Robert Burns. 1759–1796
503. A Red, Red Rose
O MY Luve 's like a red, red rose
That 's newly sprung in June:
O my Luve 's like the melodie
That's sweetly play'd in tune!
As 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;
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.
And fare thee weel, my only Luve,
And fare thee weel a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' it were ten thousand mile
sources : www.bartleby.com
Selasa, 11 Oktober 2011
Poetry
Poetry is poetry is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language choices so as to evoke an emotional response. Poetry has been known to employ meter and rhyme, but this is by no means necessary. Poetry is an ancient form that has gone through numerous and drastic reinvention over time. The very nature of poetry as an authentic and individual mode of expression makes it nearly impossible to define.
Elements of Poetry :
Voice
Voice is a word people use to talk about the way poems "talk" to the reader.
Lyric poems and narrative poems are the ones you will see most. Lyric poems express the feelings of the writer. A narrative poem tells a story.
Some other types of voice are mask, apostrophe, and conversation. A mask puts on the identity of someone or something else, and speaks for it. Apostrophe talks to something that can't answer (a bee, the moon, a tree) and is good for wondering, asking, or offering advice. Conversation is a dialogue between two voices and often asks us to guess who the voices are.
Stanza
A stanza is a group within a poem which may have two or many lines. They are like paragraphs.
Some poems are made of REALLY short stanzas, called couplets--two lines that rhyme, one after the other, usually equal in length.
Sound
One of the most important things poems do is play with sound. That doesn't just mean rhyme. It means many other things. The earliest poems were memorized and recited, not written down, so sound is very important in poetry.
Rhyme - Rhyme means sounds agree. "Rhyme" usually means end rhymes (words at the end of a line). They give balance and please the ear. Sometimes rhymes are exact. Other times they are just similar. Both are okay.
Repetition - Repetition occurs when a word or phrase used more than once. Repetition can create a pattern
Refrain - Lines repeated in the same way, that repeat regularly in the poem.
Alliteration - Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound in different words.
Onomatopoeia - Onomatopoeia means words or phrases that sound like the things they are describing. (hiss, zoom, bow-wow, etc.)
Consonance - Consonance happens when consonants agree in words, though they may not rhyme. (fast, lost)
Assonance - Assonance happens when vowels agree in words, though they may not rhyme. (peach, tree)
Rhythm
Meter (or metrics) - When you speak, you don't say everything in a steady tone like a hum--you'd sound funny. Instead, you stress parts of words. You say different parts of words with different volume, and your voice rises and falls as if you were singing a song. Mostly, we don't notice we're doing it. Poetry in English is often made up of poetic units or feet. The most common feet are the iamb, the trochee, the anapest, and the dactyl. Each foot has one stress or beat.
Depending on what kind of poem you're writing, each line can have anywhere from one to many stressed beats, otherwise known as feet. Most common are:
Trimeter (three beats)
Tetrameter (four beats)
Pentameter (five beats)
You also sometimes see dimeter (two beats) and hexameter (six beats) but lines longer than that can't be said in one breath, so poets tend to avoid them.
Figures of speech
Figures of speech are also called figurative language. The most well-known figures of speech are are simile, metaphor, and personification. They are used to help with the task of "telling, not showing."
Simile - a comparison of one thing to another, using the words "like," "as," or "as though."
Metaphor - comparing one thing to another by saying that one thing is another thing. Metaphors are stronger than similes, but they are more difficult to see.
Personification - speaking as if something were human when it's not.
Poetic forms
There are a number of common poetic forms. .
Ballad - story told in verse. A ballad stanza is usually four lines, and there is often a repetitive refrain. As you might guess, this form started out as a song. An example of a traditional Scottish ballad is Lord Randal at http://www.bartleby.com/243/66.html
Haiku - a short poem with seventeen syllables, usually written in three lines with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. The present tense is used, the subject is one thing happening now, and words are not repeated. It does not rhyme. The origin of the haiku is Japanese.
Cinquain - a five-line poem with two syllables in the first line, four in the second, six in the third, eight in the fourth, and two in the fifth. It expresses one image or thought, in one or possibly two sentences.
Villanelle - a 19-line poem with five tercets and one quatrain at the end. Two of the lines are repeated alternately at the ends of the tercets, and finish off the poem: the first line and the third line of the first tercet. Although it sounds very complicated, it's like a song or a dance and easy to see once you've looked at a villanelle.
Limerick - A five-line poem, usually meant to be funny. The rhythm is anapests. Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme with one another, and lines 3 and 4 rhyme with one another. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have three feet, lines 3 and 4 have two feet. An iamb can be substituted for an anapest in the first foot of any line. The last foot can add another unstressed beat for the rhyming effect.
