1. Summary of the Short Story
There is Papa who was telling a story, on Christmas morning, to his little girl (daughter) about turkey ghosts which were haunted a family. Papa began the story with telling the background why these turkey ghosts haunted that family. As the tradition in Christmas and Thanksgiving days, every family is get together in a gathering event and enjoyed the main menu which is turkey. Year by year, a lot of turkeys have been killed and were eaten by humans. Then all the turkeys which have been killed and eaten by the humans were become ghost and planned to avenge their revenge to the humans. One day there was an extended family which consist of grandfather, grandmother, aunties or mamas, papas the aunties husbands, little girls, and little boys, who where gathered together to celebrate Thanksgiving day. The grandmother and aunties were bought a first premium turkey at the county fair which the weigh is about twenty pounds. Then they cooked and prepared the turkey to the dining table as a main menu to be eaten together for the Thanksgiving peak ritual event. After everybody finished the dinner they were fast asleep, but there was one little girl who almost fall asleep but didn’t sleep yet. Then vaguely she saw a large bronze-colored shadow which was turkey gobbler’s ghost. This turkey wear a red pasteboard placard round its neck with FIRST PREMIUM printed on it. The little girl quickly realized that this turkey ghost was a ghost of the turkey which had been eaten by her and her family at the dinner few hours ago. Suddenly her cousins, the other little girls and one little boy who was her brother, awakened from their sleep because they also aware of the arrival of the first premium ghost. When they were decided to run out from their room together, the first premium ghost was gained, gained, and gained and changed become turkey chicks or chick-chickledren, blockaded their way. Then the turkeys said that they will avenge their revenge to the humans because the humans like to eat them all this time. Now they will eat the humans. Then the little girl made a promise to the turkeys that they (the humans) will not have the turkeys to eat again especially at the Christmas and Thanksgiving days. Then after the ghosts gone, the children said to adult people that they should not have eat turkeys again especially at the Christmas and Thanksgiving. They will have oyster soup, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, Hubbard squash, celery, turnip, cauliflower, mince-pie, pandowdy, plum-pudding, fruits, and frosted cakes to eat instead. The adult people thought that there was fair enough and after that, every Christmas and Thanksgiving days, they changed turkey with the menus above.
2. Character
This short story has twelve characters. They are Papa, little girl, grandfather in the story, grandmother in the story, aunties or mamas in the story, papas in the story, little girls in the story, little boy in the story, the turkey gobbler’s ghost or first premium, and chick-chickledren. First character is Papa. Papa is an assertive person but always loving his daughter, the little girl. He patiently did the story telling for the little girl. The assertiveness is proved when Papa told to his little girl not to interrupt his story. Second character is little girl. She is quite talkative and has a high curiosity. Sometimes she interrupted her Papa’s story with some detail questions or statements. Third character is grandfather in the story. He is a good story teller. He told a story about turkey gobbler and made his sons, the papas, very excited to hear the story more completely. Fourth character is grandmother in the story. She is a good mother for his children and good wife for his husband. She always doing all the housework perfectly to make her children, grandchildren, and relatives comfort to stay in her and her husband house. Fifth character is aunties or mamas in the story. They are also good mothers for their children, good wife for their husbands, and good children for their parents, but they have more mature behavior than papas. It proved when they are always ready to help the grandmother to prepare the Thanksgiving dinner and said to papas that they acted like silly boys when papas persuade grandfather to tell them a story about turkey gobbler. Sixth character is papas. They were little bit childish when they gathered together with their father. That seemed like they felt flashback to a moment when they were child. Seventh character is little girls in the story. Some of them were brave, but the rest were sissy. Eighth character is little boy in the story. He is a brave boy because he bravely persuaded the little girls to run out from the bedroom when the turkey gobbler’s ghost came. Ninth character is the turkey gobbler’s ghost or first premium. He is a wise turkey because he chose to make a deal with the little girl in the story that the humans are prohibited to eat turkey again instead of continued the turkey’s clan revenge to the human. Tenth character is the turkey chicks or chick-chickledren. They were all spoiled, egoist, and mean. They were hate become ghosts and really want to eat the humans for their revenge.
3. Characterization
In this short story the writer, William D. Howells, use indirect way of characterization in describing each character. It means that Howells describes each character through the other characters like through the dialogue, comment, what is done by the character, and the like. For the example, Howells describe the characterization of the little girl through the dialogues which were she said. When the little girl asked her Papa, “Is it going to be a dream? How can it be a dream than?”, it shows or describe that this little girl has a big curiosity about what was happened with the people in the story which her Papa was telling to her. She wanted to make sure if her Papa didn’t make any mistake in telling the story.
4. Setting
There are three kinds of setting; physical, social, and spiritual. Physical setting is divided in two which are place and time. In this short story the setting of place was in a house, a family house. The setting of time was on Christmas morning. The social setting in the story that Papa told to his little girl is there was a good relationship between the extended family with their neighbors in the neighborhood around their house. In the beginning of the Papa’s story, Papa told that all the relations in the neighborhood of that extended family had come to dinner in the Thanksgiving. It showed that the extended family is open to their social environment. The spiritual setting was available in the story when the little girls and boy in the Papa’s story feel frightened when they met the turkey ghosts. There was a struggle in the children’s self between face the truth and search the solution or consider that thing as a dream and then forget it. Finally they can face the truth that they were facing ghosts which would have revenge to them and found the solution to make peace with the ghosts.
5. Point of view
According to me, this short story has an objective point of view because the writer is unnamed or unidentified (a detached observer). The writer does not assume character's perspective and is not a character in the story. The writer just reports on events and lets the reader supply the meaning.
6. Figurative Language
There are two figurative languages in this short story; hyperbole and irony. First is hyperbole. The little girl used this figurative language to complain her Papa when he mentioned a lot of kinds of food in his story. The dialogue is: “Don’t mix them all up so!” pleaded the little girl. “It’s perfectly confusing. I can’t hardly tell what they had now.” The hyperbole is contained in the words ‘perfectly confusing’. Second is irony. The turkey chicks or chick-chickledren ghosts used this figurative language when they talk and act imitated the children’s behavior when they started to eat turkey. The part of story is: They acted perfectly ridiculous, and one little brat of a spiteful little chick piped out, “I speak for a drumstick, ma!” and then they all began, “I want a wing, ma!” and “I’m going to have the wish-bone!” This part is irony because the turkey chicks or chick-chickledren show off a moment when they were eaten by the humans. This is very sad.
7. Trait
Trait is divided into four. There are biological trait, physical trait, natural trait, emotional trait, and deliberative trait. Papa; the biological trait is a man, the natural traits are patient and assertive, the emotional trait is low-temper, and the deliberative trait is wise. Papa’s natural, emotional, and deliberative traits are proved when he advice the little girl not to interrupt his story and when he accepted the little girl idea to equalize the little girl appearance in Papa’s story with her appearance. The papa’s physical trait is not mentioned in the short story. Little girl; the biological trait is a girl, the physical traits are pretty, had red eyes, blue cheeks, and straight hair, the natural trait is impatient, the emotional trait is high temper, and the deliberative trait is communicative. All the little girl’s trait are mentioned through Papa’s story when he equalize the little girl appearance in Papa’s story with her appearance, when few times she interrupt Papa’s story, when she cried in the end of the story, and when few times she told her perspective about Papa’s story. Grandparents in the story; the biological traits are men and woman, the physical trait is old, the natural trait is mature, the emotional trait is patient, and the deliberative trait is wise. Their natural, emotional, and deliberative traits are indescribable in how they really exited and happy accept their neighbors and children come to their house to celebrate the Thanksgiving. Papas and mamas in the story; the biological traits are men and woman, the natural trait is amiable, the emotional trait is low-temper, and the deliberative trait is good listeners. Their natural, emotional, and deliberative traits are showed in the story when they are very cheerful to celebrate the Thanksgiving in their parents’ house with their children and when they looked exited in listening their father’s story about the turkey. The papas and mamas physical traits are not mentioned in the short story. Little children in the story; the biological traits are male and female, the physical trait is young, the natural and emotional trait is labile, and the deliberative trait is wise. They were labile because they still easily getting panic in facing some situation, but they were wise enough in make the problem solving for the problem between the turkeys and humans. Turkeys; the biological traits are male and female, the physical traits are large or small with bronze-colored, the natural trait is mean, and the emotional trait is easily getting angry. They were mean because they planned to eat the humans for avenge their revenge to the humans and they were easily getting angry because they kept their hatred to the humans for a long time.
