Name : Aqilla Widyastuti
SRN : 1801121250
Class : C 5
Three questions about Poetry (October 3rd, 2020)
1. What is poetry? Based on your opinion.
2. What are genres of English Poetry? give an example of each genres.
3. What are genres of Indonesian Poetry? give an example of each genres.
ANSWER
1. Poetry is a written art that created by someone to convey a message. Poetry is not just a word but also a form and a pattern of sound.
2. The genres of English poetry, there are three main genres :
- Narrative Poetry : tells a story
Example : Edna St. Vincent Millay's "The Ballad of the Harp Weaver"
"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.
- Lyric Poetry : song-like and emotional.
Example : Elizabeth Barrett Browning's famous poem "How Do I Love Thee".
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 every day'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.
- Dramatic poetry : encompasses a highly emotional story with a specific situation.
Example : "The Dream Called Life" by Pedro Calderon de la Barca.
DREAM it was in which I found myself.
And you that hail me now, then hailed me king,
In a brave palace that was all my own,
Within, and all without it, mine; until,
Drunk with excess of majesty and pride,
Methought I towered so big and swelled so wide
That of myself I burst the glittering bubble
Which my ambition had about me blown
And all again was darkness. Such a dream
As this, in which I may be walking now,
Dispensing solemn justice to you shadows,
Who make believe to listen; but anon
Kings, princes, captains, warriors, plume and steel,
Ay, even with all your airy theater,
May flit into the air you seem to rend.
3. There are several genres of poetry in Indonesia :
- Old Poetry (up to the 1920) : Mantra, pantun, karmina, seloka, gurindam, syair and talibun.
Example : Seloka
Sudah bertemu kasih sayang
Duduk terkurung malam siang
Hingga setapak tiada renggang
Tulang sendi habis berguncang
- New Poetry (1920- now) : balada, himme, ode, epigram, romansa, elegi, satire, distikon, terzina, kuatrain, kuint, sektet, septima, oktaf and suneta.
Example : Ode
Guruku…
Engkau pahlawanku
Pahlawan tanpa tanda jasa
Engkau menemaniku
Saatku di sekolah
Saatku belum mengenalmu
Engkau mengajariku
Mulai dari Taman Kanak- kanak
Hingga ku sampai kuliahGuruku…
Takkan kulupakan semua jasamu
Yang telah bersusah payah mengajariku
Hingga aku bisa
Terima kasih guruku
- Contemporary Poetry : poetry that no longer talks about the shrewdness of language poets, but rather the structure of typography, and sometimes it appears in gauze.
Example :
O dukaku dukakau dukarisau dukakalian dukangiau
resahku resahkau resahrisau resahbalau resahkalian
raguku ragukau raguguru ragutahu ragukalian
mauku maukau mautahu mausampai maukalian maukenal maugapai
siasiaku siasiakau siasia siabalau siarisau siakalian siasia
waswasku waswaskau waswaskalian waswaswaswaswaswaswaswaswaswas
duhaiku duhaikau duhairindu duhaingilu duhaikalian duhaisangsai
oku okau okosong orindu okalian obolong o risau o Kau O…
Reference
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-poems.html
https://dosenbahasa.com/jenis-jenis-puisi
