AN ANALYSIS OF LIFE AND DEATH IN ROBERT FROST S SELECTED POEMS A THESIS BY NAME : DINA ARTIKA SARI REG. NOs : 060721030 UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA FACULTY OF LETTERS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEDAN 2008
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to thank to God Allah SWT, the most gracious and merciful. The almighty who has blessed me in finishing this paper since the beginning up to its completion. This paper entitle An Analysis of Robert Frost Perception on Life and Death in Selected Poems. Dra.H. Swesana Mardiah Lubis M.Hum The Head of English Department who has helped me with her leadership to finish my study. Dra. Syahri Saja MA. Who has guided me in completing my thesis with her patience and time to correct my paper. Dra. H. Swesana Mardiah Lubis M.Hum who has given me guided and time to correct my paper. And I would like to thank you to Drs. Umar Mono M.Hum for all your support. My special thanks to my family especially, for my father and my mother who always support me in everything that I do. My dearest friend, Mega Idolia, Intan, Ika, Reni, Ica, Zahra, Sani, Who always help me and give their support for me, and help me in seeking the book which related to my thesis. Thank you to all my lecturer in Faculty Of Letters and my friends who helped me in finishing my paper. Thank you to all my friends in English Study Program especially for my classmate. Medan, March 2008 Dina Artika Sari
ABSTRACT Skripsi ini adalah penganalisisan puisi Robert Frost yang bertemakan hidup dan mati. Judul skripsi ini ialah An Analysis Of Life And Death In Robert Frost s Selected Poems. Sanjak sanjak yang dibahas ialah Meeting and Passing, Nothing Gold Can Stay, After Apple Picking, dan Home Burial.Sanjak sanjak tersebut bertemakan kehidupan dan kematian. Dengan adanya pembahasan ini kita dapat mengerti bagaimana kita menghargai hidup dan dapat mensyukuri apa yang telah Tuhan berikan kepada kita. Mungkin ada sebagian orang berpikir bahwa hidupnya tidak berarti, dan ada juga yang berpikiran bahwa dia tidak puas dengan apa yang telah didapatkannya. Didalam pembahasan skripsi ini Robert Frost memiliki persepsi bahwa kehidupan dan kematian saling berhubungan satu sama lain. Menurut Robert Frost hidup ialah tempat kita meraih keinginan dan cita-cita kita,dalam hal ini ada yang terwujud dan ada yang tidak terwujud, tetapi yakinlah jika kita berusaha pasti semuanya tidak akan sia-sia.dan kematian adalah akhir perjalanan hidup kita,dan hal inilah yang membuat kita untuk bisa menghargai hidup.
TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... i ABSTRAK... ii TABLE OF CONTENTS... iii CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION... 1 1.1 The Background of the study... 1 1.2 Objectives of the Analysis... 2 1.3 Significance of the Analysis... 2 1.4 Scope of the Analysis... 3 1.5 Method of the Analysis... 3 1.6 Review of Related literature... 4 CHAPTER II CLARIFICATION OF TERMS... 8 2.1 Life... 11 2.2 Death... 12 CHAPTER III ON THE ANALYSIS OF ROBERT FROST S FOUR POEMS LIFE AND DEATH... 16 3.1 Nothing Gold Can Stay... 16 3.2 Meeting and Passing... 19 3.3 After Apple Picking... 22 3.4 Home Burial... 32
CHAPTER IV CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS... 43 4.1 Conclusions... 43 4.2 Suggestions... 45 BIBLIOGRAPHY... 46 APPENDICES... 47 THE BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT FROST... 47 ROBERT FROST S SELECTED POEMS... 50