8. Plot
Papa told a story to his little girl about turkey ghosts. The ghosts were haunted a family which was held a Thanksgiving gathering party in the grandparents’ house, but just the little children who saw the turkey ghosts. The ghosts wanted to avenge their revenge to the human with eat them because from long time ago the humans continuously consume or eat them. Fortunately their scheming can be thwarted because on of the children, a little girl help them to make an agreement with another humans to change the turkey’s menu especially in Christmas and Thanksgiving with some seafood, fruits, vegetables, and cakes. Actually, that little girl wasn’t met the turkey ghosts, but she was trance by the turkey ghosts. After that, every Christmas and Thanksgiving, people didn’t eat turkey’s meal again and changed with some substitute menus above.
9. Atmosphere
According to me, atmosphere of this short story is thriller because there are a lot of frightened parts in this story. The most frightened part of this short story is the ending when Papa said to the little girl that actually the little girl in the story was not dream, but she was trance by the turkey ghosts.
10. Theme
According to me, the theme of this short story is keep the preservation of all the God’s creature to keep the balancing of the life in this earth. This theme is obviously contained in the part when the turkey ghosts wanted to eat the little children for avenge their revenge to the human, because the human make them as their food. This short story also tried to deliver a message for the people to use and consume the natural resources wisely, so that their off spring in the future could know, use, and consume the natural resources too.
(Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 at 05:43 am)
Rabu, 30 Juni 2010
Selasa, 29 Juni 2010
Rabu, 10 Maret 2010
Puisi buat Irenne
We met almost two years ago
in the awkwardness,
don't know each other.
We thought that we are in tune
after opened the conversation
and followed the lectures together.
Now we must separated from you
one-half years before our goal comes true,
the graduation day.
It was sudden, too sudden.
Feel powerless to ask the tears stop flowing,
but we must be wise to face the truth.
We believe in this bond
So we'll keep it lasting forever
in our mind and heart.
You are still our friend,
the best from the most best.
Wherever you stand we are always there behind you.
Give you the power
to conquer all the challenges
and see you get the trophy.
Bye-bye our beloved friend.
This farewell greeting is just for awhile.
Promise to us if we will meet again someday.
(Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 02.25 am)
in the awkwardness,
don't know each other.
We thought that we are in tune
after opened the conversation
and followed the lectures together.
Now we must separated from you
one-half years before our goal comes true,
the graduation day.
It was sudden, too sudden.
Feel powerless to ask the tears stop flowing,
but we must be wise to face the truth.
We believe in this bond
So we'll keep it lasting forever
in our mind and heart.
You are still our friend,
the best from the most best.
Wherever you stand we are always there behind you.
Give you the power
to conquer all the challenges
and see you get the trophy.
Bye-bye our beloved friend.
This farewell greeting is just for awhile.
Promise to us if we will meet again someday.
(Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 02.25 am)
Senin, 08 Maret 2010
Four seasons
Hi, Azure!
Do not hide the bouquet of white roses from me
Show me and Earth will change them into the rosy one
Or Moon will keep the sun hide in the east all day.
I dare you!
Welcome, Azure!
Help me to find the way
I cannot open the heaven's gate by my hands
Heavy to pull, but light to push.
I dare you!
Goodbye, Azure!
It's too long for the Glacier waiting the Iceberg melted
Without sunlight and the wind gust
Neither winter nor summer between spring and fall.
I love you!
(Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 11.55 pm)
Do not hide the bouquet of white roses from me
Show me and Earth will change them into the rosy one
Or Moon will keep the sun hide in the east all day.
I dare you!
Welcome, Azure!
Help me to find the way
I cannot open the heaven's gate by my hands
Heavy to pull, but light to push.
I dare you!
Goodbye, Azure!
It's too long for the Glacier waiting the Iceberg melted
Without sunlight and the wind gust
Neither winter nor summer between spring and fall.
I love you!
(Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 11.55 pm)
Senin, 01 Maret 2010
Analysis of I Like For You To Be Stil poetry
I Like For You To Be Still by Pablo Neruda
I like for you to be still: it is as though you were absent,
and you hear me from far away and my voice does not touch you.
It seems as though your eyes had flown away
and it seems that a kiss had sealed your mouth.
As all things are filled with my soul
you emerge from the things, filled with my soul.
You are like my soul, a butterfly of dream,
and you are like the word Melancholy.
I like for you to be still, and you seem far away.
It sounds as though you were lamenting, a butterfly cooing like a dove.
And you hear me from far away, and my voice does not reach you:
Let me come to be still in your silence.
And let me talk to you with your silence
that is bright as a lamp, simple as a ring.
You are like the night, with its stillness and constellations.
Your silence is that of a star, as remote and candid.
I like for you to be still: it is as though you were absent,
distant and full of sorrow as though you had died.
One word then, one smile, is enough.
And I am happy, happy that it's not true.
Paraphrase of the Poem
Persona feels that someone who persona loves never showed his/her love feeling to persona with words or verbal communication. That thing makes persona difficult to know and understand about him/her, which are his/her feeling or condition. Persona also feels that there is a far distance between persona and the person who persona loves, although this person is near from persona. But although all that things have happened, persona never changed persona’s feeling to him/her. Persona still keep that feeling in persona’s heart; love him/her from the bottom of persona’s heart and considering him/her as persona’s soul mate. Sometimes persona feels afraid because sometimes persona thinks that silent means that the person who persona loves feel sad/unhappy. Then persona tries to understand about that with read the situation, not with asking him/her. Because persona knows that he/her will not answer or tell to persona about what exactly he/she feels. Persona also tries to communicate with him/her not with talking to him/her, but persona tries to communicate with action that persona do to show persona’s care. Sometimes persona feels that persona still couldn’t reach and hold the heart of the person who persona loves yet. Persona also thinks that the person who persona loves is a mystery; difficult to guess. But once again, persona will always love that person. Persona also doesn’t want to lose him/her because that thing can make persona feels so lonely and sad. And persona always feels relieved when that thing is not happened.
Denotation & Connotation Analysis
First main keyword is “absent” (first stanza, line one). The denotation is not present in a place or something. The connotation is gone. The supporting keywords are “far way” (first stanza, line two) and “does not touch you” (first stanza, line two). So I interpreted that persona has lost or the person who persona loves is gone or far away from persona because of he/she never talk with persona. This situation is make persona feels that he/she cannot touch him/her.
Second main keyword is “emerge” (second stanza, line two). The denotation is come out. The connotation is come. The supporting keywords are “filled” (second stanza, line two) and “soul” (second stanza, line three). So I interpreted that persona always keep his/her love feeling to the person who persona loves which has come to him/her and already filled persona’s heart or soul.
Third main keyword is “still” (third stanza, line one). The denotation is not moving; calm and quiet. The connotation is silent. The supporting keywords are “lamenting” (third stanza, line two) and “cooing like a dove” (third stanza, line two). So I interpreted that persona worries about the silent of the person who persona loves which can mean that he/she is lamenting or regretting something.
Fourth main keyword is “silence” (fourth stanza, line one). The denotation is complete lack of noise or sound. The connotation is soundlessness. The supporting keywords are “remote” (fourth stanza, line four), and “candid” (fourth stanza, line four). So I interpreted that persona think if the soundlessness of the person who persona loves is like he/she remote or so far away from persona and his/her heart is candid or free, so persona cannot embrace his/her heart or feeling and make it to be persona’s.
