AN ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH'S AFFECTION ONNATURE IN HIS SELECTED POEMS A THESIS BY SEPTALIA M. N REG.NO. 110705068 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2017 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, SEPTALIA NAINGGOLAN 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 PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION. Signed : Date : August 18th ,2017 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : SEPTALIA NAINGGOLAN TITLE OF THESIS : AN ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH’S AFFECTION ON NATURE IN HIS SELECTED POEMS QUALIFICATION : S-1/ SARJANA SASTRA DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT USERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW OF THE REPLUBIC OF INDONESIA. Signed : Date : August 18th ,2017 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First of all, I would like to thank and praise God, Jesus Christ who always bless, keep and give me strength, so I am able to finish my study in Department of English and in completing this thesis. My sincere thanks are expressed to my supervisor Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum, and my Co- Supervisor, Drs. Siamir Marulafau, M.Hum who have spent their time to provide me with guidance, corrections, and suggestions during the process of writing this thesis. I also thank the Dean of Faculty of Letters, Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S, the Head of English Department, Dra. Deliana, M.Hum., the Secretary of English Department, Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A, Ph.D. And thank to all of my lecturers in English Department for their valuable knowledge, guidance, and advices during the years of my study. My great gratitude for my parents, J. Nainggolan and R. Batubara for their love, care, prayers, provides, and endless supports, everything. I could not only express it in words, this is not enough. Thank you to Kak Lena who was willing to give her time to accompany me in the hectic deadline time. And to my late puppy, Roxy who gave me happiness and accompanied me in my late night thesis times. Also, thank you to all of my family, each of you, for all your love, moral supports, and prayers. 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Finally, I hope that this thesis will give a positive contribution to the educational development or those who want to carry out further research. Medan, August 18th ,2017 Septalia M. N Reg. No: 110705068 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Skripsi ini berjudul An Analysis of William Wordsworth Affection on Nature through his selected poems. Pembahasan masalah dalam skripsi ini memuat ide penyair tentang kecintaannya kepada alam sebagai simbol kehidupan yang bebas dari segala bentuk tekanan dan pelarian dari segala kekhawatiran hidup termasuk juga rasa takut dalam bentuk kebimbangan moral sebagai fenomena pengalaman hidup manusia. Fenomena ini tergambar dalam bentuk ungkapan puisi yang dirangkai melalui kata- kata literal yang kompleks dan perwujudan imajinasi untuk menemukan realitas hidup baru dengan memainkan fantasi untuk menemukan jati diri. Teori yang digunakan dalam mendeskripsikan makna puisi William Wordsworth adalah teori fenomenologi yang diusung oleh Edmund Husserl. Untuk mempertegas analisis yang dilakukan adalah kualitatif deskriptif. Dari hasil analisis ditemukan bahwa puisi romantis adalah bentuk ungkapan yang mengedepankan perasaan, fantasi, imajinasi untuk memperoleh dunia yang lebih damai sebagai mana yang ditemukan di alam. Kata Kunci: puisi, fenomenologi, romantic, alam, fantasi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT This thesis entitled Analysis of William Wordsworth Affection on Nature through his selected poems. The problem of this thesis is focused on William Wordsworth’s ideas as a romantic writer who loves nature as symbol of life freedom from trouble of life and a live model of escape from worrying mattes including gothic illusion that leads fear as a moral ambiguity. All these ideas are wrapped well in the form of phenomenology that suggests everything exists as phenomena that needs explaining. Theory applied in this thesis is better known as phenomenology pioneered by Edmund Husserl. The analysis is centered on descriptive qualitative method. The finding of the analysis shows that romantic poem is a form of expression by advancing feelings, fantasy, imaginations to find out a new world of reality through poems. Keywords: poems, phenomenology, romantic, nature, fantasy UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION..................................................................................v COPYRIGHT DECLARATION..............................................................................vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.....................................................................................vii ABSTRAK..................................................................................................................ix ABSTRACT................................................................................................................x TABLE OF CONTENTS..........................................................................................xi CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION..................................................................1 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 RELATED LITERATURE...........................5 2.1 A Quick View of Romantic Movement..............................5 2.2 Types of Romanticism........................................................8 2.2.1. Gothic..............................................................................8 2.2.2. Escapism.........................................................................9 2.2.3. Back To Nature.............................................................10 2.3 Phenomenology.................................................................12 2.4 The Defenition of Poetry..................................................14 2.4.1. Types of Poems.............................................................16 2.4.2. Kinds of Poems.............................................................17 CHAPTER III METHOD OF RESEARCH................................................19 3.1 Research Design...............................................................19 3.2 Data Collecting.................................................................21 3.3 Data Analysis....................................................................22 CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS AND FINDING................................................23 4.1 Analysis.............................................................................23 4.1.1. An Escape From The Boredom of Life.........................23 4.1.2. Nature As a Symbol of Life Freedom...........................28 4.1.3. The Realm of Gothic.....................................................33 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA 4.2 Finding..............................................................................37 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION................................40 5.1 Conclusion........................................................................40 5.2 Suggestion........................................................................41 REFERENCES.........................................................................................................42 APPENDICES: i. Biography of William Wordsworth ii. The Selected Poems UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of The Study The word of literature is originated from Latin word littera which means letter or acquaintance with letters. Literature used to refer to all written notes but contemporary its term extends to include texts that are spoken or sung. Literature represents culture and tradition. In Theory of Literature (Wellek and Warren,