The poem is about a loving wife who becomes addicted to gambling after the death of her child. Initially she is a caring mother and wife, but falls into gambling to cope with her sorrow over losing her son. Her gambling addiction grows until it angers her husband. The central theme is selfishness, as she becomes concerned only with her own happiness through gambling and neglects her husband, who also grieved the loss of their child.

1. "CONSUMED BY GAMBLING"
(Excerpt from Ang Pangginggera)
(The Panggingge Gambler)
Lope K. Santos
1. Who is the persona (speaker) in the poem ?
= The speakerin the poem is the wife who addicted in gambling
especiallyin the game of " Panggingge "
2. What is the poem all about ?Or What is the situation in the poem?
= The poem is all about a loving and caring wife to her husband and
suddenly become a mother but unfortunately God took awayher child so she
felt strongly sorrow but she finds a way to be happy againand she found a
gambling and became addicted to it until her husband become angry because
of her gambling .
3. What is the central idea or theme of the poem ? Or What are the values reflected
in the poem?
= The theme of the poem is Selfishness becauseshe is more concernedwith
her happiness only and she does not think that her husband was also hurt. She
did not think that she was not only the one who lost the child also her husband
that also devastatedby the loss of his son.
4. Is the poem structured or free verse? Explain your answer.
= The structure of the poem is free verse because it has no rhythm, rhyme
and the author does not follow a pattern.
Czarina Mae R. Patalod September 12, 2015
Second Year - BSA

2. 5. Identify the tone of the poem. Explain your answer.
= The tone of the poem in the first part of the poem is happy because she
was happy with her husband that love one another until she became a happy
mother but in the secondpart of the story the tone became sorrow because
her sonwas died unexpectedly until in the third part of the story she became
happy againbut her own happiness only .
6. Did the poet use imagery in the poem ? What are the images used?
= Yes the poem use imagery in the line of
" A crystalline mirror
Of the beauty of union and amour "
It affects the sense of sight .
7. Chooseone value that you have learned from the poem. How could that value
help you becomea better student? A better Filipino?
= There are many values I learned in this poem, one of this as a Filipino is
love your family most than the other because family is more important , they
are the one who always there for you , they are the one who will stay for you
no matter what happen and they are the one who loves you the most.
Gambling is just for fun but if you love and give more attention than your
family, it will affects your relationship. Yes , Gambling gives happiness but in
the end it will ruin your life too. I also learnedas a student that I should
acceptwhat is God's will . If my destiny is to become a CPA, I should thankful
to God and if not , I still thankful because maybe there is something that
much better for me . Only God knows and I know that he will give us better
opportunities or chances in life just believe and have faith.