CLASSIC AND MODERN POETRY

SISKA DEWI PARAMITHA(XII MIPA 7)

-ENRICHMENT-

The Classic Poetry

I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by William Wordsworth (1770-

1850)I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but theyOut-did the sparkling leaves in glee;A poet could not be but gay,In such a jocund company!I gazed—and gazed—but little thoughtWhat wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.

The Modern Poetry

The Lesson by Maya Angelou (1928-2014)

I keep on dying again.Veins collapse, opening like theSmall fists of sleepingChildren.Memory of old tombs,Rotting flesh and worms doNot convince me againstThe challenge. The yearsAnd cold defeat live deep inLines along my face.They dull my eyes, yetI keep on dying,Because I love to live.

Analysis of “The lesson”

The Lesson is tell us about live and death. This poem has 14 lines and 4 sentences. This is sonnet because it has 14 lines.

Style Of Language

Line 1“I keep on dying again.”

It’s use Hyperbole.The Writer isn't really dying, she just feels like she's dying. She use hyperbole to describe how h0ribble the struggles in her life feel. She’s has died more than once but now she’s still alive.

Line 2-4“Veins collapse, opening like the

Small fists of sleepingChildren.”

It’s use Simile.She compares her collapsing veins to the opening and closing fist of a child that is sleep. She has already said that she died once, and now she describes it in vivid detail.

Line 5-8 “Memory of old tombs,

Rotting flesh and worms doNot convince me against

The challenge. “It’s use Metaphore.“old tombs, rotting flesh, and worms” are metaphore. That she views life as a challenge, and that she is not about to give up on it, no matter how many times she has to face death.

Line 9-14“The years

And cold defeat live deep inLines along my face.

They dull my eyes, yetI keep on dying,

Because I love to live.”It’s use Personification.The writer gives human qualities to “the years” and “cold defeat” .”Lines along my face” She is an old woman, with lines along her face. She is grateful for every day of her life, and so she is willing to go through the pain and the suffering because she loves life.

–Siska Dewi Paramitha.

“Thank you.”