Fifth main keyword is “died” (fifth stanza, line two). The denotation is stopped living. The connotation is disappeared. The supporting keywords are “distant” (fifth stanza, line two) and “full of sorrow” (fifth stanza, line two). So I interpreted that persona didn’t want if the person who persona love disappeared from persona’s life. Because that thing can makes persona’s life lonely and sad.
Imagery Analysis
This poetry contain of three messages. First message is we can show our love without saying that we love to our beloved person. Second message is with the silence we can learn to more understand about our beloved person. Third message is don’t be afraid if we would loss our beloved person who always keep silent because that means if he/she tried to understand our self in different way.
This poetry also contain of three imageries. There are visual imagery, auditory imagery, and kinesthetic imagery. First is visual imagery. This visual imagery supports the third message because there is word “died” (fifth stanza, line two). This word shows that persona see that the person who persona loves always keep silent, and persona afraid if the silent means that the person who persona is not love persona anymore. So, persona maybe would loss him/her.
Second is auditory imagery. This auditory imagery supports the first and the second message because there are words “still” (first stanza, line one) and “lamenting” (third stanza, line two). These words show that persona hear nothing from the person who persona love. In addition, persona realizes that love never always says by word. It can also shows by action. Then persona tried to communicate with the person who persona loves in silent or with action. With silent, persona feels that he/she more understand about the person who he/she loves.
Third is kinesthetic imagery. This kinesthetic imagery supports the third message because there are words “touch” (first stanza, line two), “reach” (third stanza, line three), and “come” (third stanza, line four). These words show that persona cannot touch or reach the person who persona loves if that person always kept in silence. But persona always loves him/her and persona wants could always together with him/her.
Tone Analysis
When I read this poetry for the first time, I feel that this poetry is a solemn poetry. This poetry is a solemn poetry because there are word “lamenting” (third stanza, line two) and “died” (fifth stanza, line two). These two words refer to the feeling of the persona which are worry and afraid. But these two words represent sadness feeling and disappearing of the person who persona loves. Persona feels worry and afraid about the person that he/she loves because persona thinks that person maybe feels sad or will disappear from persona’s life. But persona couldn’t know about that because that person always keep silent, didn’t tell anything about what he/she feels to persona. So it’s quiet difficult for persona to understand about him/her.
Conclusion
According to me, the theme of this poetry is silent love. In general, I think the idea of this poetry that there is something very curious in knowing that you can be next to a person you love but you don't need to talk because he/she doesn’t want to talk. In this situation, there are a lot of things to do. Not only that you must understand about what he/she want and feeling, but you must also show your feeling or love and affection to him/her. You must become smart to read his/her body language and every signal that he/she made to understand about him/her and get close with him/her. You can start with do such a thing that he/she likes or both of you like, together with him/her. In this poetry, you have invited to choose between to think that silent would make you feel challenging in built a relationship in different way or to think that silent would make you feel uneasy and you would feel that saying something it is necessary in built a relationship just like the ordinary.
(Wednesday, November 20th, 2009)
I like for you to be still: it is as though you were absent,
and you hear me from far away and my voice does not touch you.
It seems as though your eyes had flown away
and it seems that a kiss had sealed your mouth.
As all things are filled with my soul
you emerge from the things, filled with my soul.
You are like my soul, a butterfly of dream,
and you are like the word Melancholy.
I like for you to be still, and you seem far away.
It sounds as though you were lamenting, a butterfly cooing like a dove.
And you hear me from far away, and my voice does not reach you:
Let me come to be still in your silence.
And let me talk to you with your silence
that is bright as a lamp, simple as a ring.
You are like the night, with its stillness and constellations.
Your silence is that of a star, as remote and candid.
I like for you to be still: it is as though you were absent,
distant and full of sorrow as though you had died.
One word then, one smile, is enough.
And I am happy, happy that it's not true.
Paraphrase of the Poem
Persona feels that someone who persona loves never showed his/her love feeling to persona with words or verbal communication. That thing makes persona difficult to know and understand about him/her, which are his/her feeling or condition. Persona also feels that there is a far distance between persona and the person who persona loves, although this person is near from persona. But although all that things have happened, persona never changed persona’s feeling to him/her. Persona still keep that feeling in persona’s heart; love him/her from the bottom of persona’s heart and considering him/her as persona’s soul mate. Sometimes persona feels afraid because sometimes persona thinks that silent means that the person who persona loves feel sad/unhappy. Then persona tries to understand about that with read the situation, not with asking him/her. Because persona knows that he/her will not answer or tell to persona about what exactly he/she feels. Persona also tries to communicate with him/her not with talking to him/her, but persona tries to communicate with action that persona do to show persona’s care. Sometimes persona feels that persona still couldn’t reach and hold the heart of the person who persona loves yet. Persona also thinks that the person who persona loves is a mystery; difficult to guess. But once again, persona will always love that person. Persona also doesn’t want to lose him/her because that thing can make persona feels so lonely and sad. And persona always feels relieved when that thing is not happened.
Denotation & Connotation Analysis
First main keyword is “absent” (first stanza, line one). The denotation is not present in a place or something. The connotation is gone. The supporting keywords are “far way” (first stanza, line two) and “does not touch you” (first stanza, line two). So I interpreted that persona has lost or the person who persona loves is gone or far away from persona because of he/she never talk with persona. This situation is make persona feels that he/she cannot touch him/her.
Second main keyword is “emerge” (second stanza, line two). The denotation is come out. The connotation is come. The supporting keywords are “filled” (second stanza, line two) and “soul” (second stanza, line three). So I interpreted that persona always keep his/her love feeling to the person who persona loves which has come to him/her and already filled persona’s heart or soul.
Third main keyword is “still” (third stanza, line one). The denotation is not moving; calm and quiet. The connotation is silent. The supporting keywords are “lamenting” (third stanza, line two) and “cooing like a dove” (third stanza, line two). So I interpreted that persona worries about the silent of the person who persona loves which can mean that he/she is lamenting or regretting something.
Fourth main keyword is “silence” (fourth stanza, line one). The denotation is complete lack of noise or sound. The connotation is soundlessness. The supporting keywords are “remote” (fourth stanza, line four), and “candid” (fourth stanza, line four). So I interpreted that persona think if the soundlessness of the person who persona loves is like he/she remote or so far away from persona and his/her heart is candid or free, so persona cannot embrace his/her heart or feeling and make it to be persona’s.
Fifth main keyword is “died” (fifth stanza, line two). The denotation is stopped living. The connotation is disappeared. The supporting keywords are “distant” (fifth stanza, line two) and “full of sorrow” (fifth stanza, line two). So I interpreted that persona didn’t want if the person who persona love disappeared from persona’s life. Because that thing can makes persona’s life lonely and sad.
Imagery Analysis
This poetry contain of three messages. First message is we can show our love without saying that we love to our beloved person. Second message is with the silence we can learn to more understand about our beloved person. Third message is don’t be afraid if we would loss our beloved person who always keep silent because that means if he/she tried to understand our self in different way.
This poetry also contain of three imageries. There are visual imagery, auditory imagery, and kinesthetic imagery. First is visual imagery. This visual imagery supports the third message because there is word “died” (fifth stanza, line two). This word shows that persona see that the person who persona loves always keep silent, and persona afraid if the silent means that the person who persona is not love persona anymore. So, persona maybe would loss him/her.
Second is auditory imagery. This auditory imagery supports the first and the second message because there are words “still” (first stanza, line one) and “lamenting” (third stanza, line two). These words show that persona hear nothing from the person who persona love. In addition, persona realizes that love never always says by word. It can also shows by action. Then persona tried to communicate with the person who persona loves in silent or with action. With silent, persona feels that he/she more understand about the person who he/she loves.
Third is kinesthetic imagery. This kinesthetic imagery supports the third message because there are words “touch” (first stanza, line two), “reach” (third stanza, line three), and “come” (third stanza, line four). These words show that persona cannot touch or reach the person who persona loves if that person always kept in silence. But persona always loves him/her and persona wants could always together with him/her.
