poem analysis

KHOIROTIN NI’MAH

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TBI 5C

MID-PROJECT INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE “analysing a poem”

Mrs. Dwi Ima Herminingsih

1.      Title     : To Me, My Friend, You Never Can Be Old

Sonet 104

2.      Author : William Shakespeare : 402 / 410

3.      Poem   :

To Me, Fair Friend, You Never Can Be Old

To me, fair Friend, you never can be old,
For as you were when first your eye I eyed
Such seems your beauty still, Three winters' cold
Have from the forests shook three summers' pride;

Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turn'd
In process of the seasons have I seen,
Three April perfumes in three hot Junes burn'd,
Since first I saw you fresh, which yet are green.

Ah! yes doth beauty, like a dial-hand,
Steal from his figure, and no pace perceived;
So your sweet hue, which methinks still doth stand,
Hath motion, and mine eye may be deceived,

For fear of which, hear this, thou age unbred,-
Ere you were born, was beauty's summer dead.

4.      Biography of William Shakespeare

An English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613 at age 49, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others.

Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the 16th century. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights.

William Shakespeare was the son of John Shakespeare, an alderman and a successful glover originally from Snitterfield, and Mary Arden, the daughter of an affluent landowning farmer. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and baptised there on 26 April 1564. His actual birthdate remains unknown, but is traditionally observed on 23 April, St George's Day. This date, which can be traced back to an 18th-century scholar's mistake, has proved appealing to biographers, since Shakespeare died 23 April 1616. He was the third child of eight and the eldest surviving son.

Retrive from : http://www.poemhunter.com/william-shakespeare/biography/

5.      Physical Analysis        :

a.                   Word   : 118 words

b.                  Line     : 14 lines

c.                   Stanzas: 4

d.                  Rhyme : 1st verse: b b b b; 2nd verse: b a b a; 3rd verse: b b b b, 4th verse: b b

e.                   Rhytm : the rhytm is energic

6.      Theme : friendship, true friend

7.      Verse and Diction       :

a.                   1 st verse : quartet (4 lines)

b.                  2nd verse : quartet (4 lines)

c.                   3rd verse : quartet (4 lines)

d.                  4th verse : couplet (2 lines)

The diction is used an abstract symbols, so we ough to getting the implicit meaning.

8.      Mood  : spirit, enthusiasm

9.      Figurative        :

a.                   Hyperbole : you never can be old; For as you were when first your eye I eyed ,and etc

b.                  Alliteration      : For as you were when first your eye I eyed

c.                   Onomatopoea  : Ah!

d.                  Metaphore       : Such seems your beauty still, Three winters' cold, Such seems your beauty still, Three winters' cold
Have from the forests shook three summers' pride;
e.         Personification: Such seems your beauty still, Three winters' cold
Have from the forests shook three summers' pride;

10.  Summary         :           this poem tells about a true friend. This poem describes that true friend always young it means that she/he never die. He/she always live besides us wether we are happy or sad.