Abdul Wakhid analyzes a free form poem entitled Love is Enough. He is one of the English teachers form Indramayu, West Java, Indonesia. He thinks that the poem is suitable for the students of junior high school because by presenting the poem the teacher could give a lot of linguistics figures. The teacher should lead and guide the students to get the meaning of difficult word or phrase. The analysis is presented as follows.
LOVE IS ENOUGH
Love is enough: though the world be a-waning,
And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining,
Though the skies be too dark for dim eyes to discover
The gold -cups and daisies fair blooming there under,
Though the hill be held shadows, and the sea a dark wonder,
And this day draw a veil over all deeds passed over,
Yet their hands shall not tremble, their feet shall not falter;
The void shall not weary, the fear shall not alter
These lips and these eyes of the loved and the lover.
(William Morris, 1834-96).
1. William Morris was a well- known poet from England. He lived in 1834 to1896. He wrote a lot of poems.
2. “Love is Enough” is one of Morris ‘poem. This poem is categorized as Free-Form Poem because it describes something and expresses a thought. Even though it is free-form but it still concern for rhyme. Morris talked about love that never changes because of the situation and condition. Love will always present as it existence, whenever.
3. Poetic Devices
a. Rhyme
This poem is free-form poem but has rhyme at the end of each line. The rhyme scheme is a-a-b-b-b-b-b-b-b. This is free-form because it consists of 9 lines in one stanza.
b. Rhythm
This poem has no a recognizable though variable pattern in the beat of stressed of sound.
c. Alliteration
This poem has no fixed alliteration aspect.
d. Onomatopoeia
No word identified as onomatopoeia.
e. Repetition
There many repetitions of the word in this poem. The word voice in line 2, word over in line 6, word their in line 7, word shall in line 7 and 8, word these and phrase the love in line 9.
f. Imagery
This poem uses personification such as in the phrases: “the wood have no voice” and “the hill be held shadows”.
This poem also uses hyperbole as the phrases “the world be a waning”, “the skies be too dark”, and “the sea dark wonder”.
4. Content
a. Theme : Nothing important except love.
b. Tone : Optimistic.
5. Message : Express our love appropriately for the shake of human being.
6. Comment
This poem is suitable for the students of junior high school because by presenting the poem the teacher could give a lot of linguistics figures. The teacher should lead and guide the students to get the meaning of difficult word or phrase.
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