Tone Analysis
When I read this poetry for the first time, I feel that this poetry is a solemn poetry. This poetry is a solemn poetry because there are word “lamenting” (third stanza, line two) and “died” (fifth stanza, line two). These two words refer to the feeling of the persona which are worry and afraid. But these two words represent sadness feeling and disappearing of the person who persona loves. Persona feels worry and afraid about the person that he/she loves because persona thinks that person maybe feels sad or will disappear from persona’s life. But persona couldn’t know about that because that person always keep silent, didn’t tell anything about what he/she feels to persona. So it’s quiet difficult for persona to understand about him/her.
Conclusion
According to me, the theme of this poetry is silent love. In general, I think the idea of this poetry that there is something very curious in knowing that you can be next to a person you love but you don't need to talk because he/she doesn’t want to talk. In this situation, there are a lot of things to do. Not only that you must understand about what he/she want and feeling, but you must also show your feeling or love and affection to him/her. You must become smart to read his/her body language and every signal that he/she made to understand about him/her and get close with him/her. You can start with do such a thing that he/she likes or both of you like, together with him/her. In this poetry, you have invited to choose between to think that silent would make you feel challenging in built a relationship in different way or to think that silent would make you feel uneasy and you would feel that saying something it is necessary in built a relationship just like the ordinary.
(Wednesday, November 20th, 2009)
Analysis of Emancipation poetry
Emancipation by Emily Dickinson
No rack can torture me,
My soul's at liberty
Behind this mortal bone
There knits a bolder one
You cannot prick with saw,
Nor rend with scymitar.
Two bodies therefore be;
Bind one, and one will flee.
The eagle of his nest
No easier divest
And gain the sky,
Than mayest thou,
Except thyself may be
Thine enemy;
Captivity is consciousness,
So's liberty.
Paraphrase of the Poem
Persona felt that persona has a freedom, a real freedom in persona’s self. It was hidden so deep in persona’s frame life and live very free as free as the clouds on the sky. No one can border this freedom no matter how hard they tried, because this is very valuable; no one can create it and no one can buy it. There is God, the only substance who can create it and then gave it to persona so that persona became a real life creature. Without it, persona is nothing. Persona will fight as hard as he/she could anything who/which wanted to border this freedom. Persona will do anything to protect persona’s freedom and let it flourish in persona’s self. And once again, no one can border this freedom. But unfortunately the statement which was sound that no one can border this freedom was wrong. There is one thing who/which can border this freedom. That is persona itself. If persona don’t believed that he/she has a freedom in his/her self or thought as a weak creature that couldn’t make or do something awesome or spectacular, then probably persona will border or loss his/her freedom. Because that thought made persona become a paranoid. Persona will easily to give up and always feel afraid to do something or to make some innovations in persona’s life, feel afraid if he/she made a mistake. So, the real enemy is not come from the outside, but it comes from inside of persona’s self which is persona’s faith to the power of its freedom. If persona wanted his/her freedom exist forever in persona’s self, he/she insisted trust to his/her self that he/she have this freedom in his/her self and realize that actually he/she is able to use this freedom to make a great life.
Denotation & Connotation Analysis
First main keyword is “liberty” (first stanza, line two). The denotation is the legal right to do as you choose. The connotation is freedom. The supporting keywords are “no rack can torture me” (first stanza, line one), “knits” (first stanza, line four), and “bolder” (first stanza, line four). The sentence “no rack can torture me” represent a faith that there is no one who/which can border the persona’s freedom. The word “knits” represent the right of freedom that persona have in his/her self. The word “bolder” represent a sense of courage which produced by the faith to the right of freedom. So I interpreted that persona has a faith if he/she has the right of freedom in his/her self and there is no one who/which can border it freedom. Persona also believed if this right of freedom will give his/her self a sense of courage to be able to survive in this world.
Second main keyword is “cannot” (second stanza, line one). The denotation is used to say that it is impossible for someone or something to do something, or for something to happen. The connotation is has no ability. The supporting keywords are “prick with saw” (second stanza, line one), “rend with scymitar” (second stanza, line two), “bind” (second stanza, line four), and “flee” (second stanza, line four). The phrase “prick with saw” represent a disturbance which could threaten the existence of persona’s freedom. The phrase “rend with scymitar” also represent a disturbance which could threaten the existence of persona’s freedom. The word “bind” represent the persona’s feeling toward that disturbance. The word “flee” represent the persona’s action toward that disturbance. So I interpreted that there were some disturbance which could threaten the existence of persona’s freedom. Persona felt if that threat was an effort to border persona’s freedom. But persona has a faith that every one has no ability to border his/her freedom. So, with a sense of courage from the power of it freedom, persona succeed to fight and escape from the threat.
Third main keyword is “easier” (third stanza, line two). The denotation is done or obtained without a lot of effort or problems. The connotation is simple. The supporting keywords are “divest” (third stanza, line two) and “gain the sky” (third stanza, line three). The word “divest” represent some burdens or problems in the past and present which will be thrown away or solved by persona. The phrase “gain the sky” represent something like a goal of life which will be reached by persona. So I interpreted it will be simple for persona to solve all the problems or throw away all the burdens and reach the goal of life if persona always trust to the power of freedom in his/her self. If persona trust to the power of his/her self freedom, he/she can explore his/her ability and creativity to achieve or reach his/her goal of life and easily solve or throw away his/her problems or burdens. Otherwise, if persona do not trust to the power of his/her self freedom, he/she will always feel constrained to do something and cannot explore his/her ability and creativity. Then persona will feel difficult to achieve or reach his/her goal of life and throw away or solve all his/her burdens or problems. So, it’s depend persona itself to choose.
Fourth main keyword is “consciousness” (fourth stanza, line three). The denotation is the state of being able to use your senses and mental powers to understand what is happening. The connotation is awareness. The supporting keywords are “thyself” (fourth stanza, line one) and “thine enemy” (fourth stanza, line two). The word “thyself” represent the persona’s self; the one (instead God) who can determine its destiny. The phrase “thine enemy” also represent the persona’s self, but as the real obstacle in the way to use and defend its freedom. So I interpreted that persona insisted has awareness that the real suspect who very potentially border his/her freedom is his/her own self. Persona itself is the one (instead God) who can determine his/her destiny; to use and defend the freedom or ignore the freedom.
Related to the denotation and connotation analysis above, this poetry contain of two messages. First message, every life creature has the right of freedom. Second message, our self is the only thing who/which can make the freedom exist or not exist. The first message, every life creature has the right of freedom, had a relation with the interpretation of the first main keyword. It proved that in the first main keyword of denotation and connotation analysis, I interpreted that persona has a faith if he/she has the right of freedom in his/her self and there is no one who/which can border it freedom. The second message, our self is the only thing who/which can make the freedom exist or not exist, had a relation with the interpretation of the second, third, and fourth main keyword. It proved that in the second keyword of denotation and connotation analysis, I interpreted that persona has a faith that every one has no ability to border his/her freedom and with a sense of courage from the power of it freedom, persona succeed to fight and escape from the threat. In the third keyword of denotation and connotation analysis, I interpreted that it’s depend persona itself to choose trust to the power of his/her self freedom to achieve his/her goal of life and easily solve or throw away his/her problems or burdens, or do not trust to the power of his/her self freedom and got some difficulties to achieve or reach his/her goal of life and throw away or solve all his/her burdens or problems. In the fourth keyword of denotation and connotation analysis, I interpreted that persona itself is the one (instead God) who can determine his/her destiny; to use and defend the freedom or ignore the freedom.
Imagery Analysis
This poetry contains of two imageries. There are visual imagery and kinesthetic imagery. First is visual imagery which is contained in the word “liberty” (first stanza, line two) and “enemy” (fourth stanza, line two). These words show that persona believes if he/she has a freedom to do anything in his/her life as long as persona is responsible with it. This freedom is existed since persona was in the womb. This freedom is absolute. No one can disturb the existence except persona itself. It means that if persona really believes that he/she has a right of freedom and then use the freedom wisely to run and develop his/her life, the freedom will keep exist. But if persona do not believes or maybe doubt that he/she has a right of freedom and its power, and then always border his/her ability or anything in his/her life, the freedom will blow up. That’s all depends on persona itself, the only one who can decided.
