BAB I
PENDAHULUAN
C. Tujuan
Analisi puisi ini bertujuan untuk:
1. Untuk mengetahui mengapa puisi itu berjudul Love and a Question.
2. Untuk mengetahui pesan yang terkandung di dalam puisi.
BAB II
LANDASAN TEORI
B. Structural
Secara Etimologis struktur berasal dari kata Structura (Latin) = bentuk, bangunan
(kata benda). System (Latin) = cara (kata kerja). Asal usul strukturalis dapat dilacak dengan
Poetica Aristoteles, dalam kaitannya dengan tragedi, lebih khusus lagi dalam
pembicaraannya mengenai plot.
Pendekatan struktural merupakan pendekatan intrinsik, yakni membicarakan karya
tersebut pada unsur-unsur yang membangun karya sastra dari dalam. Pendekatan tersebut
meneliti karya sastra sebagai karya yang otonom dan terlepas dari latar belakang sosial,
sejarah, biografi pengarang dan segala hal yang ada di luar karya sastra (Satoto, 1993: 32).
Pendekatan struktural mencoba menguraikan keterkaitan dan fungsi masing-masing unsur
karya sastra sebagai kesatuan struktural yang bersama-sama menghasilkan makna
menyeluruh (Teeuw, 1984: 135). Jadi dapat diambil kesimpulan bahwa pendekatan struktural
adalah suatu pendekatan dalam ilmu sastra yang cara kerjanya menganalisis unsur-unsur
struktur yang membangun karya sastra dari dalam, serta mencari relevansi atau keterkaiatan
unsur-unsur tersebut dalam rangka mencapai kebulatan makna.
BAB III
PEMBAHASAN
A. Analisis
1. Puisi Love and a Question
Love and a Question
By Robert Frost
2. TPCASTT
a. Title (Judul)
Puisi tersebut berjudul Love and a Question by Robert Frost.
Love disini berarti kasih sayang yang ditunjukkan oleh orang-orang.
Questions berarti sesuatu yang membuat orang menjadi bingung dan penasaran.
Puisi ini mungkin bercerita tentang cinta dari pasangan dan ada masalah yang terjadi di cinta
mereka yang membuat mereka bingung sehingga mereka bertanya untuk mencari solusi dari
masalah tersebut.
-2 The bridegroom came forth into the porch • The bridegroom went to the
With, ‘Let us look at the sky, terrace
• Stranger says ”let us look at the
sky”
• And ask what the night would
be like
And question what of the night to be,
• The woodbine leaves dirty the
Stranger, you and I.’
yard
The woodbine leaves littered the yard,
• The color of woodbine berries
The woodbine berries were blue,
were blue
Autumn, yes, winter was in the wind;
• The winter would come by the
‘Stranger, I wish I knew.’
sign of autumn
• The bridegroom asked “I wish I
knew”
-4 The bridegroom thought it little to give • The bridegroom gave the
A dole of bread, a purse, stranger
A heartfelt prayer for the poor of God, • A piece of bread and a few
Or for the rich a curse; money
But whether or not a man was asked • And did a pray for the stranger
To mar the love of two • But whether or not a man was
By harboring woe in the bridal house, asked
The bridegroom wished he knew. • To break the love atmosphere
between them
• The bridegroom wished he
knew
c. Connotation
1) Imagery
a) Visual Imagery
Stanza 1
Line 3, 4 and 5:
He bore a green-white stick in his hand,
And, for all burden, care.
He asked with the eyes more than the lips
These lines use visual imagery, they show us that the stranger brought a stick with loads
over his shoulders and he requested for something he really needed just by using his eyes to
describe his request for the owner of the house.
Line 7 and 8:
And he turned and looked at the road afar
Without a window light.
These lines use visual imagery. These lines show us that the bridegroom observed the
road by paying close attention to the roads and houses surrounded without light from the
window of those houses shown by the visual imagery of window light.
