THE ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTHS TWO LUCY POEMS

A PAPER BY

AHMAD HANAFI REG. NO. 082202016

DIPLOMA III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF CULTURE STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF NORTH SUMATERA MEDAN JUNE 2011

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ABSTRAK Kertas karya yang berjudul The Analysis of William Wordsworth Two Lucy Poems ini mendeskripsikan tentang hasil analisis dua buah puisi dari Puisi Lucy yaitu A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal dan She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways menggunakan teori L.G. Alexander (1932). Menurut teori tersebut, puisi mempunyai beberapa unsur yaitu unsur makna, unsur struktur, unsur majas, unsur bunyi dan jenis. Tujuan dari penulisan kertas karya ini adalah untuk menganalisis dan menyimpulkan hasil analisis kedua puisi tersebut menggunakan teori tersebut. Kertas karya ini menggunakan metode penelitian pustaka dan dari pembahasan mengenai kedua puisi tersebut, terdapat makna yang sama yaitu tentang kesedihan dari kematian seorang gadis yaitu Lucy; puisi pertama mempunyai struktur Ilustrasi dan majas Personifikasi, sedangkan puisi kedua mempunyai struktur Kontras dan majas Simile, tetapi kedua puisi tersebut mempunyai bunyi yang sama yaitu Rhyme dan Assonan serta tipe yang sama yaitu puisi Lirik.

ABSTRACT Paper work entitled The Analysis of William Wordsworth Two Lucy Poems describes the results of the analysis of two poems from the Lucy Poems "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal" and "She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways" using theory of L.G. Alexander (1932). According to this theory, poetry has several elements, namely elements of meaning, structure element, the element of figure of speech, sound elements and types. The purpose of writing this paper is to analyze and conclude the results of analysis of both the poem uses the theory. This paper is written using one of the researching methods which is library research and from the discussion of both the poem, they have the same meaning that is about the sadness of the death of a girl that is Lucy; the first poem has the structure Illustrated and Personification figure of speech, while the second poem Contrasts and their structure and figure of speech Simile, but both poetry has the same sound that is Rhyme and Assonance and the same type of Lyric poetry.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Bismillaahirrahmaanirrahiim. First of all, I would like to thank and praise to the Almighty God, Allah SWT for blessing and giving me health, strength and ease to accomplish this paper as one of the requirements to get Diploma III certificate from English Study Program Faculty of Culture Studies, University of Sumatera Utara. And I present shalawat to Prophet Muhammad SAW as my good example in my life and I hope his blessing in the beyond. I would like to express a deep gratitude, love, appreciation, and thanks to: My mother Farida Hanum, Ama. Pd., number one mother in the world. You are the best. I love you very much. Thank you very much. I present this paper for you. My beloved siblings, Ahmad Nazril Aufa and Ahmad Irfan Hamdani. Thank you for all your motivations, advices, prays, loves and financial. My best grandfather Alm. H. Yahya Agus and my best grandmother Hj. Hanifah. I love you so much. My second parents, Alm. Papa Rahmad and Mak Ndut for being a kind and nice parents, may Allah bless you all. Wak Alang and Wak Ana, thanks for your patience in caring me. Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A. as the Head of Diploma III English Study Program, who gives me a lot of knowledge.

Dra. Redita Lubis, Dip. Appl. Ling., M.Hum. as my supervisor. Thank you for the valuable time in giving the correction and constructive critics in completing this paper.

Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A. as the Dean of Faculty of Culture Studies, University of Sumatera Utara.

All lecturers in Diploma III English Study Program for giving me advices and knowledge.

All of my friends in Class B 2008 and all my friends and alumnus in SOLIDAS.

All my friends in Teater O, HMI, Boarding House and Faculty of Letters.

My best friends Rahmad Agustiadi Laoli, Ferri Irawan, Rizki Putra Harahap, Mariadi, Agung Fahmi Pribadi and Zaid Mubarok Nasution. Thank you for your support, cares and other things that help me to complete this paper. Thank you for the nice friendship during our study. I will be missing the days we spent together.

Masyitah Batubara, I made your paper as my reference in finishing this paper. Thank you so much.

Ivanaliza Jalaluddin, for your help in checking the grammar of this paper. Thank you so much.

Finally, I do realize that this paper is still far from being perfect. Therefore, I welcome any constructive critics and suggestions towards this paper.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

AUTHORS DECLARATION COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ABSTRAK ABSTRACT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Background of Study 1.2 The Problem of Study 1.3 The Scope of Study 1.4 The Purpose of Study 1.5 The Method of Study

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CHAPTER 2 GENERAL REMARKS 2.1 The Definition of Poetry 2.2 The Meaning of Poetry 17 19 21 21 22 23

2.3 The Structural Devices of Poetry 2.4 The Sense Devices of Poetry 2.5 The Sound Devices of Poetry 2.6 The Types of Poetry

CHAPTER 3 THE ANALYSIS 3.1 A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal 25 29

3.2 She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways

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CHAPTER 4 THE CONCLUSIONS AND THE SUGGESTIONS 4.1 The Conclusions 4.2 The Suggestions 33 34

REFERENCES

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APPENDICES WILLIAM WORDSWORTHS BIOGRAPHY

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