Sonnet - There are different types of sonnet. The most familiar to us is made of three quatrains and ends with a couplet. They tend to be complicated and elegant. William Shakespeare wrote the most well-known sonnets.
Free verse (or open form) - Much modern poetry does not obviously rhyme and doesn't have a set meter. However, sound and rhythm are often still important, and it is still often written in short lines.
Concrete poetry (pattern or shape poetry) is a picture poem, in which the visual shape of the poem contributes to its meaning.
source : www.dmturner.org
Elements of Poetry :
Voice
Voice is a word people use to talk about the way poems "talk" to the reader.
Lyric poems and narrative poems are the ones you will see most. Lyric poems express the feelings of the writer. A narrative poem tells a story.
Some other types of voice are mask, apostrophe, and conversation. A mask puts on the identity of someone or something else, and speaks for it. Apostrophe talks to something that can't answer (a bee, the moon, a tree) and is good for wondering, asking, or offering advice. Conversation is a dialogue between two voices and often asks us to guess who the voices are.
Stanza
A stanza is a group within a poem which may have two or many lines. They are like paragraphs.
Some poems are made of REALLY short stanzas, called couplets--two lines that rhyme, one after the other, usually equal in length.
Sound
One of the most important things poems do is play with sound. That doesn't just mean rhyme. It means many other things. The earliest poems were memorized and recited, not written down, so sound is very important in poetry.
Rhyme - Rhyme means sounds agree. "Rhyme" usually means end rhymes (words at the end of a line). They give balance and please the ear. Sometimes rhymes are exact. Other times they are just similar. Both are okay.
Repetition - Repetition occurs when a word or phrase used more than once. Repetition can create a pattern
Refrain - Lines repeated in the same way, that repeat regularly in the poem.
Alliteration - Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound in different words.
Onomatopoeia - Onomatopoeia means words or phrases that sound like the things they are describing. (hiss, zoom, bow-wow, etc.)
Consonance - Consonance happens when consonants agree in words, though they may not rhyme. (fast, lost)
Assonance - Assonance happens when vowels agree in words, though they may not rhyme. (peach, tree)
Rhythm
Meter (or metrics) - When you speak, you don't say everything in a steady tone like a hum--you'd sound funny. Instead, you stress parts of words. You say different parts of words with different volume, and your voice rises and falls as if you were singing a song. Mostly, we don't notice we're doing it. Poetry in English is often made up of poetic units or feet. The most common feet are the iamb, the trochee, the anapest, and the dactyl. Each foot has one stress or beat.
Depending on what kind of poem you're writing, each line can have anywhere from one to many stressed beats, otherwise known as feet. Most common are:
Trimeter (three beats)
Tetrameter (four beats)
Pentameter (five beats)
You also sometimes see dimeter (two beats) and hexameter (six beats) but lines longer than that can't be said in one breath, so poets tend to avoid them.
Figures of speech
Figures of speech are also called figurative language. The most well-known figures of speech are are simile, metaphor, and personification. They are used to help with the task of "telling, not showing."
Simile - a comparison of one thing to another, using the words "like," "as," or "as though."
Metaphor - comparing one thing to another by saying that one thing is another thing. Metaphors are stronger than similes, but they are more difficult to see.
Personification - speaking as if something were human when it's not.
Poetic forms
There are a number of common poetic forms. .
Ballad - story told in verse. A ballad stanza is usually four lines, and there is often a repetitive refrain. As you might guess, this form started out as a song. An example of a traditional Scottish ballad is Lord Randal at http://www.bartleby.com/243/66.html
Haiku - a short poem with seventeen syllables, usually written in three lines with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. The present tense is used, the subject is one thing happening now, and words are not repeated. It does not rhyme. The origin of the haiku is Japanese.
Cinquain - a five-line poem with two syllables in the first line, four in the second, six in the third, eight in the fourth, and two in the fifth. It expresses one image or thought, in one or possibly two sentences.
Villanelle - a 19-line poem with five tercets and one quatrain at the end. Two of the lines are repeated alternately at the ends of the tercets, and finish off the poem: the first line and the third line of the first tercet. Although it sounds very complicated, it's like a song or a dance and easy to see once you've looked at a villanelle.
Limerick - A five-line poem, usually meant to be funny. The rhythm is anapests. Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme with one another, and lines 3 and 4 rhyme with one another. Lines 1, 2, and 5 have three feet, lines 3 and 4 have two feet. An iamb can be substituted for an anapest in the first foot of any line. The last foot can add another unstressed beat for the rhyming effect.
