POETRY ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS OF POETRY:   FLOWER IN THE CRANNIED WALL

                            FLOWER IN THE CRANNIED WALL

                                           Flower in the crannied wall

                                        I pluck you out of the crannies

                                I hold you here, root and all, in my hand

                                  Little flower – but if I could understand

                                   What you are, root and all, and all in all

                                    I should know what God and man is

SENSE

     Is the subject matter which is given by the writter in the poem. Subject matter of a poem can be about nature, love, mankind, and many more. Subject matter usually given by the writter either directly and indirectly in their poem.But sometime, the reader must guess the subject matter in the poem by themselves.And in this poetry has also a subject matter in it. Just at the moment we read the tittle of the poem,”flower in the crannied wall” we may think that the subject matter in the poem is all about nature, or something, because writter says something like flower and wall. But we cannot conclude that it is the subject matter yet before we read the whole part of the poem.If we miss even one word, we may never find the right subject matter of the poem,because the power of the poem lays on the word.In the poem, a word can change everything else.at the first five line of the poem, we can see the writter talks about the flower in the wall. But in the last line of the text, the writter suddenly says God and man.

     So we can think that the writter illustrate God and man just like flower in the wall.At the first line , the writter says:

                                       Flower in the crannied wall

     The writter exampled Man as flower,God is exampled as the root of the flower, and the wall is exampled as universe. But why the flower cling on the crannied wall?it shows life in the universe.And there is only one place in the universe where life does exist,which is  earth.At the third and fourth line , writter says:

                                   I pluck you out of the crannies

                                   I hold you here, root and all, in my hand

It is a condition where the flower is plucked from the crannies by someone to seek where actually the flower comes from by see the root of the flower.At he fourth, fifth, and sixth lines, writter says

                                    Little flower – but if I could understand

                                   What you are, root and all, and all in all

                                  I should know what God and man is

     It explain that Subject “I” in the poem feels curious about the provenance  of everything which is living on earth.Word”little flower” actually is a small thing which does exist in the very wide universe.That is man .Word “root and all””and all in all” explains about how God an man in a relation,and relation from both of them with the universe or nature.Then we can take one simple conclusion that the poem is to contemplate how littleman understands the meaning of both his and God’s existance, and whether true unity exists between nature, and the divine. The main topic of the poem is discovering who God and man in relation to one another

FEELING

     Is writter’s attitude toward subject matter in the poem.Every writter has a different opinion in facing a problem in the poetry.In this story,writter wants to criticize something which is about the thing he cannot solve yet.Besides, he also expresses his feeling so good by placing himself in the poem as the subject “I” in it. He feels so wonder about the beginning or the germinal of everything’ life around him.The sense of curiousity he has ,is illustrated  to the flower and the wall to make it simpler and easier to understand and to explain one by one in the wall such as flower, root of the flower, and the wall. Over all , the writter’s attitude toward the poem is clearly very illustrative.

TONE

     Tone is writter’s attitude toward the reader of their poetry. Commonly, the writter’s attitude toward the reader can be sugestif,persuasif arrogant, and many more. After reading the whole parts of the poem, it is of course ce see that the writter’s attitude is very guessing.and also he includes himself in the poem as the subject “I”. At the fourth line, the writter says:    

                                           Little flower – but if I could understand

     That sentence indicates that the writter takes time to guess the thing he cannot understand yet. That sentence also explain that the writter’s attitude toward reader is mostly guessing and also giving illustrattion to the reader about God man and universe in the relation to one another.

INTENTION

      Is the purpose of the poem the writter wants to intend to all the reader. It is impossible that a poetry is written without any intention in it, at least to express the feeling of the writter. After analyzing the sense, tone, and the feeling of this poetry, then we can now find and conclude that the intention of this poetry is to explain how man ,God does exist , besides this poetry  is also intends to persuade the reader to involve themselves in finding one best answer from the subject matter in the poem. At the fourth and fifth line, writter says:

                                      Little flower – but if I could understand

                                      What you are, root and all, and all in all

     Those two lines are the subject matter in the poetry which he wants to solve that he still not be able to solve. Sentence ”But if I could understands” is one of the most important line in this poem. Indirectly, the writter asks the reader to think and try to understand about their existance and everything around the. And also the writter wants that the reader feels what the writter is feeling.reader is demanded to dig deeper about who they are and their relation to their almightly creator. Writter wrote first five lines of this poem with all about his curiousity and questions in it only to one intention which is so hard to find. And the only intentions he wants to reach he wrote in the last line in his poem.

TYPE OF POEM

     When we see from the type of the poem, thiss poetry is actually one of the poem which is reflective. Reflective poem is a thoughtful poem  containing of a great description which the poets comments on as form upon which be drawn as conclusion. This poetry is reflective because writter explain one thing or condition by giving an illustration to explain the thing he means. Word “flower” reflected man in the real condition. It makes reader easier to understand and to catch the meaning the writter intends to.

