Background of the study

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A. Background of the study

Poetry is one of literary works that more superiority than the other works, because inside the word in poetry there is language that says more and says it more intensely than ordinary language. 1 It means the language in the poem needs more effort. Poetry is written to be enjoyed because in poem usually used supported elements to enrich the meaning and bring the reader imagination to her or his minds. “The point about poetry and the other form of literature is that the choice of words and elements inside which used by the author”. 2 To create a good poetry, a poet usually used supported elements in poem that usually called by intrinsic elements such as figure of speech, diction and tone to enrich the meaning and made the reader feels easy to understand what the poet means. In this Thesis, the writer would analysis two poems by Michele Amas’ entitled The Babies and Unborn ones. Those poems are similar in some ways and different in others. Especially, figure of speech, tone and diction. The intrinsic element has important rules in analyzing the real meaning of the poem, because by analyzing the intrinsic element the writer will be unveil the message in the poem. In this Thesis the writer tries to make connections between texts or ideas, engage in critical thinking, and go beyond more description or summary to generate interested analysis. The writer also focuses on the words of 1 Laurence Perrine, and R. A. R.P Sound and sense: An Introduction to poetry, 8 th ed. Florida: Harcourt Brace College publisher, 1992,p.3. 2 Richard Gill, Mastering English Literature New York : Mac Millan, 1995, p.4 3 text rather than fact about the author’s life or the biographical in which it was written. In the word of the texts, the writer can explore every stanza, line and word with his own analysis. The poem needs to be discussed and analyzed directly by the writer himself, and the writer understands the message and the depth of true meaning contain on the poem. The writer would pay attention to the formal features of the text, tone and diction. So, by using descriptive qualitative method, the writer able to analyze two Michele Amas’ poems collected in the main title “Daughter”. Michele Amas is a poet. She has a background in performing arts and has worked as an actor and director for theatre, television and radio. Her poem ‘Daugther’ was selected for Best New Zealand poems 2005. In these poems, the writer assumes that Michele Amas poems use diction, tone and figure of speech to enrich her poems. Therefore, the writer becomes interested in analyzing the intrinsic element on Michele Amas’ poem.

B. Research Methodology