The writer used Diacritical Marks on all accented vowels in the poems. The links for the meanings and synonyms are provided for both Tagalog and English words with accompanying audio to help readers and poets properly pronounce and correctly spell the classical Tagalog words. Diacritics are marks placed above or below (or sometimes next to) a letter in a word to indicate a particular pronunciation - concerning accent, tone, or stress - as well as meaning, specifically when a homograph exists without the marked letter or letters. The writer would like to thank Project Gutenberg for providing the original epic Florante At Laura. Most of the poems used are of our national heroes, which are in the public domain.

This project aims to help our people in the northern and southern parts of the Philippines to learn the proper writing and pronunciation of our national language. Upon reading various poems by our National Heroes, I decided to provide a comprehensive and meaningful interpretation of the proper use of Tagalog Shakespearean words. To ease the pain of not knowing what those words mean, I used the Palatuldikan rules on all accented vowels to help readers and poets properly pronounce and correctly spell the words. Links are also introduced in the poems for everyone to click on, to enhance their knowledge of the Philippines' National Language. Diacritics are marks. placed above or below (or sometimes next to) a letter in a word to indicate a particular pronunciation - in regard to accent, tone, or stress - as well as meaning, specifically when a homograph exists without the marked letter or letters. Furthermore, meanings and synonyms in Tagalog and English are accompanied by audio to help users correctly pronounce the words. The writer used the poems of our national heroes, which reside in the public domain, as examples. Thanks to Project Gutenberg for the epic Florante At Laura.

      
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