Name : Riezki Faradiena
SRN : 1801121269
Class : TBI C
Poetry is a kind of literature which is conveyed in meaningful lines. It could be written or spoken form. The lines show a message within. In English poetry, there are three main genres. They are Lyric, Narrative, and Dramatic.
-Lyric poetry, it is like a song and related to emotional such as sonnets and odes. The example is How do I love Thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
How do I love thee? Let me count
the ways.
I love thee to the depth and
breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out
of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal
Grace
I love thee to the level of
everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and
candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive
for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn
from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to
use
In my old griefs, and with my
childhood's faith
I love thee with a love I seem to
love
With my lost saints, - I love thee
with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! -
and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
-Narrative poetry, usually as a story telling. The purpose is to entertain audience when they read it. In the past narrative is called ballad. For example, The Ballad of the Harp Weaver by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
"Son," said my mother,
When I was knee-high,
"you've need of clothes to
cover you,
and not a rag have I.
There's nothing in the house
To make a boy breeches,
Nor shears to cut a cloth with,
Nor thread to take stitches.
There's nothing in the house
But a loaf-end of rye,
And a harp with a woman's head
Nobody will buy,"
And she began to cry.
-Dramatic poetry, it needs more understanding to get the point of the message in specific situation. You need to analyze it deeply. My Last Duchess by Robert Browning is one of the examples.
That's my last Duchess painted on
the wall,
Looking as if she were alive. I
call
That piece a wonder, now; Fra
Pandolf's hands
Worked busily a day, and there she
stands.
Will't please you sit and look at
her? I said
"Fra Pandolf" by design,
for never read
Strangers like you that pictured
countenance,
The depth and passion of its earnest
glance,
But to myself they turned (since
none puts by
The curtain I have drawn for you,
but I)
And seemed as they would ask me, if
they durst,
How such a glance came there; so,
not the first
Are you to turn and ask thus. Sir,
'twas not
Her husband's presence only, called
that spot
Of joy into the Duchess' cheek;
perhaps
Fra Pandolf chanced to say,
"Her mantle laps
Over my lady's wrist too
much," or "Paint
Must never hope to reproduce the
faint
Half-flush that dies along her
throat."
In Indonesia, the poetry genres are narrative, lyric, and descriptive.
-Narrative poetry is telling a story. It is divided into two, romansa dan balada. The example is in book Balada Orang-orang Tercinta by WS Rendra.
Perempuan Sial
la terbaring di taman tua
pestol di tangan dan lubang di jidatnya
Mereka menemuinya tanpa dukacita
dan angin bau karat tembaga.
Mulutnya menggigit berahi layu
bunga biru dan berbau.
Matanya tidak juga pejam
lain mimpi, lain digenggam.
Ah, tubuhnya! Ah, rambutnya!
Tempat tidur tersia suami tua.
Bunga bagai dia diasuh angin
oleh nasib jatuh ke riba lelaki tua dingin.
Nizar yang menopangnva dari kelayuan
perempuan bagai bunga, lelaki bagai dahan.
Lelaki muda itu bertolak tinggalkan dia
tersisa jantung dan hati dari timah.
la terbaring di taman tua
pestol di tangan dan lubang di jidatnva.
Suaminya yang tua berkata:
- Farida, engkau ini perempuan sial!
-Lyric poetry, it is divided by three, they are elegi, serenade, and ode. The example of elegi, by Asrul Sani.
Elegi Jakarta
Pada tapal terakhir sampai ke Yogya,
bimbang telah datang pada nyala
langit telah tergantung suram
Kata-kata berantukan pada arti sendiri
Bimbang telah datang pada nyala
dan cinta tanah air akan berupa
peuru dalam darah
serta nilai yang bertebaran sepanjang masa
bertanya akan kesudahan ujian
mati - atau tiada mati-matinya
O jenderal, bapa, bapa
tiadakah engkau hendak berkata untuk kesekian kali
ataukah suatu kehilangan keyakinan
hanya akan tetap tinggal pada titik-sempurna
dan nanti tulisan yang telah diperbuat sementara
akan hilang ditiup angin
ia berdiam di pasir kering
- Descriptive poetry, is a poetry which informing the event such as satire and social critic poetry. The example is Di negeri amplop by Gus Mus.
Aladin menyembunyikan lampu wasiatnya “malu”
Samson tersipu – sipu, rambut keramatnya ditutupi topi “rapi – rapi”
David coverfil dan rudini bersembunyi “rendah diri”
Entah, andai Nabi Musa bersedia datang membawa tongkatnya
Amplop – amplop di negeri amplop mengatur dengan teratur
Hal – hal yang tak teratur menjadi teratur
Hal – hal yang teratur menjadi tak teratur
Memutuskan putusan yang tak putus
Membatalkan putusan yang sudah putus
Amplop – amplop menguasai penguasa
Dan mengendalikan orang – orang biasa
Amplop – amplop membeberkan dan menyembunyikan
Mencairkan dan membekukan
Mengganjal dan melicinkan
Orang bicara bisa bisu
Orang mendengar bisa tuli
Orang alim bisa nafsu
Orang sakti bisa mati
Di negri amplop, amplop – amplop mengamplopi apa saja dan siapa saja.
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