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Robert Frost As a Natural Poet Portrayed in His ROBERT FROST AS A NATURAL POET PORTRAYED IN HIS SELECETED POEMS A THESIS BY : AFIAH ISWARA REG. NO. 130705105 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2018 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ROBERT FROST AS A NATURAL POET PORTRAYED IN HIS SELECETED POEMS A THESIS BY AFIAH ISWARA REG. NO. 130705105 SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR Dr. Martha Pardede M.S Riko Andika Rahmat Pohan, S.S.,M.Hum NIP: 195212291 97903 2 001 NIP: 196801221 99803 2 001 Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department of English. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2018 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination. Head, Secretary, Prof.T.Silvana Sinar,MA.,Ph.D Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. NIP. 10540916 198003 2 003 NIP. 19750209 200812 1 002 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara. The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara on Friday, November 16th, 2018 Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S. NIP. 19600805 198703 1 001 Board of Examiners Dr. Martha Pardede M.S Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. Dr. Siti Norma Nasution M.Hum UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, AFIAH ISWARA DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS. EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHE ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A THESIS BY WHICH QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THE THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION. SIGNED : DATE : November 16th, 2018 i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : AFIAH ISWARA TITLE OF THESIS : ROBERT FROST AS A NATURAL POET PORTRAYED IN HIS SELECTED POEMS QUALIFICATION : S1/SARJANA SASTRA DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT USERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER LAW OF THE REPUBLIC INDONESIA. SIGNED : DATE : November 16th, 2018 ii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bismillahirahmanirrahim. First of all, I would like to express my special thankfulness and praise to God, Allah SWT the almighty God who gave me faith and strength to walk through even the hardest time in my life. He is always faithful and makes me full of hope. Without his help, this thesis will never be finished at last. In this occasion, I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to the Rector of University of Sumatera Utara, Prof. Runtung Sitepu, S.H, M.Hum also thank Dr. Budi Astono, M.S, the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara, the Head of English Department Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A., Ph.D, and the secretary of English Department Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A. Ph.D. Who have given a great an opportunity and fully supported to complete thesis and all the opportunities and facilities given to me till the end of my study in this faculty. I would like to express warmth and appreciation my sincerely gratitude to my Supervisor Dr. Martha Pardede M.S, and my Co-Supervisor Riko Andika Rahmat Pohan, S.S.,M.Hum who have given brilliant supervision, generous guidance, advice, encouragement and patience to shapes the ideas into the thesis successful and assisted me at every point to cherish my goal. And not forget to thanks to all lectures of English Department who have already taught me previously. Later, I also thank to Mr. Kibot as the former staff of English Department who has given me contributions in accomplishing the administration matter to finish this thesis. iii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA My special thanks to my beloved parents Mr. Iswanto and Mrs. Wiraida and also Sabariyani Rusli for their pray, and their endless love that they shared with me, and their material support for my needs. I also thank to my beloved one Rizky Pratama Lubis Amd.Kom and also young sister Affini Andhini and Ade Syahrani, and my older brothers Jaka, Alif, Nanda for their supports and endless love during my academic years. Many thanks are addressed to my junior high school squad, Arief, Halim, Ibnu, Agung. And for my senior high school Aipeh, Tini, Dhilla and Dede and big thank to my Wakanda squad: Ade, Sifa, Fira, Mira and Dhea and all of my friends of English Department for their supports me during the process of my academic year and also during writing this thesis. Medan, November 18, 2018 The writer Afiah Iswara Reg. No. 130705105 iv UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT This thesis is entitled Robert Frost as Natural Poet Potrayed in His Selected Poem. This thesis analized ten Robert Frost’s poems. They are Stopping by Woods on A Snowy Evening, The Pasture, After Apple Picking, Tuft of Flowers, Fire and Ice, Mowing, The Oven Bird, Nothing Gold can Stay, The Road Not Taken and Mending Wall. This research was conducted by using qualitative and quantitative method. The data were collected from the ten poems. The data of this research were analyzed by using four aspects. They are sense, feeling, tone and intention. From the analysis of the data, the writer found that nature were used in Robert Frost’s poems. It was also found that flower is the nature mostly used in the poems. Key words: Nature, Poem, Analysis v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Skripsi ini berjudul Robert Frost as Natural Poet Potrayed in His Selected Poem. This thesis analized ten Robert Frost’s poems. Seperti Stopping by Woods on A Snowy Evening, The Pasture, After Apple Picking, Tuft of Flowers, Fire and Ice, Mowing, The Oven Bird, Nothing Gold can Stay, The Road Not Taken and Mending Wall. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif dan kuantitatfi. Data dikumpulkan dari sepuluh puisi. Data penelitian ini di analisis dengan menggunakan empat aspek yaitu sense adalah pokok pembahasan dari puisi, feeling adalah sikap dari penulis, tone adalah sikap penulis terhadap pembaca dan intention adalah alasan penulis untuk menciptakan puisi. Dari analisis data, penulis menemukan bahwa elemen dari slsm ysng digunakan dalam puisi-puisi Robert Frost . lalu juga ditemukan bahwa bunga adalah bagian dari alam yang paling banyak digunakan didalam puisi. Kata Kunci : Alam, Puisi, Analisis vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA LIST OF TABLES Tabel 4.2.1.1 Stopping by Woods on A Snowy Evening ....................................... 14 Tabel 4.2.2.1 After Apple Picking ........................................................................... 19 Tabel 4.2.3.1 Nothing Gold Can Stay ...................................................................... 20 Tabel 4.2.4.1 Mowing .............................................................................................. 21 Tabel 4.2.5.1 Tuft of Flowers .................................................................................. 25 Tabel 4.2.6.1 Fire and Ice ........................................................................................ 27 Tabel 4.2.7.1 The Oven bird .................................................................................... 29 Tabel 4.2.8.1 The Road Not Taken .......................................................................... 31 Tabel 4.2.9.1 Mending Wall .................................................................................... 33 Tabel 4.2.10.1 The Pasture…………………………………………………………35 Tabel 4.3.1 Research Finding………………………………………………………37 vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ............................................................................... i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ............................................................................ ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ....................................................................................... iii ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................. v ABSTRAK ................................................................................................................ vi LIST OF TABEL………………………………………………………………….. vii TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………………………………… viii CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study.................................................1 1.2 Problem of the Study....................................................... 3 1.3 Objective of the Study..................................................... 3 1.4 Scope of the Study........................................................... 4 1.5 Significance of the Study................................................. 4 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1. Literature.........................................................................5 2.2. Poetry.............................................................................. 5 2.3. Practical Device of Poetry Analysis............................... 6 2.4. Nature.............................................................................. 7 CHAPTER III METHOD OF STUDY 3.1.
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