Second is kinesthetic imagery which is contained in the word “torture” (first stanza, line one), “prick” (second stanza, line one), “rend” (second stanza, line two), “bind’ (second stanza, line four), “flee” (second stanza, line four), “divest” (third stanza, line two), and “gain” (third stanza, line three). These words show that all threatens or disturbances which are very potential to threat and disturb the existence of persona’s freedom. All threatens and disturbances can be come from outside or inside persona’s self. But the most dangerous threatens or disturbances are come from inside of persona’s self which related with persona’s belief and can make persona loss his/her freedom. The words also show how persona’s reaction or action toward threatens or disturbances; surrender or keep fighting. If persona decided to surrender with that, his/her freedom will be bordered or maybe gone. But if persona keep fighting and never give up with that, he/she will escape, keep the freedom, and use the freedom to reach his/her goal of life.
Related to the imagery analysis above, this poetry contain of two messages. First message, believes that you have a freedom and its power. Second message, keep or you will loss the freedom. The first message, believes that you have a freedom and its power, has a relation with the explanation of the first imagery, visual imagery. It proved that in the visual imagery I explain that the words “liberty” and “enemy” show that persona believes if he/she has a freedom to do anything in his/her life. It means if persona believes with his/her self freedom, then this believe will create a power to help persona to run his/her life, to get what he/she wants, and to keep the existence of the freedom it self. Second message, keep or you will loss the freedom, has a relation with the explanation of the second imagery, kinesthetic imagery. It proved that in the kinesthetic imagery I explain that the words “bind”, “flee”, “divest”, and “gain” show how persona’s reaction or action, surrender or keep fighting, toward threatens or disturbances which threat and disturb persona’s freedom. If persona always keeps his/her freedom’s existence, he/she will feel live in the sky and achieve the sweet result later. But if persona loss it, he/she will feel life in a cage and achieve nothing.
Figurative Language Analysis
This poetry contains of two figurative languages. There are metonymy and allegory. The first figurative language, metonymy, can be found in the word “divest” (third stanza, line two) and “gain” (third stanza, line three). By using these words, Emily Dickinson tries to substitute some words with another words with which it closely associated. In this poetry, Emily Dickinson use the words “divest” and “gain” above to describe about the easiness to feel that we have lost our freedom and then border our own self, and the difficulties to achieve or realization our dreams because we feel doubtful with the power of our freedom who actually can bring us to the glory if we really believe with it. Because “divest” is closely associated with “lost”, and “gain” is closely associated with “bring to something”.
The second figurative language, allegory, can be found in the sentences “no rack can torture me” (first stanza, line one), “you cannot prick with saw” (second stanza, line one), “nor rend with scymitar” (second stanza, line two), and “the eagle of his nest” (third stanza, line one). By using these sentences, Emily Dickinson tries to give the literal meaning and the symbolic meaning of the words or phrases or sentences. In this poetry, the literary meaning of the sentences “no rack can torture me”, “you cannot prick with saw”, and “nor rend with scymitar” is there is no one else who can disturb someone’s freedom. The symbolic meaning is someone who has seriousness to protect his/her freedom. Then the literary meaning of the sentence “the eagle of his nest” is someone who let him/her self bordered because he/she don’t want to develop his/her self and his/her abilities, and it because he/she feels doubtful with the power of freedom that he/she has. The symbolic meaning is a person who lost his/her freedom and life like in a cage which cannot do something.
Related to the figurative language analysis above, this poetry contains two messages. First message, the glory is something which is easy to go but difficult to come. Second message, don’t let your self border your own freedom. These messages have a relation with the explanation of the figurative language analysis. It proved in the explanation of metonymy and allegory that Emily Dickinson describe about the easiness to feel that we have lost our freedom and then border our own self, and the difficulties to achieve our dreams, also let our self bordered and don’t want to develop it, because of the doubtful feeling of the freedom’s power.
Tone Analysis
When I read this poetry for the first time, I feel that this poetry is an excited poetry. This poetry is an excited poetry because there are words “liberty” (first stanza, line two), “bolder” (first stanza, line four), phrases “cannot prick with saw” (second stanza, line one), “nor rend with scymitar” (second stanza, line two), “no easier divest” (third stanza, line two), and “gain the sky” (third stanza, line three). The words “liberty” and “bolder” are refer to the persona’s believes toward his/her freedom in his/her self and its power. The believes of freedom and its power make persona feels optimistic and enthusiastic to do anything as long as positive to run his/her life and to get his/her dream or goal. The phrases “cannot prick with saw” and “nor rend with scymitar” are refer to the persona’s optimistic feeling to defend the existence of his/her freedom in his/her self. Persona believes if he/she can keep his/her freedom’s existence and will summon up all his/her ability to do that. The phrases “no easier divest” and “gain the sky” are refer to the process of persona’s struggle in the way to defend the freedom keep exist and the result of persona’s struggle which finally he/she can catch his/her dream or goal.
Related to the tone analysis above, this poetry contains a message. The message is always be optimist and keep fighting in the way to realization our dream or achieve our goal in life. This message has a relation with the explanation of the tone analysis. It proved that in the tone analysis above, the words “liberty” and “bolder”, and the phrases “cannot prick with saw”, “nor rend with scymitar”, “no easier divest”, and “gain the sky” are refer to the persona’s believes toward his/her freedom, optimistic feeling to defend the existence of his/her freedom, the process of persona’s struggle in the way to defend the freedom keep exist, and the result of the struggle which is get the dream in the hand.
Meter Analysis
Every stanza of this poetry consists of four lines. In the first stanza line one, there is dactylic dimeter. So this line concern about persona’s feeling of decline to someone who wants to grab or border his/her freedom. In the first stanza line two, there are iambic monometer and trochaic monometer. So this line concern about persona’s feeling which recollective with the freedom of his/her self, and persona also feels that he/she very confident to own the freedom. In the first stanza line three, there are trochaic monometer and dactylic monometer. So this line concerns about persona’s confidence with the freedom and the feeling of decline to loss it. In the first stanza line four, there are iambic monometer and trochaic monometer. So same like line two, this line concern about persona’s feeling which recollective with the freedom of his/her self, and feels that he/she is very confident to own the freedom.
In the second stanza line one, there are iambic monometer and trochaic monometer. So this line concerns about persona’s certainty to keep his/her freedom exist and decline all of disturbances. In the second stanza line two, there are trochaic monometer and iambic monometer. So this line concerns about persona’s certainty to fight the disturbance who/which wants to bother his/her freedom. In the second stanza line three, there are iambic dimeter and trochaic monometer. So this line concern about persona who thoughtful and be assertive to struggle his/her freedom. In the second stanza line four, there are iambic dimeter and trochaic monometer. So this line concern with persona’s action, thoughtful and assertive in faces the disturbance.
In the third stanza line one, there are iambic monometer and trochaic monometer. So this line concern about persona’s feeling which recollective with his/her self confidence to use the freedom. In the third stanza line two, there is trochaic dimeter. So this line concern if suddenly persona feels doubtful with his/her freedom’s power. In the third stanza line three, there are iambic monometer and trochaic monometer. So this line concern that persona’s feeling about the power of his/her freedom is changing from uncertainly or doubtful to certainly, and he/she also become confident again. In the third stanza line four, there is trochaic dimeter. So this line concerns that after persona becomes confident again, he/she sure that he/she can conquered many challenges in this world to make his/her dream come true.
In the fourth stanza line one, there are trochaic dimeter and iambic monometer. So this line concerns that persona certain if the only one enemy who can border the freedom is persona itself. In the fourth stanza line two, there is trochaic monometer. So this line concerns that persona must be assertive with his/her self to keep the freedom exist and must be confident to show and use the freedom. In the fourth stanza line three, there are trochaic monometer and dactylic monometer. So this line concerns if persona insist to always trust to his/her self ability and not easily become sad or desperate to face the life problems which can disturb his/her freedom. In the fourth stanza line four, there is trochaic monometer. So this line concern that actually persona feels very proud to own the freedom.
