Earnest Wish by Lydia Villanueva As I've read the poem "earnest wish", I rusting of leaves, chirping of birds, buzzing of
guess the situation here is that there is an the bees, and flapping of butterfly's wings. Do
I will outbreak of a disease that spreads across a and redo tough tasks like tending the garden,
large area. Specifically, the Covid-19 outbreak, rearranging stones, weeding the grass, and
Count the multitude of stars in which this disease affects different people in harvesting fruits in the season.
The leaves in all the branches different ways, as well as those who are either
The flock of birds perched in the loft sick or being killed, due to its ease of 5. What do you think was the main
The blades of grass in the meadow transmission. This situation has resulted in a reason why the author wrote this
And the cogon flowers in the air. tremendous loss of human life around the piece?
world and poses an unparalleled challenge to The author wishes to convince and educate
I will public health, food systems, and the workplace. readers or the broader population to take the
pandemic seriously. Because, despite the worst
Listen to the sound of breeze 2. How did the author present the events coronavirus outbreak in history, cases are still
To the rustling of leaves in the poem? increasing at an alarming rate, the need for
To the chirping of birds The author Lydia S. Villanueva presents the action to protect ourselves from contracting
To the buzzing of the bees events in the poem by stating what she sees and spreading the virus has become an
To the flapping of butterfly’s wings. like stars, what she hears like the sound of the essential part of our daily lives, there
breeze, and what she can do tending the are still segments of the population that aren't
I will garden. In other words, she uses different taking the threat as seriously as they should.
Tend the garden forms of imagery such as visual, auditory, and The author wishes for people to unite in the
Rearrange the stones in a pile kinesthetic energy before conveying her belief that "now is the time for unity" to work
Weed the grass in the field message together in solidarity to halt this infection and
Harvest the fruits in season its devastating consequences, to have new
And do again all of these. 3. How did the author present her beginnings, and to end our hardships,
willingness to attain her fervent wish? particularly for the frontlines.
Let us She shows that she is willing to accomplish
impossible or difficult tasks such as counting Imagery Used
Bring the front liners back home the multitude of stars, as we all know all the Visual Imagery - leave in the branches,
Fight the unforeseen enemy nouns, she listed in the first stanza were the cogon flowers in the air, flock birds
Help the new beginning uncountable, listening to sounds that could not perched in the loft
Contribute to the humanity be heard clearly, and tending to the garden, Auditory Imagery – the sound of the
Flatten the curve which is tough to do. breeze, rustling of leaves, and chirping
Stay at home! of birds.
4. What nearly impossible things or Kinesthetic Imagery - Speed, slowness,
difficult tasks the author was willing to and harvest of fruits in season are the
do? word that suggests Kinesthetic Imagery .
Counting the uncountable like counting the
multitude of stars, leaves in all the branches, a
flock of birds perched in the loft, blades of
1. What was the situation when the grass in the meadow, and the cogon flowers in
author wrote this poem? the air. Listen to sounds that could not be
heard clearly like the sound of the breeze,
