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    The document discusses Malagasy poet Flavien Ranaivo and provides context about Madagascar poetry forms. It analyzes Ranaivo's poem "Love Song" and discusses how it exemplifies characteristics of Malagasy poetry like parallelism, comparison, and dialogue. However, it notes that the poem uses more literal meanings and comparisons than typical metaphorical and onomatopoetic Madagascar poetry. It also includes the creator's own attempt at a Hain-Teny poem in the form of an "Ode of Engineers."

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    Love Song by Flavien Ranaivo

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    LOVE

    A Madagascan Hain-Teny

    SONG
    by Flavien Ranaivo

    SLIDES PREPARED BY: PAOLO ESCOBER


    “Think as a Madagascan
    thinks.”—Leopold Sedar
    Sengor
    Flavien
    Ranaivo
    A lyric poet deeply influenced
    by Malagasy ballad and song
    forms, in particular the hain-
    teny.

    He began formal education


    only at the age of 8 and his
    schooling was entirely in
    Malagasy until he was 14. He
    became a teacher, and during
    Report by: Ranie Baldo
    World War II fought with the
    Flavien
    Ranaivo
    After the war he entered the
    Civil Service, occupying posts
    both in France and Madagascar.
    Since 1970 he has lived in
    France.

    His works are mainly


    established through the
    synthesis of formal french and
    traditional Malagasy verse.
    Think of
    someone
    who
    resembles F.
    Ranaivo in
    our class…
    Full name
    starts with G
    and ends
    with G!!!
    Madagascan
    Poetry
    Madagascar is a country situated
    between 3 worlds: African, European,
    and Asian.

    However, Madagascar’s geographical


    situation greatly affected the
    development of its main language,
    Malagasy.
    Report by: Alvin Panapanan
    Madagascan
    Poetry
    In essence, people who don’t live
    Madagascar will have difficulty in
    in

    understanding most of the written


    literature since most of this is
    primarily constructed through local
    proverbs.
    Hain-Teny
    One of the principal forms of written
    literature in Madagascar.

    It is a poetic dialogue mostly written


    with the concept of love.

    Report by: Robin Magnaye


    Hain-Teny
    Most poems of this form are difficult
    to be translated into other languages
    when it is constructed through
    onomatopoeia.

    It is not correlated to African style of


    writing instead it can be in contrast
    with the Japanese Haiki.
    Report by: Robin Magnaye
    Hain-Teny
    It is constructed with the use of
    Malagasy language and develop with
    the Madagascan folklores and
    proverbs that root in central
    Madagascar which is Indo-Malayan in
    origin.

    Report by: Robin Magnaye


    TRIVIA!
    Our Malayo-Polynesian language is a
    sister of Malagasy language.

    In Madagascar, the number 1 is


    spoken as “isa”, the number 7 as
    “fito”, and the hello is spoken as
    “Salama!”
    Love Song
    Do not love me, my friend,
    like your shadow—
    shadows fade in the evening
    and I will hold you
    until the cock crows—
    Do not love me like pepper,
    it makes my belly too hot;
    Report by: Rhon Castillo
    Love Song
    I(continued…)
    cannot eat pepper
    when I am hungry.
    Do not love me like a pillow—
    one would meet in sleep
    and not see each other during the
    day.
    Love me like a dream—
    for dreams are your life in the night
    and my hope in the day.
    Love Song
    Interpretation and Poem Analysis

    The poem exercises three utmost


    intrinsic characteristics of
    Madagascan poetry: the insistence of
    parallelism in symbols, comparison,
    and the use of verses as a form of
    dialogue.

    Report by: Paolo Escober


    Love Song
    Interpretation and Poem Analysis
    But unlike most of Madagascan
    poems, the poem doesn’t use too
    much metaphorical and
    onomatopoetically engulfed phrases.

    It used literal meanings of the


    original words with comparison to
    another related phrase.
    Own made Hain-Teny
    entitled
    “Ode of
    Engineers”
    Ode of Engineers
    By Paolo Escober
    Enthuse me to toil.
    In the midst of shallowness,
    take off—bequest.
    Caress me to have strength.
    Reverie not unless,
    You reach forth—near.
    Ode of Engineers
    (continued…)
    A thousand numbers,
    And you begin to lavish.
    Refuse not to overlook us.
    Anticipate and trust,
    The cherubim wings
    fluttering—assimilating
    on cavernous grounds.
    Thank you for
    listening!
    ---
    END OF REPORT

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