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MID TEST INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE

ANALYZING POETRY

Letting Go
Muh Ishar Syah Subhan

Forgive me, my lady

This heart can't love you again
It's not about the ego or the heart
I've chosen to run

I understand your pain

I understand your disappointment
Sorry you had to be feel sick
I apologize i can’t make you cheer up

Please, stop loving me now

I've been hurting you all day
Perhaps i have to go
I hope you could find a better than me one day.

The title of the poem by Muh Ishar Syah Subhan "Letting Go" says something like
farewell. The title of this poem tells the reader about a poem that contains the author's expression
about a separation that makes them have to let go of each other.

The genre of this poem is lyric poetry such as elegy, because this poem expresses the
author's heart who apologizes for having to give up his partner and describes the author's feelings
of grief. The speaker in this poem is the author himself and his feelings are expressed to his
partner, his woman. The situation in this poem is sad because of the separation and forced to let
go of each other.

This poem is about love and sadness. The main idea in this poem is the sad separation of
two people who love each other. the message of this poem is conveyed well and easily because
this poem uses words that are easy to understand.

The tone used in this poem is a assertive and serious tone, especially in the sentence
"Please, stop loving me now", this sentence provides an affirmation to stop his partner's feelings
for him. In addition, this poem also uses an optimistic tone in the sentence "I hope you could find
a better than me one day", this sentence expresses a hope to get something better in the future.
This poem also uses a sad tone when the sentences apologize "I sorry I can't make you cheer up"
and "Forgive me, my lady".This tone will help the reader in emphasizing the sound in the
pronunciation of the poem. Assertive and sad tones will be adjusted to the pronunciation.

This poem rhymes with the sentence " It's not about the ego or the heart " because of the
repetition of the word " the". This rhyme will beautify the poem when pronouncing the poem.
This poem also does not use a regular rhyme scheme because the first and third stanzas are
ABCB, while the second stanza is ABCD. This poem has no figure of sound and no idiom.

This poem in the sentence "This heart can't love you again " uses poetic diction because
the pronunciation uses the word "heart" instead of common words like "I".Of course, this diction
will give a unique impression to the readers of the poem, and make the reader think about the
true meaning of the diction. This poem has no imagery and symbols. Besides that, there is no
more figurative language contained in this poem. This poem only uses one structural element,
namely the assonance in the sentence "not about ego" because of the repetition of the vowel "O".
This assonance adds to the beauty of poetry in terms of sentences.

The message in this poem is conveyed easily because it uses words that are easy to
understand, and do not contain figures of speech that are difficult to reach.