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The Perception of Love and Death of Emily Dickinson Seen on Her Selected Poems THE PERCEPTION OF LOVE AND DEATH OF EMILY DICKINSON SEEN ON HER SELECTED POEMS AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By SANDI ADI CAHYO Student Number: 014214133 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2009 i ii iii iv v When you lose, don't lose the lesson. -Author Unknown- vi Dedicated to My beloved parents My brother and My Mbeb vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all I would like to express my greatest grateful to Jesus Christ, for His blessing and love, finally I finish my thesis. I would like to dedicate this thesis for my beloved family. I thank to my parents wholeheartedly for their passion and love, for never stop pray and encouraging me. I would like also express my thanks to my brother Daniel for his encouraging punch and my mbeb for her love, support and cares. I would like to thank my thesis advisor who is also my academic advisor Dewi Widyastuti, S.Pd, M.Hum. who always gives me help and guidance during my undergraduate thesis writing. Without her help and kindness I might have lots of trouble in passing this undergraduate thesis. She is also who have given me many worthy upbringings for years during my study in this university. I also thank my co-advisor, Tatang Iskarna, S.S., M.Hum. for his carefulness in reading and checking my writing. My special gratitude goes to my beloved best friends Yophi and Heri ‘Coking’, class of 2001; Bertus, Wawan, Fariz, Yosep, Garry, Vembri, Sigit, John, Monda, Vonny, Ayu, Sinda, Dian ‘Kriting’, Erna and others I cannot mention one by one. Thanks for the unforgettable memories. Last but not least, I thank all English Letters’ Lecturers and USD staff for the knowledge and the service I got during my study. Sandi Adi Cahyo viii TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ..................................................................................................... i APPROVAL PAGE .......................................................................................... ii ACCEPTANCE PAGE ..................................................................................... iii STATEMENT OF WORK’S ORIGINALITY .................................................. iv LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH UNTUK KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS ........................................... v MOTTO PAGE ................................................................................................. vi DEDICATION PAGE ....................................................................................... vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................................................................. viii TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................. ix ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................... xi ABSTRAK ........................................................................................................ xii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study ....................................................................... 1 B. Problem Formulation ............................................................................ 7 C. Objectives of the Study ......................................................................... 7 D. Definition of Terms ............................................................................... 7 CHAPTER II: THEORETICAL REVIEW A. Review on Related Studies ................................................................... 9 B. Review on Related Theories ................................................................. 11 C. Emily Dickinson’s Biography ............................................................... 20 D. Theoretical Framework ......................................................................... 22 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY A. Object of the Study ............................................................................... 23 B. Approach of the Study .......................................................................... 24 C. Method of the Study .............................................................................. 25 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS A. Symbols and Metaphor Used in the Poems 1 Explication …………………………………………………………..27 2 Symbols Used in the Poems ............................................................... 38 3 Metaphor Used in the Poems ………………………………………..42 B. Love and Death Related to Emily Dickinson’s Life .............................. 45 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION ..................................................................... 49 BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................... 51 APPENDICES Appendix 1 Because I Could Not Stop For Death ...................................... 54 ix Appendix 2 I Felt Funeral in My Brain ........................................................ 55 Appendix 3 I Heard a Fly Buzz when I Died .............................................. 56 Appendix 4 I Cannot Live with You .......................................................... 57 Appendix 5 You Left Me ............................................................................ 59 Appendix 6 Wild Nights – Wild Nights!” ................................................... 60 x ABSTRACT Sandi Adi Cahyo, 2009. The Perception of Love and Death of Emily Dickinson Seen on Her Selected Poems. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University Love and death are two important aspects of human life which cannot be separated. Every person has his/her own experience about love and death. Love hurts sometimes and even often. Many people are not ready to give up on love because they feel that all the loves they give were taken for granted. It hurts, just like the death which comes to take over someone whom we love. The lost of the people Emily Dickinson love gave her a new perception of death and immortality Emily Dickinson experienced it many times during her lifetime Thus, there is a connection between love and death. This study analyzes the poems written by Emily Dickinson. Based on the explanation about love and death above there are two problems in this thesis that the writer wants to solve. The first problem is to find out the symbols and the metaphor and their meanings from the selected poems. The second objective is to analyze the significant of the love and death poems to Emily Dickinson’s life. In order to analyze the problem, the writer conducted a library study. The primary data were gathered from the Emily Dickinson’s selected poems; “I cannot live with you,” “You Left Me,” “Wild Nights,” “I felt a Funeral in my Brain,” “I heard a fly buzz when I died,” and “Because I could not stop for Death.”The writer applied the biographical approach. This is due to the fact that this study deals with Emily Dickinson’s works and the relation with the love and death experience during her life. The meanings of love presented on Emily Dickinson’s selected poems mostly are erotic love and love of God. Love to the opposite sex which can be separated by death is erotic love. The other meaning of love presented on the poems is love of God which comes from her faith and her belief toward life after death and eternity. The meanings of death presented on the poems are biological death; which come from the idea of the death of people the speaker love and psychological death; which come from the feeling of the speaker loosing the people she love. Her experience facing many deaths made she was not afraid of death. For her death is not something to be feared, but rather embraced. Emily Dickinson wants to show us that there is more just than just not being alive. xi ABSTRAK Sandi Adi Cahyo, 2009. The Perception of Love and Death of Emily Dickinson Seen on Her Selected Poems. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University Cinta dan kematian adalah dua aspek penting dalam kehidupan manusia yang tidak dapat dipisahkan. Setiap orang memiliki pengalaman mereka sendiri tentang cinta dan kematian. Cinta kadang-kadang, bahkan sering, terasa menyakitkan. Banyak orang yang tidak siap untuk menyerahkan cinta karena mereka merasa bahwa telah memberikan semuanya demi cinta. Memang menyakitkan, contohnya kematian yang merenggut seseorang yang kita cintai. Kehilangan orang-orang yang Emily Dickinson cintai memberikannya persepsi baru tentang kematian dan keabadian. Emily Dickinson mengalami beberapa kali selama masa hidupnya. Dengan demikian, memang terdapat hubungan antara cinta dan kematian. Skripsi ini menganalisa puisi yang ditulis oleh Emily Dickinson. Berdasarkan penjelasan tentang cinta dan kematian di atas terdapat dua masalah dalam skripsi ini yang penulis ingin coba pecahkan. Yang pertama adalah untuk mencari tahu simbol dan metaphor dan arti dari symbol dan metaphor dari puisi yang dipilih. Tujuan yang kedua adalah untuk menganalisa pengaruh kehidupan Emily Dickinson dalam puisi bertemakan cinta dan kematian yang ditulisnya. Untuk memecahkan masalah, penulis melakukan penelitian kepustakaan. Dengan data primer yang dikumpulkan dari puisi-puisi Emily Dickinson; ; “I cannot live with you,” “You Left Me,” “Wild Nights,” “I felt a Funeral in my Brain,” “I heard a fly buzz when I died,” and “Because I could not stop for Death.” Penulis menerapkan pendekatan biografi. Hal ini disebabkan karena studi ini berkaitan dengan kehidupan Emily Dickinson's yang
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