Literature Task

THE QUESTION

1. What is poetry? Based on your opinion

2. What are genres of English Poetry? give an example of each genres

3. What are genres of Indonesian Poetry? give an example of each genres

 

THE ANSWER

1.   My Opinion about Poetry is the written art. Poetry is an art that someone make to express their feeling through a word and written pattern, and from that they can send a message to all of people who read their poetry.

2.   There are 3 genre of English Poetry: lyric, narrative, and dramatic.

The example Lyric:

How Do I Love Thee

By: Elizabeth Barrett Browning's 

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of Being and ideal Grace

I love thee to the level of everyday's

Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

I love thee with the passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith

I love thee with a love I seem to love

With my lost saints, - I love thee with the breath,

Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose,

I shall but love thee better after death.

 

The example Narrative:

The Raven

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

"Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door-

Only this and nothing more.”

 

The example Dramatic:

The Dream Called Life

By: Pedro Calderon de la Barca

DREAM it was in which I found myself.

And you that hail me now, then hailed me king,

In a brave palace that was all my own,

Within, and all without it, mine; until,

Drunk with excess of majesty and pride,

Methought I towered so big and swelled so wide

That of myself I burst the glittering bubble

Which my ambition had about me blown

And all again was darkness. Such a dream

As this, in which I may be walking now,

Dispensing solemn justice to you shadows,

Who make believe to listen; but anon

Kings, princes, captains, warriors, plume and steel,

Ay, even with all your airy theater,

May flit into the air you seem to rend

 

3.   There are 3 genre of Indonesia Poetry: Pantun, Syair, dan Gurindam

The example of Pantun:

Pisang emas dibawa berlayar

Masak sebiji di atas peti 

Hutang emas boleh dibayar

Hutang budi dibawa mati

 

The example of Syair:

Semua manusia kan pasti mati 

Baik petani ataupun menteri 

Mari kita bercermin diri

Agar kita tak sampai merugi

 

The example of Gurindam:

Belajar janganlah ditunda-tunda

Karena kamu tidak akan kembali muda

Jika kamu terus menunda

Hilanglah sudah kesempatan berharga

 

 

 

The reference:

·         https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-poems.html

·         https://www.kelaspintar.id/blog/tips-pintar/puisi-rakyat-pengertian-ciri-dan-jenisnya-5582/