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    When Done For Thee: Alfredo Efren Litiatco

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    The poem expresses the author's feelings for his loved one, finding comfort in doing even the hardest tasks for them. Simple gestures become significant when done for a special person. The author seeks greatness in order to be acknowledged by the one he loves, finding motivation to accomplish his goals in their name.

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    When Done For Thee: Alfredo Efren Litiatco

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    The poem expresses the author's feelings for his loved one, finding comfort in doing even the hardest tasks for them. Simple gestures become significant when done for a special person. The author seeks greatness in order to be acknowledged by the one he loves, finding motivation to accomplish his goals in their name.

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    The poem expresses the author's feelings for his loved one, finding comfort in doing even the hardest tasks for them. Simple gestures become significant when done for a special person. The author seeks greatness in order to be acknowledged by the one he loves, finding motivation to accomplish his goals in their name.

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    When Done For Thee: Alfredo Efren Litiatco

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    WHEN DONE FOR THEE

    Alfredo Efren Litiatco

    SUMMARY
    The poem revolves around the authors feelings towards the subject matter of the poem. The author
    finds it comforting to do even the hardest of the hardest obstacle if it is regarded for his love one. He feels like
    he can surpass anything with his loved one on his side.
    The author also mentioned in the succeeding stanza that simple gestures like picking up a handkerchief
    or pulling up a chair, when it is done for a special person become a very significant one.
    In the last part of the poem, the writer seeks to strive for greatness for that is one way to be
    acknowledged by the one he loves. The way he does things gives him fires, as mentioned in the last line, or
    enough motivation to start and accomplish what he intends to do in the name of love.

    INTERPRETATION
    I found this poem somehow easy to understand. It was able to reach readers what the author intends to
    say. As to content, it is manageable to comprehend. It was written to address his love to the subject matter of the
    poem, although when it comes to structure, some words are used vaguely.
    In the first stanza of the poem, the word trifling caught my attention. It literally means having a little
    value which he used to describe the greatest task he might encounter. Hence I may interpret the passage as
    Even the greatest tasks are nothing when done for thee. The word thee is used in early biblical passages
    then which means singular form of you.
    The second stanza pertains to what man normally does to woman to show gentlemanliness. Many people
    account this as a common norm to show respect for women, but the author begs to differ because he takes every
    single gesture a memorable and significant one when it is done for his loved one.
    The last stanza left me puzzled because of the authors choice of words. I think the word fame as
    greatness- which the author tries to achieve. The line Chills not but rather fires gave me a hard time to think
    what the author means to say. I just thought of chills as lack of motivation to do things and fires as sheer
    perseverance like a flame spreading out. These words have contradicting meaning. I think the author wishes to
    say that he will strive for greatness with fires if it is regarded to his loved ones.
    This poem just proves how poetic are Filipino writers back then. They were able to express their true
    feelings and emotions thru writings. I understand that there might be short fallbacks when it comes to choice of
    words because English language was freshly brought to us by the Americans during the authors era and
    Filipinos then were just starting to adopt. But to sum it all, the poem is nice and worth reading.

    MORAL LESSON
    The moral lesson is just plain and simple. The author wants us to realize that we can achieve almost
    everything if we dedicate our work to people we love. This also applies to our love for our family and friends.
    No odds can stop us as long as we have our loved ones on our side. It is truly amazing what people do in the
    name of love but what is more amazing is what love does to people.

    Alan Carlo C. Galvez

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