Roots of Resilience: Analyzing the Heart of 'Simod sa Limod
Simod sa Limod By: Adonis Durado Simod sa Limod, a poem written by J. Adonis Durado, based on my understanding, is a poem about a wife who’s been suffering from an abusive husband and silently suffers from the abuse and beatings of her husband for their family to work out until she can no longer tolerate the pain that her husband causes to her. She was someone strong enough to endure all the things that her abusive husband had done to her for their kids, and their marriage but it had gone too far for her and she made a decision to leave along with her two kids The setting of the poem is probably the hilly regions of the Visayas. The narrative, on the other hand, focuses on a wife or woman who is unwilling to die as a martyr to protect her family. The wife's troubles in life are chronicled by the author, who also shows how she overcame them for their kids' benefit. She felt strong enough to make up for those mistakes, as she didn’t give up on t...