Sonnet - There are different types of sonnet. The most familiar to us is made of three quatrains and ends with a couplet. They tend to be complicated and elegant. William Shakespeare wrote the most well-known sonnets.
Free verse (or open form) - Much modern poetry does not obviously rhyme and doesn't have a set meter. However, sound and rhythm are often still important, and it is still often written in short lines.
Concrete poetry (pattern or shape poetry) is a picture poem, in which the visual shape of the poem contributes to its meaning.
source : www.dmturner.org
Jumat, 07 Oktober 2011
Jumat, 29 Juli 2011
Sabtu, 18 Juni 2011
Selasa, 14 Juni 2011
Crazy LoVe
There once a girl named Shelby. Shelby had a boy that like her and his name was John. John loved Shelby but she did not like him at all. She thought he was crazy (he is very crazy) but he said he was crazy because he was crazy in love.
So one day John asked Shelby out and so she said yes. When she said YES she know she said the crazies thing. So she went out with he for 1 or 2 hours. She said that she had the crazies day in the of week. I don't feel sorrry for her because she is one crazy girl.
Love you Shelby but you are crazy.
So one day John asked Shelby out and so she said yes. When she said YES she know she said the crazies thing. So she went out with he for 1 or 2 hours. She said that she had the crazies day in the of week. I don't feel sorrry for her because she is one crazy girl.
Love you Shelby but you are crazy.
Senin, 13 Juni 2011
Send letter to God
A man worked in a post office. His job was to process all mail that had illegible addresses. One day a letter came to his desk, addressed in shaky handwriting to God. He thought, "I better open this one and see what it's all about." So he opened it and it read: "Dear God, I am a 83 year old widow living on a very small pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had a hundred dollars in it which was all the money I had until my next pension check."
"Next Sunday is Mother's Day, and I had invited my last two friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with." "I have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. Can you please help me?" The postal worker was touched, and went around showing the letter to all the others. Each of them dug into his wallet and came up with a few dollars. By the time he made the rounds, he had collected 96 dollars, which they put into an envelope and sent over to her.
The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of the nice thing they had done. Mother's Day came and went, and a few days later came another letter from the old lady to God. All the workers gathered around while the letter was opened. It read, "Dear God, How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me?" "Because of your generosity, I was able to fix a lovely dinner for my friends. We had a very nice day, and I told my friends of your wonderful gift. " "By the way, there was 4 dollars missing. It was no doubt those thieving bastards at the post office!!!!!!
Blonde
A blonde was visiting Washington, DC for the first time. She wanted to see the Capitol building. Unfortunately, she couldn't find it, so she asked a police officer for directions.
"Excuse me, officer, how do I get to the Capitol building?"
The officer replied, "Wait here at this bus stop for the number 54 bus. It'll take you right there." She thanked the officer and he drives off.
Three hours later the police officer returned to the same area and, sure enough, the blonde is still waiting at the same bus stop. The officer got out of his car and said, "Excuse me, but to get to the Capitol building, I said to wait here for the number 54 bus. That was three hours ago. Why are you still waiting?"
The blonde replied, "Don't worry, officer, it won't be long now. The 45th bus just went by!"
"Excuse me, officer, how do I get to the Capitol building?"
The officer replied, "Wait here at this bus stop for the number 54 bus. It'll take you right there." She thanked the officer and he drives off.
Three hours later the police officer returned to the same area and, sure enough, the blonde is still waiting at the same bus stop. The officer got out of his car and said, "Excuse me, but to get to the Capitol building, I said to wait here for the number 54 bus. That was three hours ago. Why are you still waiting?"
The blonde replied, "Don't worry, officer, it won't be long now. The 45th bus just went by!"
Minggu, 12 Juni 2011
Questions
A SIMPLE QUESTION
Once there was a monk who was an expert on the Diamond Sutra, and as books were very valuable in his day, he carried the only copy in his part of the world on his back. He was widely sought after for his readings and insight into the Diamond Sutra, and very successful at propounding its profundities to not only monks and masters but to the lay people as well. Thus the people of that region came to know of the Diamond Sutra, and as the monk was traveling on a mountain road, he came upon an old woman selling tea and cakes.
The hungry monk would have loved to refresh himself, but alas, he had no money. He told the old woman, "I have upon my back a treasure beyond knowing -- the Diamond Sutra. If you will give me some tea and cakes, I will tell you of this great treasure of knowledge."