So, this poetry contains three kinds of foot. There are trochee, iamb, and dactyl. The amount of trochee foot which I found in this poetry is eighteen. The amount of iamb foot which I found in this poetry is eleven. The amount of dactyl foot which I found in this poetry is four. The most foot which found in this poetry is trochee. So it can be concluded that Emily Dickinson used trochaic meter in the whole poem, which means assertive or confident. This assertive or confident feeling came from the Emily Dickinson’s self who channeled in every word, phrase, and sentence in this poetry and then the delivery of this poetry is represented by persona. Then it can be said if the assertive or confident it self means that persona believes that he/she has the right of freedom. Persona feels so proud and confident to own the freedom, because he/she can do anything that he/she wants to achieve the top of life or goal. So persona will do anything to struggle his/her freedom and fight the all the obstacles which want to obstruct his/her self freedom.
Related to the meter analysis above, this poetry contains a message. The message is always strives your freedom because the freedom is very important to help you life in this world. This message has a relation with the explanation of the meter analysis. It proved that meter of this poetry is assertive or confident. It means someone assertiveness or confidence believes with the freedom power that he/she has, and this person will struggle the freedom in order to survive in this hard life and achieve his/her goals or dreams.
Theme
According to the five kinds of analysis, this poetry contains of seven messages. First message, every life creature has the right of freedom. Second message, our self is the only thing who/which can make the freedom exist or not exist. Third message, believes that you have a freedom and its power. Second message, keep or you will loss the freedom. Fourth message, the glory is something which is easy to go but difficult to come. Five message, don’t let your self border your own freedom. Sixth message, always be optimist and keep fighting in the way to realization our dream or achieve our goal in life. Seventh message, always strives your freedom because the freedom is very important to help you life in this world. So I concluded that the theme of this poetry is self-freedom emancipation. It is because in general, the idea of this poetry is that the struggle of someone to keep or protect his/her freedom because the emancipation to own the self-freedom is very important to determine everyone’s life survival and to achieve the glory.
(Friday, February 5th, 2010)
No rack can torture me,
My soul's at liberty
Behind this mortal bone
There knits a bolder one
You cannot prick with saw,
Nor rend with scymitar.
Two bodies therefore be;
Bind one, and one will flee.
The eagle of his nest
No easier divest
And gain the sky,
Than mayest thou,
Except thyself may be
Thine enemy;
Captivity is consciousness,
So's liberty.
Paraphrase of the Poem
Persona felt that persona has a freedom, a real freedom in persona’s self. It was hidden so deep in persona’s frame life and live very free as free as the clouds on the sky. No one can border this freedom no matter how hard they tried, because this is very valuable; no one can create it and no one can buy it. There is God, the only substance who can create it and then gave it to persona so that persona became a real life creature. Without it, persona is nothing. Persona will fight as hard as he/she could anything who/which wanted to border this freedom. Persona will do anything to protect persona’s freedom and let it flourish in persona’s self. And once again, no one can border this freedom. But unfortunately the statement which was sound that no one can border this freedom was wrong. There is one thing who/which can border this freedom. That is persona itself. If persona don’t believed that he/she has a freedom in his/her self or thought as a weak creature that couldn’t make or do something awesome or spectacular, then probably persona will border or loss his/her freedom. Because that thought made persona become a paranoid. Persona will easily to give up and always feel afraid to do something or to make some innovations in persona’s life, feel afraid if he/she made a mistake. So, the real enemy is not come from the outside, but it comes from inside of persona’s self which is persona’s faith to the power of its freedom. If persona wanted his/her freedom exist forever in persona’s self, he/she insisted trust to his/her self that he/she have this freedom in his/her self and realize that actually he/she is able to use this freedom to make a great life.
Denotation & Connotation Analysis
First main keyword is “liberty” (first stanza, line two). The denotation is the legal right to do as you choose. The connotation is freedom. The supporting keywords are “no rack can torture me” (first stanza, line one), “knits” (first stanza, line four), and “bolder” (first stanza, line four). The sentence “no rack can torture me” represent a faith that there is no one who/which can border the persona’s freedom. The word “knits” represent the right of freedom that persona have in his/her self. The word “bolder” represent a sense of courage which produced by the faith to the right of freedom. So I interpreted that persona has a faith if he/she has the right of freedom in his/her self and there is no one who/which can border it freedom. Persona also believed if this right of freedom will give his/her self a sense of courage to be able to survive in this world.
Second main keyword is “cannot” (second stanza, line one). The denotation is used to say that it is impossible for someone or something to do something, or for something to happen. The connotation is has no ability. The supporting keywords are “prick with saw” (second stanza, line one), “rend with scymitar” (second stanza, line two), “bind” (second stanza, line four), and “flee” (second stanza, line four). The phrase “prick with saw” represent a disturbance which could threaten the existence of persona’s freedom. The phrase “rend with scymitar” also represent a disturbance which could threaten the existence of persona’s freedom. The word “bind” represent the persona’s feeling toward that disturbance. The word “flee” represent the persona’s action toward that disturbance. So I interpreted that there were some disturbance which could threaten the existence of persona’s freedom. Persona felt if that threat was an effort to border persona’s freedom. But persona has a faith that every one has no ability to border his/her freedom. So, with a sense of courage from the power of it freedom, persona succeed to fight and escape from the threat.
Third main keyword is “easier” (third stanza, line two). The denotation is done or obtained without a lot of effort or problems. The connotation is simple. The supporting keywords are “divest” (third stanza, line two) and “gain the sky” (third stanza, line three). The word “divest” represent some burdens or problems in the past and present which will be thrown away or solved by persona. The phrase “gain the sky” represent something like a goal of life which will be reached by persona. So I interpreted it will be simple for persona to solve all the problems or throw away all the burdens and reach the goal of life if persona always trust to the power of freedom in his/her self. If persona trust to the power of his/her self freedom, he/she can explore his/her ability and creativity to achieve or reach his/her goal of life and easily solve or throw away his/her problems or burdens. Otherwise, if persona do not trust to the power of his/her self freedom, he/she will always feel constrained to do something and cannot explore his/her ability and creativity. Then persona will feel difficult to achieve or reach his/her goal of life and throw away or solve all his/her burdens or problems. So, it’s depend persona itself to choose.
Fourth main keyword is “consciousness” (fourth stanza, line three). The denotation is the state of being able to use your senses and mental powers to understand what is happening. The connotation is awareness. The supporting keywords are “thyself” (fourth stanza, line one) and “thine enemy” (fourth stanza, line two). The word “thyself” represent the persona’s self; the one (instead God) who can determine its destiny. The phrase “thine enemy” also represent the persona’s self, but as the real obstacle in the way to use and defend its freedom. So I interpreted that persona insisted has awareness that the real suspect who very potentially border his/her freedom is his/her own self. Persona itself is the one (instead God) who can determine his/her destiny; to use and defend the freedom or ignore the freedom.
Related to the denotation and connotation analysis above, this poetry contain of two messages. First message, every life creature has the right of freedom. Second message, our self is the only thing who/which can make the freedom exist or not exist. The first message, every life creature has the right of freedom, had a relation with the interpretation of the first main keyword. It proved that in the first main keyword of denotation and connotation analysis, I interpreted that persona has a faith if he/she has the right of freedom in his/her self and there is no one who/which can border it freedom. The second message, our self is the only thing who/which can make the freedom exist or not exist, had a relation with the interpretation of the second, third, and fourth main keyword. It proved that in the second keyword of denotation and connotation analysis, I interpreted that persona has a faith that every one has no ability to border his/her freedom and with a sense of courage from the power of it freedom, persona succeed to fight and escape from the threat. In the third keyword of denotation and connotation analysis, I interpreted that it’s depend persona itself to choose trust to the power of his/her self freedom to achieve his/her goal of life and easily solve or throw away his/her problems or burdens, or do not trust to the power of his/her self freedom and got some difficulties to achieve or reach his/her goal of life and throw away or solve all his/her burdens or problems. In the fourth keyword of denotation and connotation analysis, I interpreted that persona itself is the one (instead God) who can determine his/her destiny; to use and defend the freedom or ignore the freedom.
