Name: Yohanes Michael Fouk Runa Date: 10 February 2022

POETRY ANALYSIS OUTLINE

PARTS Important Paragraph
Points

Introducti ⮚ The title “A Tear and A Smile” is written by Khalil Gibran. The title of the poem
on is tell about the sad feelings experienced by a writer who makes his life
⮚ The author smile. In this poem the writer is the main voice. We can clearly see the
⮚ Explanation content of the poem from the title which shows that the writer felt a lot
of the of problems in his life and then the writer gave it all to God. in this poem
writer’s it is described that the writer like many thoughts in his life. We can see it
position as from the phrase “A Tear to unite me with those of broker heart; A Smile
well as the to be a sign of my Joy ini existence. According to the phrase “I would
significance rather that i died in yearning and longing than that i live weary and
of the title despairing” we know that the writer feels hurt and disappointed. the
writer is also described as a person who believes in God because all his
⮚ Brief overall problems leave it to God. It can be seen in phrase “To the ocean of Love
statement of and Beauty --- to God”.
the meaning
of the poem

Body ⮚ How the As it’s explained before, the subjects in the poem “A Tear and A Smile”
poem was are the writer and God. the writer of the poem is Khalil Gibran himself.
written, In the poem, the writer uses easy and simple language, and also the
language is a little bit grammatical, because the writer is new to learning
⮚ Which poetic English, so he cannot use difficult language. and also at the end of the
devices were poem, the writer always associate it with God.
used, the
tone, the Furthermore, in the poetry there are some Figures of speech namely
poet’s Metaphor. Metaphor is used to compares two things without using the
attitude, and words “Like” or “As”. For example “I would that my life remain a tear
the shift of and a smile”. This sentence tells about a writer who wants his life to be
the poem balanced and filled with tears and smiles.
from the
beginning to
the poet’s
ultimate
understandin
g of the
experience in
the end.
Conclusio ⮚ Restate the
n thesis
statement.

⮚ Summarize
the most
important
findings.

⮚ Leave the
thought
provoking
statements
based on your
interpretation.