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INKBy: Guillermo Castillo

Inkbottled in glass prisonmeaningless in itself

black and mute without a languagesilent but strongly urged

to speak.

InkChance-impressed on white,

Inarticulate, unintelligible, chaoticWelcome on bareness of white,

But still foreignExcommunicate

But Ink,Pen-lifted, pen-impressed

on blank white paper, Will-ordered,

Interprets, intensifies, clarifies,Expresses

LIFE.

Interpretation

Elements of the poem

1. Audience

Poet Reader

2. Subject

“Ink, An instrument for expression”

Elements of the poem

3. Theme

“Expression”

Elements of the poem

4. Tone

“Ironic”

Elements of the poem

5. Diction / WordsChance-impressedinarticulateUnintelligibleChaoticexcommunicate

Elements of the poem

6. Figures of Speech

Elements of the poem

Type of poem

• Lyric

SymbolismInk

bottled in glass prisonmeaningless in itself

black and mute without a language

silent but strongly urgedto speak.

InkChance-impressed on white,

Inarticulate, unintelligible, chaoticWelcome on bareness of white,

But still foreignExcommunicate

But Ink,Pen-lifted, pen-impressed

on blank white paper,Will-ordered,

Interprets, intensifies, clarifies,Expresses

LIFE.

Author and his Life

Guillermo Castillowas from Pangasinan studied Philosophy at UP became an editor of Pio Calicas’s Philippines –

an elegant prewar magazine one of the chief exponents of free verse in the

Philippines during the WWII He has an unpublished collection of verses

entitled “Filipino, Unlimited”