POETICAL TECHNIQUE

-REPETITION

      writter use repetition to emphasize the meaning or the thing they think important to deliver. Repetition can be repetition of word, repetition of line, or repetition of stanza. In this poem , writter repeat word only. At the third to fifth lines, writter says:

                                       I hold you here, root and all, in my hand

                                      Little flower – but if I could understand

                                      What you are, root and all, and all in all

L.A Tennyson, the writter of this poem repeat word”root and all” from the line three to the line five. And after that he wrote”and all in all” afterward. He did such that thing because he                wants us to catch the point he wants to deliver. We know that “root” is actually God or  creator of everything, and “all” is everthing which is created by the creator. He repeat word “root and all” to emphasize that God is something like root of a plant. Without root, it means nothing because every part of the plant depends on the root. Root gives the needs of the stem , the leaves, and the flower of the plants. We cannot see the root of the plants because it is buried in the ground. We can only see the stem , leaves and the flower.So, that’s why subject”I” pluck the flower to see the root.

     Word “all in all” shows that the flower is clinged on the wall in the crannies. The first “all” indicates God and man As plant of flower. The second “all”indicates the crannied wall where the flower hangs. With the flower on it, it makes the wall looks more beautifull and colorful. In the real condition, we can say that with the existance of life in the universe, it makes universe more unique and more beautiful.At the end we know that, by repeating word” root and all” and all in all, we  can understand about God’s existance, man existance ,their relation each other and the true unity between nature and divine.

SELF-PROVING OF SANTIAGO ( The Old Man and The sea )

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         The old man and the sea by one of the most famous writter Ernest Hemingway is one of the most wellknown story by society, other writter, and get so much appreciation. This writter who was born in Oak Park, Illinois, USA, 1899 has created many others story that are as good as this story such as A Farewell To Arms, The Sun Also Rises, For Whom The Bells Tools, Across The River And Into The Trees which has a big contribution to the developement of literature. There are also some of his works that he has taken from his own experiences like in the story A Farewell To Arms when he worked as a volunteer in Italy as Ambulance driver in world war 1. His stories have also inspired so many people for his amazing story. He is reputed as the best English novelist in his period for his novella The Old Man And The Sea which have brought him achieving Pulitzer nobel in 1953 and in the next year he achieved a nobel due to his contribution making and developing new style in modern literature. He passed away in 1961 in his house because of suicide.

       In my opinion, this story is such of so many moral values. The story that took place in Gulf of Mexico tell us about how a man prove himself and how he face even a big problem in his old days by trying to show to others fisherman if he still can catch a  big fish eventhough he failed in the end. By reading  some begining paragraphs, we can find some sentences that show to us about his characters and his physic such as ‘’Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same colour as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated’’. ‘’ The old man’s head was very old though and with his eyes closed there was no life in his face’’. We know that he was an old man and everything about him is old except his eyes. In the some next pharagraphs , we can read some sentences that tell us about his characters, ‘’ His hope and his confidence had never gone’’. ‘’ I think perhaps I can too. But I try not to borrow. First you borrow, then you beg’’.’’  No, I know others better’’.  Those sentences prove to us that eventhough he is old, he still has a hope and confidence. Eventhough he has nothing, he still tried not to borrow. It means that he ruled his life in principle. In the story the writter also show to us how an old man can be a good friend with a little boy, his attitude towards nature, and also the main thing is self-proving of santiago.

       At the first sentence the writter says that he was an old man who was alone in a skiff in the gulf stream and he had gone for eighty days without taking a fish. Santiago has actually failed to catch fish for a long time, but he never give up before he catch truly big fish. With his very simple skiff and another thing he has, he has never been so afraid to fish alone in the sea without anybody helping him. Santiago is actually a gentleman. It is proven when we read the sentence ‘’ They sat on the terrace and many of the fisherman made fun of the old man and he was not angry’’. When Santiago heard other fishermen made fun of him, he actually wanted to prove himself to other fishermen who made fun of him that he still can catch a fish. He was an old man, but it doesn’t stop him reaching his goal. From the sentence’’ I think so. And there are many tricks’’ we know that he will never think that age will influence him.

       After other fishermen made fun of him, he decided to catch a truly big fish alone in his skiff  to prove that they were wrong. He started to go fishing far away in the sea where he couldn’t see any island even his place, Havana. His principle is about, pay to much attention to what people say means lack of self-confidence. So, he just ignored everything bad that people said toward him and tried to do his best. He fought alone in his skiff in the gulf stream for three days against a big fish, Marlin. He was very stubborn and never let the fish to go away. He used every tricks he has to catch the fish. The sentence ‘’ Fish, he said aloud, I’ll stay with you until I’m dead’’ proves that he was a stubborn man with nothing will stop him catching the fish.

       In the middle of his fight he said to himself that perhaps he should has not been a fisherman, but that was the thing he was born for. He always strengtheened himself everytime he felt he wanted to give up. He actually could catch the fish and started to return to the harbour, but in his way home, some sharks smelled his fish and tried to bite the fish. Santiago tried to save his fish from the attack of the sharks with all his strengh and all he has in his skiff. But unfortunately, he couldn’t save his fish and the sharks has bitten his marlin until it dead. After he arrived to the harbour, he directly walked to his shack and took some sleep. When the boy Saw him, he ran to his skiff and saw the bone of his fish in the water and also other fishermen saw it too. They wondered about how big the fish Santiago has caught.

       This novella was written by Ernest Hemingway when people think he has stopped writing. But finally this novela became one the the best work he has ever done in his career. In my opinion, the conclusion is  when we try to make a big effort , when we try to prove ourselves , then we will make something better. Meanwhile we think that every effort makes a better difference, some people think that no matter how big the effort we make, how big the struggle we have, finally it comes to nothing.

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