An analysis of free and bound morphemes in Alfred Tennyson's poem entitled "Marriage Morning"

Abstract

This research aims to know the free and bound morphemes in Alfred Tennyson’s poem "Marriage Morning". This research uses a Descriptive Qualitative Method. The main source of this research data is one poem from Alfred Tennyson's entitled "Marriage Morning". In the descriptive method, the data collected is not numbers but the form of words. The data is in words containing free morphemes and bound morphemes in the poem. This analysis found that the overall results of Free and Bound Morpheme were as many as 151 data. Free Morpheme distribution found as many as 137 data (90.72%) and 14 of Morpheme Bound (9.28%). Morphemes are the smallest elements of meaning in a language. They are generally classified as free morphemes, which can follow as independent words or bound morphemes, which can't stand alone as words.