ANALISIS MORFOLOGI DALAM PUISI OLD ENGLISH: PENYELIDIKAN STRUKTUR DAN FUNGSI KATA-KATA DALAM KARYA BEOWULF

Abstract

The epic poem "Beowulf" has the characteristics of this type of poem, including adventure and heroic stories, mythological and fantastic elements, and the conveyance of moral and ethical values in the form of teachings or advice from the characters in it. The poem also has a distinctive style of language and introduces a number of terms and events that are part of the Anglo-Saxon cultural and literary heritage. However, Beowulf's poem does not yet have a word structure that gives a message and impression that expresses thoughts and creativity that can be read by the message that reads the poem, where the poem does not give words that inspire readers to use them at various events and events because it does not have a word structure and function that makes people interested in reading it,  Because there are still readers who do not understand and explain well, because it includes old poems that have never been used in various performances and events. The purpose of this study is to understand how the use of words and their morphological forms affects the reader's understanding and experience in appreciating the value of art and the story contained in this literary work. The method used in this study was morphological analysis of the text of Beowulf's poem. The text data will be analyzed in depth to identify the morphological structure of the words used in the poem. The use of frequently used words, unique morphological forms, and striking morphological variations will be identified and analyzed in the context of Old English poetry. The data collection method is carried out by making observations and literature studies (documentation studies). The results of the study can be concluded that the word structure and word form in the Old English poem Beowulf is not fully understood well by readers and poets because the word structure in the form of stanzas, alliteration and the use of words that are not understood by the reader which does not make him arouse himself to read the literary work. In addition, the function of the word da in each stanza of Beowulf's poem still does not make the reader's emotions and feelings aroused to use this literary work, does not give the impression because it does not provide messages and ideas that touch the reader, and does not provide meaning that can make the reader interested in using this literary work.

Keywords: Morfology Analysis, Old English Poetry, Structure of Words and Functions of Words.