Stanza 2
Line 5 and 6:
The woodbine leaves littered the yard,
The woodbine berries were blue,
These lines use visual imagery in which show us that kinds of plants woodbine berry
colored in blue has dirtied the yard.
Stanza 3
Line 1, 2, 3 and 5:
Within, the bride in the dusk alone
Bent over the open fire,
Her face rose-red with the glowing coal
The bridegroom looked at the weary road
These lines above use visual imagery. These lines show us that the bride was alone
waiting for her husband to come close to her in which she was in her sensual desire shown by
her face that turned rose-red. Meanwhile the bridegroom still observed the road, made sure
the road wasn’t too bad for the homeless stranger to walk through
Stanza 4
Line 1:
The bridegroom looked at the weary road
These lines use visual imagery in which show us that the bridegroom again observed the
road, make sure that it is not too bad road for the stranger to be outside.
b) Auditory imagery
Stanza 1
Line 2:
• And he spoke the bridegroom fair.
This line uses auditory imagery since the stranger spoked to the bridegroom. This line
shows us that the stranger has approached the newlyweds’ house and he directly spoked to
him.
Stanza 2
Line 3:
And question what of the night to be
This line uses auditory imagery. The words in “And question what of the night to be”
shows that the speaker ask himself considering about the situation of that night.
c) Kinesthetic imagery
Stanza 1 :
Line 1, 3 and 7:
A Stranger came to the door at eve,
He bore a green-white stick in his hand,
And he turned and looked at the road afar
These lines use kinesthetic imagery. These lines show us that the stranger came to a
newlyweds’ house at a night and he bring a stick in his hand which may guide him along the
roads he walk by. While, again, the bridegroom turned his body to observing the situation of
the road.
Stanza 2:
Line 1 and 2:
The bridegroom came forth into the porch
With, ‘Let us look at the sky,
These lines use kinesthetic imagery in which the bridegroom showed an action of coming
forth to the house terrace and invited the stranger to consider the weather through the sky
appearance.
d) Tactile imagery
Stanza 2 :
Line 7:
Autumn, yes, winter was in the wind;
This line uses tactile imagery that the winter will be coming as the speaker felt it through
the wind.
e) Symbols
Symbol that have been founded from the poem are as following;
Gold and silver can be seen as valuable and precious
Autumn and Winter can be associated with death
Roses and the color red are associated with love and passion
d. Attitude
The Speaker:
The speaker is male, it’s bridegroom and he sounds wife because he doesn’t directly chase
away the stranger yet he gave him money and bread. Although actually was in his dilemma
that he was fear that would ruin the mood of his wedding night by allowing the stranger to
stay.
The Audience
The audience is more likely adult because the poem is about love of married couple and the
duty of men to a fellow human being.
The Tone (Attitude)
The speaker’s tone is hesitancy because he was in his dilemma whether or not he would
allow the stranger to stay in his bridal house.
e. Shift
There are 3 major shifts in this poem;
a) From the second stanza to the third stanza, it changes from focus on stranger to focus on
wife.
b) In the fourth stanza, the bridegroom makes the decision.
c) In the fourth stanza (line 8) the bridegroom still consider his decision.
In tone, the shifts may as following;
The poem begins with hesitancy tone. Then the tone changed from the third stanza, it
become sensuality tone desired by the bride in the line of ‘her face rose-red with the glowing
coal and the thought of heart’s desire’. Then in the last stanza shows it’s back to the hesitancy
tone since the man still confused whether his decision was right or wrong by the line of ‘the
bridegroom wished he knew.”
f. Tittle Again
After we read the poem entitled “Love and A Question” depicts the beautiful young bride
was waiting for her husband with fulfilling of love. This poem is about compassionate love
and passionate love which inside the love contains of problems and evokes to questions
where decision is needed to made.
g. Theme
The theme of the story is “Natural human nature is love and affection, where those feelings
often cause unrest in which we have to consider the problems that they caused.”
