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Page 1: Ink

INKBy: Guillermo Castillo

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Inkbottled in glass prisonmeaningless in itself

black and mute without a languagesilent but strongly urged

to speak.

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InkChance-impressed on white,

Inarticulate, unintelligible, chaoticWelcome on bareness of white,

But still foreignExcommunicate

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But Ink,Pen-lifted, pen-impressed

on blank white paper, Will-ordered,

Interprets, intensifies, clarifies,Expresses

LIFE.

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Interpretation

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Elements of the poem

1. Audience

Poet Reader

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2. Subject

“Ink, An instrument for expression”

Elements of the poem

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3. Theme

“Expression”

Elements of the poem

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4. Tone

“Ironic”

Elements of the poem

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5. Diction / WordsChance-impressedinarticulateUnintelligibleChaoticexcommunicate

Elements of the poem

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6. Figures of Speech

Elements of the poem

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Type of poem

• Lyric

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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.

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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Philippines during the WWII He has an unpublished collection of verses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”