The old woman knew something of the Diamond Sutra herself, and proposed her own bargain. She said, "Oh learned monk, if you will answer a simple question, I will give you tea and cakes." To this the monk readily agreed. The woman then said, "When you eat these cakes, are you eating with the mind of the past, the mind of the present or the mind of the future?"
No answer occurred to the monk, so he took the pack from his back and got out the text of the Diamond Sutra, hoping he could find the
answer. As he studied and pondered, the day grew late and the old woman packed up her things to go home for the day.
"You are a foolish monk indeed," said the old woman as she left the hungry monk in his quandary. "You eat the tea and cakes with your mouth."
Once there was a monk who was an expert on the Diamond Sutra, and as books were very valuable in his day, he carried the only copy in his part of the world on his back. He was widely sought after for his readings and insight into the Diamond Sutra, and very successful at propounding its profundities to not only monks and masters but to the lay people as well. Thus the people of that region came to know of the Diamond Sutra, and as the monk was traveling on a mountain road, he came upon an old woman selling tea and cakes.
The hungry monk would have loved to refresh himself, but alas, he had no money. He told the old woman, "I have upon my back a treasure beyond knowing -- the Diamond Sutra. If you will give me some tea and cakes, I will tell you of this great treasure of knowledge."
The old woman knew something of the Diamond Sutra herself, and proposed her own bargain. She said, "Oh learned monk, if you will answer a simple question, I will give you tea and cakes." To this the monk readily agreed. The woman then said, "When you eat these cakes, are you eating with the mind of the past, the mind of the present or the mind of the future?"
No answer occurred to the monk, so he took the pack from his back and got out the text of the Diamond Sutra, hoping he could find the
answer. As he studied and pondered, the day grew late and the old woman packed up her things to go home for the day.
"You are a foolish monk indeed," said the old woman as she left the hungry monk in his quandary. "You eat the tea and cakes with your mouth."
Kolam Perubah
Di suatu desa terdapat sebuah kolam Ajaib, konon katanya barang siapa yang mempunyai keinginan pasti akn terkabulnya dengan mandi di kolam tersebut, Suatu pagi seorang wanita penasaran akan keajaiban itu, dia bertanya kepada seorang pemegang adat, dan akhirnya dia meyakini akan keajaiban itu, tanpa bersabar dia bergegas berlari menuju kolam tersebut, dia berlari sangat kencang dan tersandung batu " Anjing " terceburlah dia dengan kata ucapannya dan berubahlah dia..
Jumat, 10 Juni 2011
Bapak loe Copet
Suatu pagi Aldi bercerita kepada Doni, dia menceritakan tentang kemarin copet yang tertangkap di Terminal,:
Aldi : Kemari sepulang sekolah aku lihat copet dihajar massa,aku juga ikutan mukulin Don..kasihan banget tu copet mukanya sampai
gak bentuk muka manusia lagi Don...
Doni : Emang jadi gima mukanya Di, Ancur banget pasti tu copet.
Emang gimana ciri-ciri muka copetnya Di,
Aldi : Dia punya tahi lalat 4 di hidungnya dan 1 tembong karena hajaran massa
Pake baju biru, celana hitam pendek.
Doni : Owh,,,
Aldi : tapi bukan bapak loe kan Don..
Doni : Sembarangan mulut anus loe,,,bapak gue bukan copet
Tapi hampir mirip sich ama ciri-ciri bapak gue, bapak gue juga pake bju kayak gitu kemarin.
Keesokan harinya :
Doni : Sialan loe Di..kmren bapak gue loe ancurin mukanya...
Aldi : Wkkwkwkwkwkw..hanya tertawa
Aldi : Kemari sepulang sekolah aku lihat copet dihajar massa,aku juga ikutan mukulin Don..kasihan banget tu copet mukanya sampai
gak bentuk muka manusia lagi Don...
Doni : Emang jadi gima mukanya Di, Ancur banget pasti tu copet.
Emang gimana ciri-ciri muka copetnya Di,
Aldi : Dia punya tahi lalat 4 di hidungnya dan 1 tembong karena hajaran massa
Pake baju biru, celana hitam pendek.
Doni : Owh,,,
Aldi : tapi bukan bapak loe kan Don..
Doni : Sembarangan mulut anus loe,,,bapak gue bukan copet
Tapi hampir mirip sich ama ciri-ciri bapak gue, bapak gue juga pake bju kayak gitu kemarin.
Keesokan harinya :
Doni : Sialan loe Di..kmren bapak gue loe ancurin mukanya...
