THE FORM’S ELEMENT OF POETRY

Like the other of literature genre, poetry also has a specific character. Poetry is not free style of writing. In making a poetry, we must pay attention to some rules to create it. The rules are called the form’s element of poetry.
1. Line
It is a single line of word in a poetry. We can say that line is “the sentence of poetry”.
2. Rhythm
Rhythm is the pattern of repeated sound.
3. Foot
Feet is a intonation of reading the poetry based on the dictionary. In the other word, feet is a regulation how to read the poetry. When you speak, you don't say everything in a steady tone like a “hum”-you'd sound funny-. Instead, you stress parts of words. You say different parts of words with different volume, and your voice rises and falls as if you were singing a song. Mostly, we don't notice we're doing it. Poetry in English is often made up of poetic units or “feet”. It consists of stresses (accented) and/or unstressed (unaccented). There is a rule how to determine a feet in a poetry.
4. Rhyme Scheme
Rhyme in poetry refers to the identity of sound at the ends of lines. "Rhyme" usually means end rhymes (words at the end of a line). They give balance and please the ear. Sometimes rhymes are exact. Other times they are just similar. Both are okay.
Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme. For example:
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
The rhyme scheme is aaba (because "know", "though", and "snow" rhyme, they are marked "a", while "here" is another rhyme, and is marked "b")
Notice: rhyme is based on the sound, not the letter.
5. Stanza
Stanza is the smallest unit in a poetry. A grouping of lines, equivalent to a paragraph in prose, is called a stanza. Type of stanza based on the number of line:
•    Couplet (stanza composed two lines)
•    Triplet/ tercet (stanza composed three lines)
•    Quatrain (stanza composed four lines)
•    Cinquain (stanza composed five lines)
•    Sestet (stanza composed six lines)
•    Septet (stanza composed seven lines)
•    Octave (stanza composed eight lines)
•    Sonnet (stanza composed fourteen lines)

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POINT OF VIEW IN PROSE

Point of view is relationship of the storyteller or narrator to the story. By the point of view, the author allows us to "see" and "hear" what's going on. The skillful of authors can makes the readers give attention to the story. Point of view is divided into two main kind.

First-person point of view
In the first person point of view, the narrator does participate in the action of the story. This point of view is used when a character narrates the story with I-me-my-mine in his or her speech. He or she can appears as main character or supporting character.
Third-person point of view 

Here the narrator does not participate in the action of the story as one of the characters. The writer may choose third-person omniscient, in which the writer know everything and his knowledge and prerogative are unlimited, or third-person limited, in which the writer know only in one angle.

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DETERMINE THE FEET IN A LINE OF POETRY

How to determine the feet in a line?

1. Determine how many syllables are there in the line;

2. Read naturally the sentence (in reading there must be stressed and unstressed syllables, these will be used to determine the kind of feet possesed by the line).

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Kinds of Feet 

1. Iambic: 1 unaccented followed by 1 accented

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2. Trochaic: 1 accented followed by 1 unaccented
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 3. Dactylic: 1 accented followed by 2 unaccented

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 4. Anapestic: 2 unaccented followed by 1 accented

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 5. Spondaic: 2 unaccented

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Metrical lines
Metric is the art or study of using meter/ syllabic pattern in poetry;

1. After discovering the pattern of the feet, the next step is to determine the meter;
2. To know the meter, just count how many patterns are in the line and put one of the name of line below after the name of the pattern.

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Note:

• The sentence is called iambic, since it has pattern one unstressed followed by one stressed;
• It has four feet, so that the meter is tetrameter;
• So the name of the above line is iambic tetrameter.

Source: http://awinlanguage.blogspot.com/2012/04/basic-versification-of-poetry.html

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NATURE OF LITERATURE

Literature is the expression of human’s feelings, ideas, imaginations, thoughts, experiences, and emotions which are applied in beautiful language whose purpose is to entertain.  Literature can be expressed by language, both oral and written. In other word, the medium of literature is language. The genres of literature are poetry, prose, and drama.

Literature is used when human use language in their communication. Its mean that the literature is used since Adam is created. Literature is the product of language. Without language we don’t know about literature. Because, the expression of language produce literature.

Literature is different from scientific work. They can differentiate based on the purpose in making them. While the function of scientific work is to give information, and the literature is to entertain the reader.

