By Masyhuro NIM. 101026021581

61 Pages·2009·0.31 MB·English

APPROVEMENT

FIGURE OF SPEECH ANALYSIS ON ROBERT FROST’S POEMS

A PAPER

Submitted to the of Adab and Humanities
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
For the Degree of Strata (1)

By

Masyhuro
NIM. 101026021581

Advisor :

ELVE OKTAFIYANI, M. Hum
NIP. 150317725

ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF ADAB AND HUMANITIES
SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY
JAKARTA
2008
LEGALIZATION

A paper entitled Figure of Speech Analysis on Robert Frost’s Poems was
examined by examination board of Faculty of Humanities State Islamic Syarif
Hidayatullah Jakarta on July 1, 2008. It has been accepted as a partial fulfillment
of the requirements for acquiring the Degree of Strata 1 (S1) in English Letters
Department .

Examination Board

Chief, Secretary,

Dr. M. Farkhan, M.Pd. Drs. Asep Saepudin, M.Pd
NIP. 150299480 NIP. 150261902

Members

Examiner I, Examiner II,

Dini Masitah, SS. Supardi, SS
NIP. 150317724
ABSTRACT

The research discussed about kinds of figures of speech found on Robert
Frost poems. Here, the writer studied two poems the object of the study, they were
: My November guest and a late walk, figure of speech was used as the theoretical
framework of the research. Beside this, the explication was also used to explain
the poems in detail. The method of the research was the descriptive to explain
about the content of the poem. The writer focused in the explication of the poems,
then, followed by figure of speech analysis and the theme of those poems. The
goals of the research is to find and understand the meaning figure of speech used
in the poems. Besides that the writer also discussed the theme explained by those
figure of speech.
ACKNOWLEDMENTS

First of all, I thank to Allah, the lord of the word and the thereafter. I am
really sure that I have got is from him. Peace and blessing be upon oar prophet
Muhammad SAW all of his follower.
I would like to express the greatest honor to my beloved husband (H. Andi
Jamal Fuadi, S.Ag) who always accompanies me in sadness and happiness, my
beloved sons (Fatih Haikal Fuadi and Kaafi Maula Fuadi), my mother (Masitoh),
my father (Ahmad), my mother in law (Hj. Lughoyah Fitri), my father in law (H.
U. Mulyadi Abdul Aziz) who always give everything for me and for my life.
I cannot fail to mention my advisor Elve Oktafiyani for the great
contribution in finishing this paper. I also cannot fail to thank to my beloved sister
and brother (Nuriah Budiani and M. Arief Syamsudin) for their contribution in my
life. I thank for all they had given to me, and may God blesses they and their
family.
Special thank to Mr. and Mrs. H. Dani Mohammad Hasan Saiful Mubarok
and the family for great contribution and also for editing my paper.
I wish to say gratitude to the following persons
1. Dr. H. Abdul Chair, MA as the Dean of Faculty of Adab and Humanities,
Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University.
2. Dr. M Farkhan, M.Pd as the head of English Letter Department
3. Drs. Asep Saefuddin, M.Pd as the secretary of English Letter Department.
4. All lectures of English Letter Department who have taught and educated me
during my study at Syarif Hidayatullah University.
5. All of my friends of English Letter Department who cannot be mentioned one
by one for giving spirit and motivation.
May Allah bless Us, Finally, I release that this paper is far from being perfect,
Accordingly, I hope any suggestion and criticism for this paper.

Jakarta, January 2008
The Writer
TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVEMENT.................................................................................................. i
LEGALIZATION.................................................................................................. ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS................................................................................... iii
ABSTRACT.......................................................................................................... v
TABLE OF CONTENTS....................................................................................... vi

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 1
A. Background Of The Research .................................................................... 1
B. Focus Of The Study ................................................................................... 3
C. Research Question ..................................................................................... 3
D. Significant Of The Research ...................................................................... 3
E. Research Methodology .............................................................................. 3
1. The Objective of the Research ............................................................ 3
2. The Methodology of Research ............................................................ 4
3. Analysis Data ..................................................................................... 4
4. Analysis Unit ...................................................................................... 4
5. Place and Time ................................................................................... 4

