Dana Navarro 


When the world shall come to its end 




By: Jose Garcia Villa






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Love and affection the world carries is 

an emotional force that hold strength.

Relationships between people help them

understand the greater concept of love

and advance as person.





When the world shall come to its end 
On the world's last Love I'll stand. 
O God will try to push me down but I 
With all my force will push Him back. 

He shall not be able to put out Love at all. 
O I'll guard it, guard it, guard it! 
And the world cannot die with Love glowing, burning, 
O the world cannot die out at all. 

Doomsday will be shattered, shattered! 
Shattered by my standing there: 
God will see whom He is contending with 
And, O, He'll revolve the world again





About the Poet:




José Garcia Villa was born in Manila, Philippines. He attended the University of Philippines and eventually the University of New Mexico when he emigrated to the United States in 1929. He then studied up in New York at Columbia University. He's received many awards and honors that include:



a Guggenheim Fellowship (1942), 

Bollingen Foundation Fellowship (1951-52), 




Shelley Memorial Award (1958),

Philippines Pro Patria Award (1961), 

Philippines Cultural Heritage Award (1962), 

and Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship (1963).



In the Philippines, Villa greatly influenced Filipino poetry as English language work

were intertwined into Filipino literature.





Analysis:



The poem "When the world shall come to its end," is about how at the day of reckoning love will still stand. Love is a powerful emotion, a deep affection, that not even God will stop nor extinguish from the people of the world. The speaker of the poem is speaking out on how he would perceive the situation through his eyes. He is willing to proclaim to God of how vigorous his love is when the world supposedly would end and how love is so powerful for it will save the world from it's end. The use of figurative language enforces the meaning of the poem. It enhances the poems to have sense of power and fierce stance. Allusion to the Bible has it's appearance throughout the poem. "Doomsday" makes a reference to the Last Judgement which is prevalent in Christian/Catholic ideals. It also makes sense as God is mentioned as well. Love is also featured as a metaphor connecting it to a fire. Love is "glowing, burning... cannot die out at all" (line 7-8). The formation of the poem also showcases the power of love. The poem contains inciteful transitions within stanzas. They acknowledge the end of the world, then showcases the power of love, and finally ends with God putting forth acceptance and forgiveness. In context of the poem, the poet may infer the tone has optimism. The end of the world may seem daunting and leave the world with fear and confusion. In contrast, the author creates an optimistic tone that engulfs the reader with love and hope that the earth will be saved with loves power. The overall theme as we can gather from such literature elements is that love has no limits to it's power as it may overcome the impossible.






Work Cited:




poem: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-the-world-shall-come-to-its-end/ 




picture: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ileohidalgo/12169835156

Comments

  1. Elise MackinFebruary 11, 2019 at 5:48 PM

    I like your analysis of this poem, your explanation of all the references towards Christianity uncovers a lot of crucial information to understand the overall message. The word choice that the poet uses portrays that he finds the power of love to be just as strong, or arguably stronger than, the power of god. The repetition of the poem affirms this when he repeats that he will "guard" love until it "shatters" Doomsday. Love in contrast with the end of the world seems to represent that since love is eternal, the world cannot end it. Love is what binds people together, love is what binds the world together.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2019 at 7:50 PM

    I agree with you analysis to this poem, the references to christianity looks like a big role in the poem. In your analysis mentioning the bible and some keyword such as "doomsday" which happens to be in the bible was a good way to explain the poem. In the poem it talks more about love which I feel like it plays a big role in this poem, but also in a way ties with religion. I agree with you when you talk about lines 7-8 I feel like love plays a big role an especially as mentioned when doomsday arrives other known as judgement day. Overall your analysis hits each point to where I was headed especially your theme statement.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2019 at 2:30 PM

    I agree with you analysis of this poem, and i agree with Elise and Brayam. I like how you chose to connect love and Christianity and the force of it. Not only that love brings people together, God bring people together. I really like how you used all the symbolism to represent love and what love is.

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