang Antipolo?"

•2004 Palanca Awards for Poetry in Filipino, First Prize for "Tayong Lumalakad Nang Matulin"

•2003 Palanca Awards for Future Fiction in Filipino, Second Prize for "Project: EYOD"

•2003 1st Iyas-La Salle National Writers' Workshop, Fellow for Poetry in Filipino

•2002 Palanca Awards for Poetry in Filipino, Second Prize for "Pag-aabang sa Kundiman at Iba Pang Tula"

•2002 PBBY-Salanga Writer's Prize, Grand Prize for "Uuwi na ang Nanay Kong si Darna!"

•2001 38th UP National Writers Workshop, Fellow for Poetry in Filipino

•2000 1st UST National Writers' Workshop, Fellow for Poetry in Filipino

•1999 6th Ateneo-Heights Writers' Workshop, Fellow for Poetry in Filipino

•1997 National Schools Press Conference, Second Place for Editorial Writing in Filipino

     He attended a diocesan catholic school, the Liceo de San Pablo, from grade school to high school (1988–1998) before he entered the Ateneo de Manila University where he finished his AB in Psychology (2002) and MA in Filipino Literature (2004). In Ateneo, he became a member of Heights for four years (1998–2002). He received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, which awarded him the Gawad Antonio Abad for   Best Dissertation in 2011.

Samar teaches Philippine Literature and Creative Writing at the Ateneo de Manila University since 2011. He served as President of Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika at Anyo in 2002-2004, and now acts as moderator of Heights. He has served as panelist to several national writers workshops in the Philippines. He also directed the 7th Ateneo National Writers Workshop held in October 2007 at the Sacred Heart Novitiate in Quezon City. He currently lives in Marikina City.

    He published 8 books, 4 poems, and one novel which is the Kasaysayan ng Kalibutan on 2019. He has 16 awards, grants and fellowship.

Isa Na Namang Pagtingala sa Buwan

Ni: Edgar Calabia Samar

“Silipin mo ang buwan,”

Sabi mo, kahit pagal

Ang gabi, at nabuwal

Na puno itong hilam

Na damdamin. Bumagyo

Kanina: laksang multo

Ng alaala’t libong

Daluyong ng pagsamo

Ang sa aki’y yumanig.

Kahit ngayo’y tahimik

Na ang ulap, pilit

Kong dinungaw ang langit—

At wala nga, wala na:

Nagtago siyang gaya

Ng lupit ng pagsinta

Na takót masalanta.

ANALYSIS

Literary Genre

•Poetry

•Poetry consist of line

•Stanza

•Rhyme Scheme Pattern

•Fiction

Analysis Guide

Reader Response 

   For us as a reader of this text, it is heartwarming poem that give us a lot of lessons which is never give up for the problems you need to face, because those problems makes you stronger and stronger until you succeed solving it.

Tone

   It is serious because it has a sad last stanza which is At wala nga, wala na /Nagtago syang gaya /Ng lupit na pagsinta/Na takot masalanta/ That means at the end the persona didn't find any light in the darkness.

Point of view 

  It is first person point of view which the author can narrate his own experience in his/her life.

Diction and Style 

The words used intgis poem is formal, and also unfamiliar tagalog words, or deep words, and those are: 

• Pagal - pagod 

• Nabuwal-natumba

• Hilam-balot 

• Laksang multo-dagsaan

• Daluyong-agos 

• Pagsamo-pagmamakaawa.

Images and Symbols 

    The symbol used in this poem is “moon” which symbolizes hope, and serves as a light in the darkness. In this poem “Isa na Namng Pgtingala sa Buwan”  moon is the important element that gives inspiration to the persona.

Sound effects 

It has rhyme scheme pattern and those are:

•Pagal-nabuwal

•Multo-bumagyo-pagsamo 

•Pilit-langit 

•Gaya-pagsinta-masalanta

Theme 

Survival on the problems you encountered in your life. That answer the questions:who makes you inspire? Where you get that inspiration or motivation to stand and fight despite of everyday challenges?

C. Contextual Analysis

Using sociocultural context it can be concluded that the poem "Isa na namang pagtingala sa Buwan " is all about the negetive events happened in the year 2005 ,such as:Valentines Day Bombings ,Camp bagong Diwa Siege and lastly June 27,2005 President Gloria Macapagal - Arroyo addresses the country in a television broadcast ,admitting speaking to an election official ,but denying manipulating election results. 

Using linguistic it can be concluded that poem "Isa na namang pagtingala sa buwan" is all about the flowering words or deep words use in this poem such as pagal, nabuwal, hilam, laksang multo, daluyong, and pagsamo.

SUMMARY

   In the poem whose title also served as the title of the poet set dominant tone and emotional environment of the poem: the weary melody and loneliness left by the failures of life which in turn are weighed by a firm and repetitive decision to fight by looking up at the moon or finding light. On that night the persona engagement to the beloved, a strong storm came and later, they both sought the blessing of light on the face of the moon, but they failed the persona admits".... Nabuwal na puno itong hilam /Na damdamin" Nanatiling natatakluban ng ulap ang buwan. "Nagtago siyang gaya /Ng lupit na pagsinta /Na takot masalanta" But the persona didn't give up. He said", Pilit kong dinungaw ang langit.From his fall, there is a decision let him to give up because he didn't find any light in the darkness of sorrow.In the first two stanzas, the persona is describing how he's facing his breakdown alone even though someone used to tell him that still search and look at the moon.  At the third stanza,the persona is trying to still have a glimpse at the moon even he's having a hard time,he still strives to  see the light in every darkness. Though he realized that it's really gone, the light he had forced to look at was gone, gone like the cruelty of passion.

REFERENCES

Online Sources

https://edgarcsamar.com/2019/07/12/isa-na-namang-pagtingala-sa-buwan/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Calabia_Samar

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3137384.Edgar_Calabia_Samar