The poem below is an example of  "Tanaga". Tanaga is Filipino poem consist of 4 lines with 5-7-5-7 syllable, with rhyme words at the end of each line in each stanza. 

      The poem is entitled "Nature of Life". It consist of 4 stanzas with a rhyme scheme of A-A-B-B in each stanza. In the first,second and the third stanza the imagery appeals to the sense of  sight, while the fourth stanza has no imagery. The figure of speech used in the first and the fourth stanza is Personification, second stanza is Simile and , in third stanza are Simile and Metaphor.



                               NATURE OF LIFE

                                                
                        Life is only once,
                    living worthly is a chance.
                      Live young, wild, and free,
                    value each time you can see.


                        Just like a river,
                    opportunities are there,
                        flowing and flowing,
                    but there is no returning.


                        It is a cycle,
                     it turns like a bicycle.
                        As it turns in ground,
                    life also turns up and down.


                        Love the life you had,
                     it is a gift from our God.
                        Before it will gone,
                     and regret what is not done.