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Florante at Laura [a] is an 1838 awit written by Tagalog poet Francisco Balagtas. The story was dedicated to his former sweetheart María Asunción Rivera, whom he nicknamed "M.A.R." and Selya in Kay Selya ("For Celia"). [2] [3] [4] The story is loosely based on Balagtas' own biography.
Of the three, Florante at Laura is considered Balagtas' defining work and is a cultural touchstone for the Philippines. Florante at Laura or Pinagdaanang Buhay ni Florante at Laura sa Kaharian ng Albanya, an awit (metrical narrative poem with dodecasyllabic quatrains [12 syllables per line, 4 lines per stanza]); Balagtas' masterpiece
"Gubat na Mapanglaw" (English: "The Dark Forest") is a Filipino poem written in the popular Filipino epic Florante at Laura. The poem was originally written by Francisco Balagtas and was translated into English by Rolando Tinio. [1] [2]
One influential work in the awit form is Florante at Laura, an 1838 narrative poem by Francisco Balagtas. [3] See also. Dalit (poem) Syllabic verse; Tanaga;
The other two are Francisco Balagtas, his student, and Ananias Zorilla. Some of his writings in corrido style are Clarito, Adela at Florante, Floro at Clavela, Doce Pares de Francia, Rodrigo de Villas, and the famous Historia Famoso de Bernardo Carpio. [citation needed]
Many Filipino authors rose to prominence during this time, such as Francisco Balagtas, the author of Florante at Laura (1838); and Huseng Sisiw, author of Singsing ng Pagibig. Balagtas's title, which combines history, romance, and religion, became the premier Filipino story taught in schools nationwide. [9]
There were Philippine epic poems written and published much later. The Ibong Adarna, whose author is unknown, was written in Tagalog and published in the 18th century, while Florante at Laura, also in Tagalog, authored by Francisco Balagtas, was published in the 19th century.
Florante at Laura, an awit by Francisco Balagtas (1838) Haidamaky by Taras Shevchenko (1841) King Alfred by John Fitchett (completed by Robert Roscoe and published in 1841–1842) Horatius by Thomas Babington Macaulay (1842) Germany. A Winter's Tale by Heinrich Heine (1843), a "mock" epic; János Vitéz by Sándor Petőfi (1845)