Chapter I
Introduction:
I analyzed this poem named DR. SIGMUND FREUD DISCOVERS THE SEA SHELL
From
Archibald
MacLeish (1892-1982) because
poetry is very interesting. Why? Because many use figurative language such as
personification and similes. So it makes this poem has the implied meaning or
implicit meaning rather than the explicit meaning. I analyzed this poem using
my understanding of the basics of writing poetry and theory of freedom to interpret it means the author
of this poem is dead. So, I can analyze this poem according to my understanding
of poetry.
Chapter
II
Analysis
Name
of Stanza
What is stanza in poetry? Stanza is similar
to paragraphs in prose.
Both stanzas and paragraphs include connected thoughts and are set off by a
space. This poem consists of seven stanzas are divided into 4 Quatrain, 2 Tercet,
and the remaining one line that stands alone into one stanza.
Rhyme
Pattern
What is rhyme pattern? A
rhyme or rhyme pattern is a repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines
in poems or songs. The rhyme pattern of this poem is ABCA ABCA ABCA ABC
ABC A ABBC
Subject Matter
What is subject matter?
Subject matter is the general or specific topic of the poem (what the poem is
about). Subject matter of this poetry is Human
Belief. Because this poetry talks about human belief, human believe science
or human believe his religion. Both of them is antipathetic power that human
believe.
Theme
Theme is an element of a story that binds together various
other essential elements and gives readers’ better understanding of the meaning
of the poetry. Theme of this poetry is about 2 power that antipathetic but sometimes human race believe both of
them. Science and religion as metaphysic power are different power that
lead human to believe itself and they have different effect so to us as human. Especially
our knowledge about our life situation.
Meaning
What is meaning in poetry? Meaning
is a message to reader of the poetry to figure out the
purpose of the poetry. Meaning can mention what the feeling that poem wanted to
tell. Meaning of this poetry is science and religion have their own
power to make difference situation in our life, because we as human may believe
one of them or both of them.
Speaker
What is speaker in the poetry? Speaker
is the person which is reader is supposed to imagine
who
is talking in the poetry. The speaker of this poetry is he or the man. He means reflection of the human.
Audience
An
audience is a literary term used to describe for whom a writer is constructing
a poem. The audience of this poetry is she. She
means reflection of the the power of science.
Tone
Tone
What is tone in a poetry? Tone is the way how
they readers read and how they should feel while they are reading it. The tone of this poetry is
expressly because this poetry show us the firmness of the human about what they
believe.
Imagery
Imagery is
a language which is used to create image or a picture about what
is happening in the poem thoughts into all our senses and interpret visual images
to create interest imagine scenes and character that is
in poetry. This poetry uses visual imagery and audio sense this sense
can be seen in the first line of the fourth stanza, "Staring at darkness. In her
holy cell “author uses
imagery to explain the situation vision contained in poetry, audio sense be
seen from the third line of the last stanza, “Troubles forever with that
asking sound?” Explains the author wants to create a situation becomes
more dramatic by using auditory imagery so that the reader can captures the
voice of the person who asked the curiosity of the problems it faces life
between science and her religion.
Figurative
Language
What is figurative language? Figurative
language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is
different from the literal interpretation. There are many different types of figurative
language. I find the author of this poetry use two types of
figurative language such as:
1. Personification –
many lines of this poem is built using personification as in "She
knows how every living thing was fathered" here the author assumes
that every living creature can be a head or heart in this life, including
science and religion is a matter which different but can be used response to
the problem in this life but here the author does not use one of them to answer
the questions contained in the poem.
2. Metaphor-
besides personification author also use a metaphor to make different things contained
in the poem that science and religion is to have a resemblance but still be two
different things, one example on the line "She never wakes at night in heaven or
hell " here the author likens science and religion is like
heaven and hell, two different but we all would have ever felt.
Chapter III
Conclusion
From
my analysis of this poetry I can conclude this poetry is very skillfully. Why I
said that? Because this poetry is very implicit and use figurative language and
imagery to make it more imaginative. Personification and metaphor are very
dominant figurative language that author use to saying more with less word like
Mrs Arie Swastinie said since she first taught me in the literature class.
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BULLSHIT ARE YOU AN ENGLISH SPEAKER? YOUR ENGLISH IS SHIT
Learn English, then criticise a literary work! I feel sorry for myself. I wasted my time reading your gobbledygook !
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