RaisaMunikaRR

POETRY

Name : Raisa Munika Restiani

SRN : 18021252

Class : TBI B (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. I think Poetry is a series of characters full of meaning, poetry is created with taste, poetry is a conscience in words, and poetry is a series of lines with beautiful rhymes.

2. Although poetry is a form of self-expression that knows no bounds, it can be safely divided into at least three main genres : lyric, Narrative, and Dramatic

· Lyric poetry

Lyric Poetry is especially song-like and emotional. Sonnets and odes are examples of poems that are lyrical in nature. Lyric poems do not necessarily tell a story but focus on more personal emotions, attitudes, and the author's state of mind.

“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 everyday'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.

· Narrative Poetry

A narrative poem tells a story. Typically, these can be read aloud and will maintain the audience's attention due to their rhythmic movement.

“The Ballad Of The Harp Waever”

"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.

· Dramatic poetry

Dramatic Poetry encompasses a highly emotional story that's written in verse and meant to be recited. It usually tells a story or refers to a specific situation. This would include closet drama, dramatic monologues, and rhyme verse.

“The Dream Called Life”

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. Types of Poetry in Indonesia, Similar as in English, Indonesian poem is also classified into some categories according to the era of creation. In general, poetry in Bahasa Indonesia is classified into three which are old poem, modern poem, and contemporary poem.

· Old poem.