Let’s try to identify the imagery
used by Carlos A. Angeles in his
poem entitled Gabu.
Carlos A. Angeles
•bornonMay25,1921inTacloban
Leyte.
•wonaCarlosPalancaMemorial
Awardin1963withhiswritingA
StunofJewelswhichiscomposed
of47poems.
Unlocking of Difficulties:
•Restlessness–lackingor
denyingrest
•Havocs–wideandgeneral
destruction
•Bashing–tostrikeviolently
Unlocking of Difficulties:
•Brine-watersaturatedor
stronglyimpregnatedwith
commonsalt
•Habiliments–apparel,cloth,
trappings
Unlocking of Difficulties:
•Splendour –great brightness
•Forfeited –given up because
of some errors
Gabu
by Carlos Angeles
The battering restlessnessof the sea
Insists a tidal fury upon the beach
At Gabu, and its pure consistency
Havocsthe wasteland hard within its
reach.
Brutal the daylong bashingof its
heart
Against the seascape where, for
miles around,
Farther than sight itself, the rock-
stones part
And drop into the elemental wound.
The waste of centuries is grey and dead
And neutral where the sea has beached
its brine,
Where the split salt of its heart lies
spread
Among the dark habilimentsof Time.
The vital splendormisses.For here
At Gabuwhere the ageless tide
recurs
All things forfeitedare most loved
and dear.
It is the sea pursues a habit of
shores.
GENRE and PERSONA
•Lyric Poem
•Probably someone on a
beach at Gabu, watching the
rough sea, contemplating life
MEANING AND IMAGERY
The battering restlessness of the
sea
Insists a tidal fury upon the beach
At Gabu, and its pure consistency
Havocsthe wasteland hard within
its reach.
IMPERMANENT LIFE
Brutalthe daylong bashingof its
heart
Against the seascape where, for
miles around,
Farther than sight itself, the rock-
stones part
And drop into the elemental wound.
LIFE’S CHAOS
DEPTHS OF THE SEA
The waste of centuries is grey and dead
And neutral where the sea has beached
its brine,
Where the split salt of its heart lies
spread
Among the dark habiliments of Time.
PAST
BAD LUCK
•The region, then, takes pride in long
stretches of white sand and clear waters
alongside its rich cultural heritage
•REPRESENTATIVE TEXT: Gabuby Carlos
A. Angeles
•It depicts a coastline in Ilocosthat is
constantly experiencing the battering
restlessness of the sea.