This poem teaches us that we have to be wise in choosing compassionate love to others and
passionate love, so we don’t regret the decisions that we make. Be wise for now and future
life.
h. Summary
There was a marriage couple was on their honeymoon. They wanted their time together.
Suddenly a stranger (old man) came to their house. He asked to stay for a night. Because of
the bride was fulfill of love to her husband, the groom did not want to make his wife
disappointed and disturbed their first night. The groom denied the man to stay in their house,
but with the feeling of pity, the groom gave a piece of bread and a few money and pray for
the man. Then the man received those things and went away from the bridegroom’s house.
Finally the man was feeling dilemma because was his action right or not?.
Altruisme: perhatian non-egois kepada orang lain (yang tidak dimiliki oleh banyak orang).
Komitmen: keinginan untuk mengabadikan cinta, tekad yang kuat dalam suatu hubungan.
Passion: hasrat dan atau nafsu seksual yang cenderung menggebu-gebu.
Physical intimacy: berbagi kehidupan erat satu sama lain secara fisik, termasuk di dalamnya
hubungan seksual.
Kepentingan pribadi: cinta yang mengharapkan imbalan pribadi, cenderung egois dan ada
keinginan untuk memanfaatkan pasangan.
Berangkat dari teori serta bentuk-bentuk cinta yang telah dipaparkan di atas puisi ini akan
di analisis.
Pada stanza tersebut mengambarkan suasana yang sedang dialami mempelai wanita
dimalam pertamanya, dimana seharusnya dia mendapatkan haknya sebagai seorang istri,
namun suaminya meninggalkannya sendiri.
Ini menunjukan hasrat menggebu-gebu seorang istri terhadap suaminya. Dimana malam
itu merupakan malam-malam pengantin baru yang seharusnya dimanfaatkan oleh kedua
mempelai untuk memaduh kasih. Namun mempelai pria meninggalkan istinya yang sedang
berhasrat dan memilih untuk menemui orang asing.
c) Pelayanan
Stanza ke-4 syair 1-3
The bridegroom thought it little to give
A dole of bread, a purse,
A heartfelt prayer for the poor of God,
Untuk memudahkan memahami maksud dari syair tersebut maka kita mengunakan
Paraphrase dari analisis TPCASTT.
B. KESIMPULAN
Puisi Love and a Question bercerita tentang pasangan pengantin baru yang tengah
menjalani malam bulan madu mereka di penghujung musim gugur. Tiba-tiba ada orang asing
yang datang dan meminta tumpangan untuk menginap di tempat bulan madu mereka. Sang
mempelai pria merasa iba dengan orang tersebut namun tidak mungkin ia berikan tumpangan
karena ini adalah malam bulan madu mereka, dan mempelai pria tidak ingin membuat
istrinya kecewa dan terganggu dengan kehadiran orang asing. Kemudian mempelai pria
memberikan sepotong roti dan uang serta mendoakan orang asing tersebut dan tidak
memberikan tumpangan. Namun dia masih bertanya-tanya, apakah keputusan yang
diambilnya tepat.
Setelah dilakukan analisis ternyata sang mempelai pria mengambil keputusan yang
tepat. Karena dia memilih istrinya yang jelas merupakan keluarganya dan teman hidupnya
dibandingkan memilih orang asing yang baru ditemuinya.
Puisi Love and a Question merupakan puisi cinta antara pasangan suami-istri dan cinta
terhadap sesama manusia. Namun di dalam puisi ini jga bercerita tentang cinta mahluk
kepada Tuhan. Ini terbukti pada stanza ke-4 syair ke-3 yang berbunyi “A heartfelt prayer for
the poor of God,”. Sang mempelai pria hanya mengantukkan harapan dengan doanya kepada
Tuhan dan ini menunjukkan cintanya kepada sang pencipta. Meskipun kita cinta kepada
mahluk namun perlu kita ketahui bahwa cinta yang hakiki adalah cinta kepafa Tuhan.