Analysis "The Coconut"

 

"The Coconut" 
by :Jose Garcia villa

The poem " The coconut" was written by Jose Garcia Villa. He was born on August 5, 1908 and died on February 7, 1997. He was a Filipino poet, literary critic, short story writer and painter. Jose Garcia Villa was born in Singalong, Manila. His parents were Simeon Villa. Some of his published books was the Philippine short stories, best 25 stories of 1928 (1929), Footnote to youth, short stories (1933), Many Voices, poems (1939), Poems (1941), Hare Come An Here, Poems (1941), Selected Poems and New (1942 and A Doreglion Book of Philippines poetry (1962).

His poem entitled "the coconut" means or the coconut tree has been compared to the breast part of women. During reading the poem, I was so curious of what the poem is all about or what images it would like to create.

I know it was about a coconut tree being personified to a woman/women. The milk of the coconut referring to the milk of women that can sustain as milk of life. It's all about the body parts of women. It's also means the abundance of coconut that represents the number of women around the world.

The nipples that became a way to feed all the babies. The nipples symbolizes the nurturing beauty of ladies. Coconut tree has a lot of function and also women play a very important role in our society. Coconut tree and women has a big help to our society.