CHAPTER II: THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK ................................................... 5
A. The Nature of Poetry ................................................................................. 5
B. Some Fundamental Elements of Poetry ..................................................... 6
C. Explication ................................................................................................ 9
D. The Nature of Figure of Speech ................................................................. 9
E. Kinds of Figures of Speech ........................................................................ 10

CHAPTER III: EXPLICATION OF THE POEMS ............................................... 16
A. Explication of My November Guest ........................................................... 17
B. Explication of A Late Walk ........................................................................ 28

CHAPTER IV: FIGURES OF SPEECH AND THEME ANALYSIS .................... 39
A. Data Description of My November Guest ................................................... 39
B. Analysis Figures of Speech of My November Guest.................................... 40
C. Data Description of A late Walk................................................................. 46
D. Analysis Figures of Speech of A Late Walk ............................................... 47
E. Analysis Of The Theme ............................................................................. 50

CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION ............................................................................ 53
BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................. 55
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Research
In every reading, a literary work will give people different response
and different meaning1, it depends on the response that built by the reader
among the works that he read, and the literary knowledge basic that he
mastered as well.
It also happens in poetry reading, how many times we were reading
the works and how much knowledge literary basic we were mastered will
give effect to the response of works that we read.
The response variously different in every reading; for the writer
opinions the responses becomes an autonomous from literary work which
are free from the writer of the works subjectivity2-responses come from
early reading will be different with the second, the beginner’s reading will
be different with the expert, also the camera we captured the work from
what side will effect the response it self.

1 I.A Richards argued that ”The all important fact for study literature-or any other mode of
communication-is that there are several kinds of meaning” I.A. Richards in Practical Criticism;
Chapter I. The four kinds of meaning. Via Critical Theory since Plato. Edited by Hazard Adams.
University of California. 1971. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publisher. London. P. 851
2 “No doubt it has always been that way. As soon as a fact is narrated no longer with a view to
acting directly on reality but intransitively, that is to say, finally outside of any function other than
that of the very practice of the symbol itself, this disconnection occurs, the voice loses its origin,
the author enters into his own death, writing begins.” Quoted from The Death of the Author of
Roland Barthes via Modern Criticism and Theory. Edited by David Lodge. Longman publisher.
New York. P. 168
Literary works has kind of genre from the early genre until the
latest modern, which are; Poetry, Prose, Drama, etc- and the latest is film.
For the first writer has mentioned poetry is very unique genre among the
other-in the writer view point-because it is come from the early and still
existed until the modern time.
Poetry as well, has structures to be recognized, a rhyme to be
enchanted and the symbolization that make poetry can grasps much things
with the little figurative language that almost used in this works
eventually.
Poetry-in general-or poem in specific work and in the next
paragraph mention, also is a unique media of communication, created in a
brief and concentrated form of language, it can give meaning intently. The
object to be communicated in a poem are various, for instance, the
experiences of life, emotional condition, the philosophy of life, and the
social critics for the times and place it’s lived.
Some of poet made his poem is very concern to the things that he
wants to see; it is called with curiosity or style from the poet, and also
usually influenced by the social life.
One of the greatest American poets who are capable of
communicating his ideas through poem was Robert Frost. He was born in
San Francisco, March 26, 1874 and died in Boston, January, 29, 1963.
His works may seem to be lucidly simple, after better
acquaintance, they turned out to be, in many instances, rich in hidden
meanings. Some words, which Emily Dickinson applied to her self, apply
to Frost; like her, he “thinks New Englandly.” There is certain reticence, a
teasing indirectness, in his way of telling his thought. Generally, he avoids
personal involvement by dramatizing. The used of figurative language is
mostly appear in his works. The simplicity appearance almost in his works
enriched by the figures of speech that he keeps in his work an
enchantment.
There are two works from Robert Frost that has made the writer is
curios to analyze more intensely; My November Guest and A Late Walk.
These two poems have exciting figure of speech almost in its contents.
For the reason why, the writer will tend to investigate and discover
these two poems as the paper goal, the research its self namely Figures of
Speech Analysis on two Robert Frost’s Poems; My November Guest and A
late Walk. The analysis will be focused on the configuration of figures of
speech on these two poems, the meaning of these figures of speech and the
influence of these figures of speech into the theme comprehensively.

B. Focus of the Study
The research focused on the intrinsic study of the poems, especially
figures of speech of the poems and the theme of these poems.