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THE CONTENT’S ELEMENT OF POETRY

Analyzing poetry is not only based on form’s element, but also we can use the other aspect that is content’s element. And below, it is the content’s element of poetry.
1. Theme
Theme is the general idea of a story. It is described by the used-words or phrases of the poetry.
2. Title
Title is the representation all of story
3. Point of View
Point of view is the different angle to see the subject. The author look something in the other glasses. It means we can find what the author’s opinion of something in different ways are.
4. Atmosphere
Atmosphere is included of the author’s mood and tone. They are pointed by emotional situation and the attitude of the author. The author shows them in selecting of word
5. Style
In poetry, the language that used is full of symbols, connotations, or figurative language. Style are represented or compare something else besides itself.
6. Message
Message is the value that the author wants to convey to us.

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WHAT IS POETRY ?

If we look for an answer to the question “what is poetry?”, we will find a lot of the definition of poetry. Everyone has their own definition. The definition of poetry is always complicated matter and makes us confused. Why is it that everyone can identify poetry, but no one can define it? This is indicate that how extremely important and meaningful poetry is.

Anyway, the general idea which refers to definition of poetry is one of literature form, that has specific rhythm, rhyme, and figurative language. Commonly, if it rhymed and have a rhythm, it probably was a poetry. In Oxford Dictionary, mentioned that poetry is literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature. The word of “poetry” is derived from Greek, “poiesis” which the meaning is “making”.

The further question is “what is the different between poetry and prose?”. The simple thing that make difference is, while prose is organized with sentences and paragraphs, poetry is organized into lines and stanza.

Actually, the poetry made is not to define. The fundamental things of poetry is its content.

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LITERATURE VALUE

Before discuss about literature’s value, we should know the meaning of value. Value is an agreement of member society concerning what is bad or good. It is as regulation how to life of member society. So, we can say that value is guide line how to life.
The next question is, what is literature’s value?
Value in literature refers to qualities of poetry, prose’s, and dramas which makes them compatible to read or not.
The worthwhile of literature can be evaluated using those ways. 
1. Entertainment Value
By reading it, we can enjoy ourselves. Its indicator is, whether we’re enjoy pass the time by reading it. This value is subjective, so it cannot judge whether the literature good or bad
2. Political Value
Politic is how to manage power. The author lead our mind according him/her. It can change the way people live with and influence each other
3. Artistic Value
It helps us contemplate the reality of beauty and human creativity
4. Cultural Value
Discuss about the culture of ethnic. Indirectly, the author conserves the culture
5. Historical Value
It tell about past events. So, if we reading the literature we can know and understand about past.
6. Moral Value
We can learn what is right or wrong. It teaches the readers to live better.
7. Ethical Value
If reading it, helps us asks questions related to standards of a “good” life
8. Philosophy Value
The author lead us to contemplate about something. It explores human knowledge, how we know and what we know.

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ANALYZING POETRY

How to analyze a poetry? After we learn about the elements of poetry whether in form or content side, we can analyze the poetry entirely. And this is the steps.
1. Read the all of poetry
    It means to get understanding of poetry. If the poetry written in foreign language, we may translate it first
2. Interpret each stanza
    A poetry written in short text. The author usually uses the figurative language to represent something. Find the meaning word by word contextually
3. Decide of theme
    Find the general idea that the poetry talk about
4. Analyze atmosphere
    It is included of the author’s mood and tone. They are pointed by emotional situation and the attitude of the author. The author shows them in selecting of word
5. Find point of view
    Point of view is the different angle to see the subject. The author look something in the other glasses. It means we can find what the author’s opinion of something in different ways are.
6. Try to find the style
    The language of poetry is full of symbols, connotations, or figure of speeches. They are represent or compare something else besides itself.
7. Find the message
    After reading and comprehending the poetry, we are able to find the value that the author want to convey
8. Summarize
    As the result of understanding a poetry, we can make a summary of the poetry as a whole

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LABILE

Bang!!!
I'm blank...
Wanna be drunk...
Go anywhere while sing a song...
But, don't know what I've sung...
Although it is not too long...
Ting Tong Ting Tong...
All of people are mocking...
Who am I? Think!!!
Hahahaha...
I'm just annoying...

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THE END

Let this country go to hell
With its bad smell
There is no way to get well

Government's promises is like a big sell
Political party enjoy making a yell
Corrupter stay happily at cell
I hate to tell

Let this country go to hell
With its bad smell

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WHAT IF

What if Devils worship to Adam?
What if women don't have vagina?
What if Indonesia Raya is Dangdut Genre?
What if there aren't animals and plants?
What if Einstein be our president?
What if we can get everything?
What if till the end, we shouldn't ask "what if" anymore?

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