English: This paper aims to assert the connection between 19th century awit/poem Florante at Laura by the Bulacan poet Francisco "Balagtas" Baltazar published in 1834, in relation to the revolt of the masses of 1896, by using textual analysis on the selected documents of the Katipunan and most of the articles published in Kalayaan – the first and last organ of Katipunan – that was believed to have influenced in awakening and mobilizing 30,000 Filipinos on the eve of the revolution.
Filipino: Layunin ng papel na ito na igiit ang ugnayan ng naging popular noong ika-19 na siglong awit na Florante at Laura ng Bulakenyong makatang Francisco "Balagtas" Baltazar na nailathala noong 1834, sa pagrerebolusyon ng mga Pilipino noong 1896. Sa pamamagitan ng tekstuwal na pagsusuri, gagamitin ang mga piling dokumento ng Katipunan at ang kalakhang artikulong nalathala sa Kalayaan – ang una't huling pahayagan ng Katipunan – na sinasabing nakaimpluwensiya sa pagmumulat at pagpapakilos ng humigit-kumulang 30,000 Pilipino sa gabi ng himagsikan.