Imagery Analysis
This poetry contains of two imageries. There are visual imagery and kinesthetic imagery. First is visual imagery which is contained in the word “liberty” (first stanza, line two) and “enemy” (fourth stanza, line two). These words show that persona believes if he/she has a freedom to do anything in his/her life as long as persona is responsible with it. This freedom is existed since persona was in the womb. This freedom is absolute. No one can disturb the existence except persona itself. It means that if persona really believes that he/she has a right of freedom and then use the freedom wisely to run and develop his/her life, the freedom will keep exist. But if persona do not believes or maybe doubt that he/she has a right of freedom and its power, and then always border his/her ability or anything in his/her life, the freedom will blow up. That’s all depends on persona itself, the only one who can decided.
Second is kinesthetic imagery which is contained in the word “torture” (first stanza, line one), “prick” (second stanza, line one), “rend” (second stanza, line two), “bind’ (second stanza, line four), “flee” (second stanza, line four), “divest” (third stanza, line two), and “gain” (third stanza, line three). These words show that all threatens or disturbances which are very potential to threat and disturb the existence of persona’s freedom. All threatens and disturbances can be come from outside or inside persona’s self. But the most dangerous threatens or disturbances are come from inside of persona’s self which related with persona’s belief and can make persona loss his/her freedom. The words also show how persona’s reaction or action toward threatens or disturbances; surrender or keep fighting. If persona decided to surrender with that, his/her freedom will be bordered or maybe gone. But if persona keep fighting and never give up with that, he/she will escape, keep the freedom, and use the freedom to reach his/her goal of life.
Related to the imagery analysis above, this poetry contain of two messages. First message, believes that you have a freedom and its power. Second message, keep or you will loss the freedom. The first message, believes that you have a freedom and its power, has a relation with the explanation of the first imagery, visual imagery. It proved that in the visual imagery I explain that the words “liberty” and “enemy” show that persona believes if he/she has a freedom to do anything in his/her life. It means if persona believes with his/her self freedom, then this believe will create a power to help persona to run his/her life, to get what he/she wants, and to keep the existence of the freedom it self. Second message, keep or you will loss the freedom, has a relation with the explanation of the second imagery, kinesthetic imagery. It proved that in the kinesthetic imagery I explain that the words “bind”, “flee”, “divest”, and “gain” show how persona’s reaction or action, surrender or keep fighting, toward threatens or disturbances which threat and disturb persona’s freedom. If persona always keeps his/her freedom’s existence, he/she will feel live in the sky and achieve the sweet result later. But if persona loss it, he/she will feel life in a cage and achieve nothing.
Figurative Language Analysis
This poetry contains of two figurative languages. There are metonymy and allegory. The first figurative language, metonymy, can be found in the word “divest” (third stanza, line two) and “gain” (third stanza, line three). By using these words, Emily Dickinson tries to substitute some words with another words with which it closely associated. In this poetry, Emily Dickinson use the words “divest” and “gain” above to describe about the easiness to feel that we have lost our freedom and then border our own self, and the difficulties to achieve or realization our dreams because we feel doubtful with the power of our freedom who actually can bring us to the glory if we really believe with it. Because “divest” is closely associated with “lost”, and “gain” is closely associated with “bring to something”.
The second figurative language, allegory, can be found in the sentences “no rack can torture me” (first stanza, line one), “you cannot prick with saw” (second stanza, line one), “nor rend with scymitar” (second stanza, line two), and “the eagle of his nest” (third stanza, line one). By using these sentences, Emily Dickinson tries to give the literal meaning and the symbolic meaning of the words or phrases or sentences. In this poetry, the literary meaning of the sentences “no rack can torture me”, “you cannot prick with saw”, and “nor rend with scymitar” is there is no one else who can disturb someone’s freedom. The symbolic meaning is someone who has seriousness to protect his/her freedom. Then the literary meaning of the sentence “the eagle of his nest” is someone who let him/her self bordered because he/she don’t want to develop his/her self and his/her abilities, and it because he/she feels doubtful with the power of freedom that he/she has. The symbolic meaning is a person who lost his/her freedom and life like in a cage which cannot do something.
Related to the figurative language analysis above, this poetry contains two messages. First message, the glory is something which is easy to go but difficult to come. Second message, don’t let your self border your own freedom. These messages have a relation with the explanation of the figurative language analysis. It proved in the explanation of metonymy and allegory that Emily Dickinson describe about the easiness to feel that we have lost our freedom and then border our own self, and the difficulties to achieve our dreams, also let our self bordered and don’t want to develop it, because of the doubtful feeling of the freedom’s power.
Tone Analysis
When I read this poetry for the first time, I feel that this poetry is an excited poetry. This poetry is an excited poetry because there are words “liberty” (first stanza, line two), “bolder” (first stanza, line four), phrases “cannot prick with saw” (second stanza, line one), “nor rend with scymitar” (second stanza, line two), “no easier divest” (third stanza, line two), and “gain the sky” (third stanza, line three). The words “liberty” and “bolder” are refer to the persona’s believes toward his/her freedom in his/her self and its power. The believes of freedom and its power make persona feels optimistic and enthusiastic to do anything as long as positive to run his/her life and to get his/her dream or goal. The phrases “cannot prick with saw” and “nor rend with scymitar” are refer to the persona’s optimistic feeling to defend the existence of his/her freedom in his/her self. Persona believes if he/she can keep his/her freedom’s existence and will summon up all his/her ability to do that. The phrases “no easier divest” and “gain the sky” are refer to the process of persona’s struggle in the way to defend the freedom keep exist and the result of persona’s struggle which finally he/she can catch his/her dream or goal.
Related to the tone analysis above, this poetry contains a message. The message is always be optimist and keep fighting in the way to realization our dream or achieve our goal in life. This message has a relation with the explanation of the tone analysis. It proved that in the tone analysis above, the words “liberty” and “bolder”, and the phrases “cannot prick with saw”, “nor rend with scymitar”, “no easier divest”, and “gain the sky” are refer to the persona’s believes toward his/her freedom, optimistic feeling to defend the existence of his/her freedom, the process of persona’s struggle in the way to defend the freedom keep exist, and the result of the struggle which is get the dream in the hand.
Meter Analysis
Every stanza of this poetry consists of four lines. In the first stanza line one, there is dactylic dimeter. So this line concern about persona’s feeling of decline to someone who wants to grab or border his/her freedom. In the first stanza line two, there are iambic monometer and trochaic monometer. So this line concern about persona’s feeling which recollective with the freedom of his/her self, and persona also feels that he/she very confident to own the freedom. In the first stanza line three, there are trochaic monometer and dactylic monometer. So this line concerns about persona’s confidence with the freedom and the feeling of decline to loss it. In the first stanza line four, there are iambic monometer and trochaic monometer. So same like line two, this line concern about persona’s feeling which recollective with the freedom of his/her self, and feels that he/she is very confident to own the freedom.
In the second stanza line one, there are iambic monometer and trochaic monometer. So this line concerns about persona’s certainty to keep his/her freedom exist and decline all of disturbances. In the second stanza line two, there are trochaic monometer and iambic monometer. So this line concerns about persona’s certainty to fight the disturbance who/which wants to bother his/her freedom. In the second stanza line three, there are iambic dimeter and trochaic monometer. So this line concern about persona who thoughtful and be assertive to struggle his/her freedom. In the second stanza line four, there are iambic dimeter and trochaic monometer. So this line concern with persona’s action, thoughtful and assertive in faces the disturbance.
In the third stanza line one, there are iambic monometer and trochaic monometer. So this line concern about persona’s feeling which recollective with his/her self confidence to use the freedom. In the third stanza line two, there is trochaic dimeter. So this line concern if suddenly persona feels doubtful with his/her freedom’s power. In the third stanza line three, there are iambic monometer and trochaic monometer. So this line concern that persona’s feeling about the power of his/her freedom is changing from uncertainly or doubtful to certainly, and he/she also become confident again. In the third stanza line four, there is trochaic dimeter. So this line concerns that after persona becomes confident again, he/she sure that he/she can conquered many challenges in this world to make his/her dream come true.
