Pengkajian Puisi Inggris

 [ love is more thicker than forget ]

by E. E. Cummings

January 1939

love is more thicker than forget

more thinner than recall

more seldom than a wave is wet

more frequent than to fail

it is most mad and moonly

and less it shall unbe

than all the sea which only

is deeper than the sea

love is less always than to win

less never than alive

less bigger than the least begin

less littler than forgive

it is most sane and sunly

and more it cannot die

than all the sky which only

is higher than the sky

Analysis:

1. Alliteration: The second stanza of the poem line 1 "it is most mad and moonly" can be categorized as Alliteration, because of the use of the letter "m" in "most, mad, and moonly".

2. Anaphora:

- The third stanza of the poem line 1 to 4, "love is less always than to win / less never than alive / less bigger than the least begin / less littler than forgive". This stanza can be categorized as an Anaphora, the word "less" in every sentence describes an Anaphora where there is a repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of clause/sentence.

- The first stanza of the poem line 1 to 4, "love is more thicker than forget / more thinner than recall / more seldom than a wave is wet / more frequent than to fail". This stanza can be categorized as an Anaphora, the word "more" in every sentence describes an Anaphora where there is a repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of clause/sentence.

3. Hyperbole: The second stanza of the poem line 4, " is deeper than the sea". This sentence describe a Hyperbole, still in the same context talking about love. It can be said as Hyperbole because it shows an exaggeration that the "love" is deeper than the sea, while in reality "love" cannot be compared with the depth of the ocean.

4. Personification: The second stanza of the poem line 1, "it is most mad and moonly" can also be categorized as Personification because of the word "mad". Mad is one of human characteristics, where love probably cannot be mad.

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