Aldi : Wkkwkwkwkwkw..hanya tertawa
Bapak Benjut
Suatu sore Andi biasa bermain dengan teman-temannya, Andi suka bermain sepeda-sepedaan mengelilingi desa, saat dia berkeliling dengan teman-teman dia terjatuh dari sepedanya, Andi menangis dengan keras, teman-temannya pun mengantarkannya dia pulang menemui ibunya, saat di perjalanan dia selalu berteriak " Bapak Benjut"..."Bapak Benjut" Bu , "Bapak Benjut"!! sampailah dia dirumah dan selalu mengucapkan kata itu. Ibu Andi pun marah sekali dengan kelakuan Pak Benjut. Pak Benjut adalah seorang tetangga di dekat rumah Andi, Ibu Andi langsung melabrak rumah Pak Benjut, langsung ditamparnya, ditendangnya, dipukulnya Pak Benjut oleh Ibu Andi, lalu Pak Benjut bertanya:
Pak Benjut : Ada apa, Bu..? Kok saya dipukuli.
Bapak Benjut kata aslinya adalah Babak Benjut, dalam bahasa Jawa, dalam Bahasa Indonesia berarti
" luka-luka "
Ibu Andi : Bapak.telah mencelakakan anak saya, lihat dia kesakitan di rumah, Andi menangis
sambil memenggil nama bapak..." Bapak Benjut" ..." Bapak Benjut"...berarti bapak kan
yang mencelakakan anak saya.
Pak Benjut : Bukan.., Bu..saya dari tadi dirumah dan Andi tidak main kerumah saya, beneran, Bu..
Ibu Andi : Terus siapa yang mencelakakan anak saya.
( datanglah teman andi, dan menjelaskan kronologis kejadiaannya, bahwa Andi terjatuh
dari sepeda bukan karena dianiyaya Pak Benjut )
Pak Benjut : Dengar kan ...Bu Andi bukan saya yang mencelakakn anak ibu, lihat muka saya Bu,
jadi Benjut-benjut gini, bakaln jadi Pak Benjut selamanya ni.
Pak Benjut : Ada apa, Bu..? Kok saya dipukuli.
Bapak Benjut kata aslinya adalah Babak Benjut, dalam bahasa Jawa, dalam Bahasa Indonesia berarti
" luka-luka "
Ibu Andi : Bapak.telah mencelakakan anak saya, lihat dia kesakitan di rumah, Andi menangis
sambil memenggil nama bapak..." Bapak Benjut" ..." Bapak Benjut"...berarti bapak kan
yang mencelakakan anak saya.
Pak Benjut : Bukan.., Bu..saya dari tadi dirumah dan Andi tidak main kerumah saya, beneran, Bu..
Ibu Andi : Terus siapa yang mencelakakan anak saya.
( datanglah teman andi, dan menjelaskan kronologis kejadiaannya, bahwa Andi terjatuh
dari sepeda bukan karena dianiyaya Pak Benjut )
Pak Benjut : Dengar kan ...Bu Andi bukan saya yang mencelakakn anak ibu, lihat muka saya Bu,
jadi Benjut-benjut gini, bakaln jadi Pak Benjut selamanya ni.
Sundul Pantat
Hari jumat adalah hari wajib buat seorang laki-laki muslim untuk menjalankan ibadah sholat jumat, suatu hari Udin mengikuti sholat jumat di masjid tetangga desa, bersiaplah dia dan mulai berangkat. Sampailah dia di masjid itu, terlihat sangat ramai akan jamaah, dia bingung namun muadzin sebentar lagi mengumandangkan khomat, mau tak mau dia harus berdesakan dengan para jamaah lain, di karenakan Udin tinggi badannya saat sujud dia tak senagja menyundul jaamah di depannya sehingga tersungkurlah jamaah itu, Udin pun cuma pura tak tahu, dan menahan tertawa.
Royalti
Alkisah ada sebuah penulis yang sukses dan mendapatkan royalti dari hasil menulisnya. Dia bernama Dany dan adiknya bernama Toro. Saat makan malam Dany memberi tahu kepada adiknya kalau royalti yang dia dapat dari menulis, dia atas namakan kepada Adiknya, tujuannya agar bisa membiayai masa depannya kelak, setelah selesai makan malam Toro pun pergi ke kamar dan sebeleum ke kamar, dia berkata :
Toro : Kak.. "uang aku habis ni"
Dany : Terus..
Toro : "Jadi kapan ni kakak Dany matinya"
Dany : Dasar adik tak tahu di untung..
Toro : Kak.. "uang aku habis ni"
Dany : Terus..
Toro : "Jadi kapan ni kakak Dany matinya"
Dany : Dasar adik tak tahu di untung..
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