STUDENTS' PERCEPTION ON POETRY IN LEARNING ENGLISH LITERATURE (A Case Study At The Eleventh Graders Majoring Science of SMA 1 Doro)

Abstract

Many students think that English literature as difficult subject and not important, one of it is poetry. This research was conducted in the Eleventh Graders 2 majoring science of SMA 1 Doro with the 20 participants. Used interview technique with the theory elements of poetry by Kosasih (2012) and Walgito (2003) this research aimed to reveal students' perception on poetry and to explore students' factor of perception. The results show there are four positive perceptions of students related poetry; 1) Students were easy to understand figurative language, 2) Themes of poetry were appropriate for senior high school, 3) Learning poetry was fun, 4) The teacher provide philosophical elements of poetry. Meanwhile, there are also four negative perceptions; 1) Diction in poetry was difficult, 2) Students difficult to play imagination side of poetry. 3) Teacher did not provide biographical element. 4) Teacher did not taught sociological element of poetry. The internal factors that influenced positive perceptions are student's attitude and attention, while negative perceptions influenced by student's interest, motivation and experience. The external factors that influenced positive perceptions are teacher, method and material, while negative perceptions influenced by environment. Based on the results the future research can develop a good kind of poetry, therefore it will improve the students' awareness of teaching literature.