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    This document provides a literary analysis of the poem "In the Midst of Hardship" by Latiff Mohidin. It analyzes the poem through a literal comprehension, interpretation, and evaluation. The literal comprehension identifies the persona of the poem - a family facing hardship as they search for their son's albino buffalo in a flood. The interpretation and evaluation sections analyze literary devices like imagery and alliteration used in the poem. The document also provides background information on the author Merlinda Bobis and her book "The Sadness Collector". The analysis is submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for a 21st Century Literature class.

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    This document provides a literary analysis of the poem "In the Midst of Hardship" by Latiff Mohidin. It analyzes the poem through a literal comprehension, interpretation, and evaluation. The literal comprehension identifies the persona of the poem - a family facing hardship as they search for their son's albino buffalo in a flood. The interpretation and evaluation sections analyze literary devices like imagery and alliteration used in the poem. The document also provides background information on the author Merlinda Bobis and her book "The Sadness Collector". The analysis is submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for a 21st Century Literature class.

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    This document provides a literary analysis of the poem "In the Midst of Hardship" by Latiff Mohidin. It analyzes the poem through a literal comprehension, interpretation, and evaluation. The literal comprehension identifies the persona of the poem - a family facing hardship as they search for their son's albino buffalo in a flood. The interpretation and evaluation sections analyze literary devices like imagery and alliteration used in the poem. The document also provides background information on the author Merlinda Bobis and her book "The Sadness Collector". The analysis is submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for a 21st Century Literature class.

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    Angono National High School

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    This document provides a literary analysis of the poem "In the Midst of Hardship" by Latiff Mohidin. It analyzes the poem through a literal comprehension, interpretation, and evaluation. The literal comprehension identifies the persona of the poem - a family facing hardship as they search for their son's albino buffalo in a flood. The interpretation and evaluation sections analyze literary devices like imagery and alliteration used in the poem. The document also provides background information on the author Merlinda Bobis and her book "The Sadness Collector". The analysis is submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for a 21st Century Literature class.

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    Angono National High School

    Angono, Rizal
    Senior High School Department

    A Close Analysis and Critical


    Interpretation of Literary

    In Partial fulfillment of the


    requirements in 21 ST Century
    Literature from the Philippines and the world

    Submitted By:
    Rein Crystal G. Crisostomo
    G12 COOKERY-A

    Submitted To:
    Mrs. Andrea Trinidad
    IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP
    BY: LATIFF MOHIDIN

    LATIFF MOHIDIN
    LATIFF, AS HE IS POPULARLY KNOWS TO SERIOUS ART COLLECTORS,
    WAS A CHILD PRODIGY AND HAS BECOME AN ARTIST VIRTUOSO OF EPIC
    REPUTATION. HE WAS BORN IN LENGGENG, NEGERI SEMBILAN, MALAYSIA
    AND RECEIVED HIS FORMAL PRIMARY EDUCATION AT KOTA RAJA MALAY
    SCHOOL IN SINGAPORE. HIS TALENT IN PAINTING LATER GRANTED HIM
    THE DEUTSCHER AKADEMISCHER AUSTRAUSCHDIENST (DAAD)
    SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY AT THE ACADEMY OF ARTS IN BERLIN FROM 1960
    TO 1964.

    LATIFF MIHIDIN HAS BEEN KNOWN BY MANY NAMES. WHEN YOUNG


    HE WAS HAILED AS THE “ BOY WONDER” AND THE MAGICAL BOY WITH THE
    GIFT IN HIS HANDS “ , FOR HIS UNMISSABLE PRODIGOUS TALENT.

    AN ACCOMPLISHED POET AND WRITTER, LATIFF ALSO PRODUCED


    SEVERAL ANTHOLOGIES, INCLUDING SUNGAI MEONG (1971), KEMBRA
    MALAM (1974), SERPIHAN DARI PENDALAMAN (1979).PESISIR WAKTU
    (1981) AND SAJAK-SAJAK DINIHARI (1996).
    IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP
    Latiff Mohidin

    At dawn they returned home

    their soaky clothes torn

    and approached the stove

    their limbs marked by scratches

    their legs full of wounds

    but on their brows

    there was not a sign of despair

    The whole day and night just passed

    they had to brave the horrendous flood

    in the water all the time

    between bloated carcasses

    and tiny chips of tree barks

    desperately looking for their son’s

    albino buffalo that was never found

    They were born amidst hardship

    and grew up without a sigh or a compliant

    now they are in the kitchen, making

    jokes while rolling their ciggarete leaves


    LITERARY ANALYSIS

    A. LITERAL COMPREHENSION

    Persona:
    This poem is about a family who faces hardship whereby their son’s albino
    buffalo is nowhere to be found. A flood occurs and they go out to find the
    buffalo. They reach home early in the morning without the buffalo and yet
    there is no sign of despair in them. Meanwhile, they can still crack jokes and
    roll the cigarettes.

    B. INTERPRETATION

    C. EVALUATION
    This poem is Easy to understand because the author used familiar word to the
    readers. There are a lot of literary devices used in thgis poem like imagery and
    alliteration .. imagery because the author use words that can create mental
    picture to the readers like “soaky clothes torn” the sense of though and sight
    “carcasese” sense of smell andsight .. alliteration because there is repetition of
    consonant sound of the beginning of words such as “ but on their brows and
    “between bloated carcases”

    D. APPLICATION
    E. APPRECIATION
    THE SADNESS COLLECTOR
    by: MERLINDA BOBIS

    MERLINDA BOBIS
    Merlinda was born on 25th of November 1959, she is a
    contemporary Philippine-Australian writer and academic. Born in
    Legazpi City, Philippines province of Albay. Merlinda Bobis attended
    Bicol University High School then completed her B.A at Aquinas
    University in Legazpi City. She holds post

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