Analysis My Friend's Poem by Using Biographical Analysis

Based on the poet's biography, this poem tells about experiences about sadness, pain, lonely, and all of problems that happened to her. Moreover, she is a fifth-semester student at one of the universities in Tasikmalaya and she is 20 years old because usually at that semester, there a lot of assignments that students have to do, so the poet had to feel sad or stress.

Because the poet is female and 20 years old, her emotion has not been stable yet. At that time, young adults are more susceptible to experience mental disorders and usually women prioritize emotions in dealing with problems rather than men. Thus, no wonder, she experienced painful so easily.

She wrote that poem to try healing her own self from sadness, stress, painful, and all of the problems. She supported herself to rise from adversity. She also believed that she can be stronger and pass all of her pain. Moreover, to reveal her emotions, she preferred to write a poem based on her feelings to she had to show her pain to many people while seeking an attention. Even more, she indeed likes quotes or proverbs. Therefore, she wrote that poem.


Rizka Faidah Utami (1701010030)

Analysis "A Letter to Myself" by Postmodernism

A Letter to Myself

By: Melissa Paiz

The clock strikes three in the morning and I find myself still awake

Tossing and turning

Thinking and thinking about the day that awaits.

My mind is against me

But my heart tells me to be strong.

It tells me that I will eventually find my euphoric key -

I just need to hold on.

There are reasons why people live on and face the mundane

And sometimes bleak hours of this thing we call life.

There are reasons we enjoy the sunrise,

Every morning bird’s song, 

And how some people push the thought of suicide away and put down the knife.

The laughter loved one’s cause, 

The warmth of a hug and a sweet late night kiss, 

It is in these moments that the wounded souls find bliss.

I've written words of hatred towards myself for many years,

Words that I'd never call anyone else,

Words filled with anger and fears.

Dear me who has pushed through pain,

Attempted ending of all,

And has built an indestructible wall to protect what's left of a broken person.

You love so much and yet never give the same amount to yourself

You help other when they fall,

But you hurt yourself instead of asking for help

You see all of your faults and tear yourself down,

You continue this cycle until you start to drown.

Analysis:

“A Letter to Myself” poem was created by Melissa Paiz on June 25, 2018. This poem belongs to postmodernism, because it was written in postmodernism era and in postmodernism itself, everything is subjective and all perceptions are constructed. In this poem, the poet tells about her feelings, about her circumstances where she was experiencing the depression and she tried to rise from her depression and to support that she could get through it alone. It can be seen from the dictions that she used in her poem, she always supported herself when her own weak circumstance, she tried to reinforce herself as well. There are implied messages where she not only support her own self but also people who have depression. 

Moreover, all perceptions and responds from readers can be seen by us in her comment box on her Youtube channel. Readers’ perceptions says that probably Melissa wrote that poem because she had a serious problem which causes she was in the weakest moment and at the end she could rise from her problem and got rid of her own fears. Then, readers’ responds is so various and pretty great. Some of them support her and people who are in weakest moment, some of them experience what Melissa felt, some of them are truly touched by Melissa’s poem and make them crying. 

Poem - Him (Kind of Poetry)

Him
by: Rizka Faidah Utami

Tall and a little bit skinny
Friendly and kind
His voice is so melodious
And soothing
Like a bird chirping in the morning
His eyes are so stunning
Like a rainbow arising after the rain
His gaze is so deep
As deep as the ocean
His smile is so sweet
As sweet as cotton candy

He’s almost full of perfection
And I truly admire him

Analysis: 

          This is poem I made is belong to poetry of praise because my poem expresses and praises about the characteristics of someone who I admire. This poem tells about my idol. He is totally attractive for me. His characteristics steal my heart to admire him because as I know, he is so friendly and kind when he meet his fans and he never ignore his fans. He is also never arrogant. I can’t handle myself when I see him smile, because it’s too sweet though. The point is, all of his characteristics make me interested in him and admire him.

Poem Analysis - A Red, Red Rose

A Red, Red Rose

By: Robert Burns

O my Luve's like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Luve is like the melody
That’s sweetly played in tune!

So fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry.

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;

Analysis:

• This poem is made by Robert Burns, a famoys Scotthish poet. This poem is about his love to a woman. He has deep feelings for her so he write a poem to describe his love feeling to her.
• Robert Burns use "luve" word, I think, because he is a typical shy man and he is not brave enough to call her "love" and use "love" word. And he doesn't want to seem frontal to call her "love" so he choose "luve" word instead of "love" word.
• On this poem, Robert Burns also use a red rose to symbolize his love to a woman that he love. He use red rose, not other flowers or color of flowers because I think, first, rose is a beautiful flower. It smells good. It is identical with the world of romance. Second, red rose is type of flowers that is widely used as a symbol of romanticism, can also be said as an expression of affection. Moreover, red rose has a meaning. It is "I love you".

Poem Analysis - My Best Friend

My Best Friend

(by Abby Jenkins)

Black and white

Thick and furry

Fast as the wind

Always in a hurry

Couple of spots

Rub my ears

Always comes when his name he hears

Loves his ball; it's his favorite thing

What's most fun for him? Everything!

Great big tongue that licks my face

Has a crate, his very own space

Big brown eyes like moon pies

He's my friend till the very end!

Analysis:

• This poem is about the true friendship. There is no matter how or who your bestfriend is. Comfortable feeling is the important thing when you make a relationship with others. Precisely, when you heart feels comfortable with that joy.
• Abby as the poet, tells us about the journey when she has a dog which has been her bestfriend. She describes how much she loves her furry pal through describing every inch of her friend's habits. She also tells us about what things are that her friend often to do with her. Moreover, she assumes that her dog as her bestfriend because her dog is so loyal. She always find her happiness when being with it. Eventhough, her dog can't talk, but it always listens to her.
• We think, this poem is suitable for 4th-grade or 5th-grade-children, between 10-11 years old, because the language used is more varied. At that age, children are already able to analyze the reading materials based on their experience or logic.

Analyzed by:

- Rizka Faidah Utami (1701010030)

- Shofa Latifah 

English and Chinese are Worth Studying

         In this era, the existence of globalization could make foreign language ​need to be studied. In facing this globalization we need to have preparations because competition is getting tougher not only in own country but entire world. One of preparations to face globalization is by studying foreign language. According to Ministry of Education and Culture, foreign language need to be mastered. Therefore, if people want to master it, they have to study it.

         There are two foreign languages that are worth studying, those are English and Chinese. Why are both foreign languages worth studying? First, English is international language officially while Chinese is the number one language most used in the world. Second, many companies that was built in Indonesia, either Chinese companies or American companies. Those companies need employees who could speak English or Chinese for sure. Furthermore, studying those languages is both fun and interesting. Many benefits that we could get from studying those. Hence, don’t hesitate while studying those and don’t afraid in making some mistakes, because making some mistakes in studying foreign languages is something normal.