In the fourth stanza line one, there are trochaic dimeter and iambic monometer. So this line concerns that persona certain if the only one enemy who can border the freedom is persona itself. In the fourth stanza line two, there is trochaic monometer. So this line concerns that persona must be assertive with his/her self to keep the freedom exist and must be confident to show and use the freedom. In the fourth stanza line three, there are trochaic monometer and dactylic monometer. So this line concerns if persona insist to always trust to his/her self ability and not easily become sad or desperate to face the life problems which can disturb his/her freedom. In the fourth stanza line four, there is trochaic monometer. So this line concern that actually persona feels very proud to own the freedom.
So, this poetry contains three kinds of foot. There are trochee, iamb, and dactyl. The amount of trochee foot which I found in this poetry is eighteen. The amount of iamb foot which I found in this poetry is eleven. The amount of dactyl foot which I found in this poetry is four. The most foot which found in this poetry is trochee. So it can be concluded that Emily Dickinson used trochaic meter in the whole poem, which means assertive or confident. This assertive or confident feeling came from the Emily Dickinson’s self who channeled in every word, phrase, and sentence in this poetry and then the delivery of this poetry is represented by persona. Then it can be said if the assertive or confident it self means that persona believes that he/she has the right of freedom. Persona feels so proud and confident to own the freedom, because he/she can do anything that he/she wants to achieve the top of life or goal. So persona will do anything to struggle his/her freedom and fight the all the obstacles which want to obstruct his/her self freedom.
Related to the meter analysis above, this poetry contains a message. The message is always strives your freedom because the freedom is very important to help you life in this world. This message has a relation with the explanation of the meter analysis. It proved that meter of this poetry is assertive or confident. It means someone assertiveness or confidence believes with the freedom power that he/she has, and this person will struggle the freedom in order to survive in this hard life and achieve his/her goals or dreams.
Theme
According to the five kinds of analysis, this poetry contains of seven messages. First message, every life creature has the right of freedom. Second message, our self is the only thing who/which can make the freedom exist or not exist. Third message, believes that you have a freedom and its power. Second message, keep or you will loss the freedom. Fourth message, the glory is something which is easy to go but difficult to come. Five message, don’t let your self border your own freedom. Sixth message, always be optimist and keep fighting in the way to realization our dream or achieve our goal in life. Seventh message, always strives your freedom because the freedom is very important to help you life in this world. So I concluded that the theme of this poetry is self-freedom emancipation. It is because in general, the idea of this poetry is that the struggle of someone to keep or protect his/her freedom because the emancipation to own the self-freedom is very important to determine everyone’s life survival and to achieve the glory.
(Friday, February 5th, 2010)
Paraphrase of Kindness Poetry
Kindness by Sylvia Plath
Kindness glides about my house.
Dame Kindness, she is so nice!
The blue and red jewels of her rings smoke
In the windows, the mirrors
Are filling with smiles.
What is so real as the cry of a child?
A rabbit's cry may be wilder
But it has no soul.
Sugar can cure everything, so Kindness says.
Sugar is a necessary fluid,
Its crystals a little poultice.
O kindness, kindness
Sweetly picking up pieces!
My Japanese silks, desperate butterflies,
May be pinned any minute, anesthetized.
And here you come, with a cup of tea
Wreathed in steam.
The blood jet is poetry,
There is no stopping it.
You hand me two children, two roses.
Paraphrase:
Persona has a wife and loves her so much. Persona’s wife is a beautiful woman, very beautiful woman. But she has different kind of beauty which is inner beauty. That’s why persona loves her so much, because she has different kind or maybe special kind of beauty than other women. This inner beauty comes from her holy heart and spread out like a shiny light. Persona feels all actions that persona’s wife do make her like an angle. When she is talking, walking, smiling, everything looks so beautiful and elegant. Persona always feels even if there no sparkling jewelries on persona’s wife body, her body always looks as sparkling as when there are million jewelries on it. Persona also feels that all women in the world are beautiful. But not all women have inner beauty like what persona’s wife has. Just the women who have peaceful, patience, lovely and tenderly heart can belongs this inner beauty. And off course, these women are very special women. The other beautiful women who haven’t peaceful, patience, lovely, and tenderly heart or just have physically beauty, haven’t sparkling light which spread out from their self. Their self looks like beautiful but dark. But the women who have peaceful, patience, lovely, and tenderly heart, looks so sweet, as sweet as Adam’s apple which comes from the God’s heaven. And persona feels that persona’s wife has this sweetness in herself. With her sweetness, she can heal everyone or maybe every life creatures in the world from their illness, eliminate pain, hatred, revenge, misery, and change them with health, joy, love or affection, and prosperity. Or even her sweetness can make all the God’s angels come down from the seventh sky to admire it. But persona feels her sweetness always warm persona’s soul. Persona also had speechless to describing persona’s wife inner beauty. It seems like all the great words which are exist in the world not enough to describe her beauty. Then it makes persona helpless to stop admiring her. Persona’s happiness increases because persona’s wife not only gives persona the sweetness of her inner beauty which can warm persona’s soul, but also children, two gorgeous daughters who coloring their life later. Persona believes that persona is the most fortunate person in the world, and persona feels very grateful with it.
(Sunday, January 31th, 2010)
Kindness glides about my house.
Dame Kindness, she is so nice!
The blue and red jewels of her rings smoke
In the windows, the mirrors
Are filling with smiles.
What is so real as the cry of a child?
A rabbit's cry may be wilder
But it has no soul.
Sugar can cure everything, so Kindness says.
Sugar is a necessary fluid,
Its crystals a little poultice.
O kindness, kindness
Sweetly picking up pieces!
My Japanese silks, desperate butterflies,
May be pinned any minute, anesthetized.
And here you come, with a cup of tea
Wreathed in steam.
The blood jet is poetry,
There is no stopping it.
You hand me two children, two roses.
Paraphrase:
Persona has a wife and loves her so much. Persona’s wife is a beautiful woman, very beautiful woman. But she has different kind of beauty which is inner beauty. That’s why persona loves her so much, because she has different kind or maybe special kind of beauty than other women. This inner beauty comes from her holy heart and spread out like a shiny light. Persona feels all actions that persona’s wife do make her like an angle. When she is talking, walking, smiling, everything looks so beautiful and elegant. Persona always feels even if there no sparkling jewelries on persona’s wife body, her body always looks as sparkling as when there are million jewelries on it. Persona also feels that all women in the world are beautiful. But not all women have inner beauty like what persona’s wife has. Just the women who have peaceful, patience, lovely and tenderly heart can belongs this inner beauty. And off course, these women are very special women. The other beautiful women who haven’t peaceful, patience, lovely, and tenderly heart or just have physically beauty, haven’t sparkling light which spread out from their self. Their self looks like beautiful but dark. But the women who have peaceful, patience, lovely, and tenderly heart, looks so sweet, as sweet as Adam’s apple which comes from the God’s heaven. And persona feels that persona’s wife has this sweetness in herself. With her sweetness, she can heal everyone or maybe every life creatures in the world from their illness, eliminate pain, hatred, revenge, misery, and change them with health, joy, love or affection, and prosperity. Or even her sweetness can make all the God’s angels come down from the seventh sky to admire it. But persona feels her sweetness always warm persona’s soul. Persona also had speechless to describing persona’s wife inner beauty. It seems like all the great words which are exist in the world not enough to describe her beauty. Then it makes persona helpless to stop admiring her. Persona’s happiness increases because persona’s wife not only gives persona the sweetness of her inner beauty which can warm persona’s soul, but also children, two gorgeous daughters who coloring their life later. Persona believes that persona is the most fortunate person in the world, and persona feels very grateful with it.
(Sunday, January 31th, 2010)
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