Sunday, September 28, 2014

Poem analysis "Eulogy of Roaches by Bienvenido Lumbera"





Discuss the overall meaning of the poem?
It is all about the cockroaches which are said to be honored on the grounds that they have a ton of things to be grateful for. They don't have laws that they have to follow to have peace as they are additionally ready to endure the blemishes of each other, be it the scent or avarice. They don't pass judgment on each other and doesn't battle to discover any houses to stay as they can live wherever they need. They don't even need to work with a specific end goal to consume for the sustenance’s are now laid for them, they simply need to search for scraps in the places of their hosts. Their survivals are additionally guaranteed actually for the jobless bug, in light of the fact that once the waste heaps up, circumstances will come. Likewise, cockroaches can exist much after their hosts bite the dust.

How this poem relate to your life and the society in general?
This poem identifies with me and the society when all is said in done, one might say that all individuals are carrying on with regardless of how intense life is. They find themselves able to discover survival in a place that is not simple to live with; as it is loaded with diverse difficulties that people need to be overcome enough keeping in mind the end goal to surpass it. This sonnet shows us to be similar to cockroaches, not to say that we ought to be vermin like them. At the same time rather, we ought to be grateful for what we've got regardless of how little it might be. We ought to acknowledge what we have and figure out how to esteem it, furthermore to not cry about what we don't have.

Write a response poem for it?

Every single day, we encounter struggles, storms, pain and trials in our life but the thing is you will learn from it. You should appreciate that you have a life to live. It is much more extravagant than other material things. Live your life like a cockroach. Battle for survival; don’t let hardships prevent you from living. Appreciate always the life that God gave to you and also capitalize your presence. 

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