Analysis Anaphora Poetic Technic in Selected Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson

Abstract

The objective of this research is investigating poetic technic that is anaphora in selected poems by Robert Louis Stevenson. In conducting this research, the researcher using five selected poems from him: The moon, The swing, Bed in Summer, From a Railway Carriage, and The Land of Nod. This research applies descriptive qualitative method. The setting of this research covers several steps. The first step, the researcher selected poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. The second step, the researcher find sentences, phrase or clauses that belong to anaphora in every poem. In the last step, the researcher count sentences, phrase or clauses anaphora from five poems. Almost every stanza in the poem contains anaphora sentences, phrases, and clauses. To emphasize and convince the readers and listeners of the poetry that has been created. From the analysis the researcher found there are 29 anaphora in five poems. Anaphora is part of the literary device used by the author to emphasize meaning or convey and strengthen a thought. From the total of anaphora found, the author uses a lot of sentences, phrases, or clauses in the form of anaphora in his five poems. The fact proves that the writer wants the reader to better understand the meaning of the poem.