Dainty petals bloom,
Symbolizing purity,
of 'Pinay' beauty.


Comprehensive Questions
1. What is being described in the pome?
2. To whom the Sampaguita is compared?
3. What figure of speech is used in the poem?
4. Give the local color used.
5. Why Sampaguita is symbolizing ' Pinay' beauty? Explain.

(Note: This is an example of Haiku as UbD reading material for 3rd Grading)

SUSAN TAN APAREJO

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