Use Of Poetry Research Articles

Al-Qur’an Dan Ilmu Kedigjayaan: Studi Living Qur’an Masyarakat Kalimantan

Al-Qur’an is a guide to life. Muslims generally practice receiving the Qur’an in various forms, reading, understanding, practicing, even in the form of socio-cultural reception. The study of the Living Qur'an in the Banjar community is also an effort by researchers to carry out a transformative ideology about the Al-Qur’an. The progress of Islamic civilization is greatly influenced by how people treat the Al-Qur’an in everyday life. In this research, it was found that the majority of Banjar people who live in the Kahlidiyah Rasyidiyah Islamic Boarding School believe that the Al-Qur'an contains various special prayers with certain virtues. People's reception of rajah also varies, including; Rajah is something that contains blessings and has certain powers because it is inscribed with verses from the Qur'an, so it can be concluded that the use of verses from the Qur'an in rajah is one of the many ways of glorifying the Qur'an.

Poetry as An Alternative to Teach Literature for EFL Students in English Course

The purpose of the study is to investigate how effectively poetry works as an alternative teaching strategy for literature to English as a foreign language (EFL) Students. Poetry is a form of verbal art that evokes feelings, reflects thoughts, and conveys human experiences in a beautiful and creative way. This study explores the connection between teaching methods and literary works, with a specific focus on the use of poetry by teachers to improve language proficiency in EFL students. The study emphasizes a teacher's insights as a useful resource within the framework of an English course in Pare Kediri, East Java. The instructor highlights how well poetry works as an alternative teaching strategy for enhancing students' basic language proficiency, which includes speaking, listening, writing, and reading. The study also looks at the many advantages of including poetry in teaching languages. Using poetry as an alternative method to teach literature develops their critical thinking skills and language fluency in addition to their language ability. Moreover, it fosters a greater awareness and respect of one's cultural history and raises learning motivation. The research highlights the educational advantages of adding poetry into the curriculum and highlights the possibility of poetry as an alternative teaching method for EFL students. It is a promising option for instructors looking for cutting-edge and effective teaching methods because of its effectiveness. In the end, this study's conclusions support the inclusion of poetry in the curriculum as an alternative method to improve EFL students' language learning opportunities.

A PHONOLOGICAL STUDY OF ALLITERATION IN WILLIAM BLAKES’ SELECTED POEMS

This study highlights on alliteration as a phonological and stylistic device in William Blake's poems, TygerTyger, The chimney sweeter and The Garden of Love. The study tries to show the importance of alliteration use in poetry and how it is dominated in the twentieth century. Accordingly, the study seeks to ask the following questions: (1) How does alliteration have an operational role as a phonological device in the twentieth century poetry? (2) What is the most dominant type of Alliteration in the twentieth century poetry? (3) How can alliteration, as a phonological device, be of benefitfor the reader? Therefore,this study adopts (Leech's model) to analyze aspects of phonological alliteration in stylistics perspective. Consequently, it attempts to fulfill the following aims: (1) the use of alliteration as a phonological strategy in twentieth-century poetry (2) Determining the most prevalent style of alliteration in twentieth-century poetry. (3) Demonstrating how alliteration might be used as a phonological strategy for the reader.

The Influence of Haiku Composition Tasks on the Development of Academic Writing Skills: A Qualitative Analysis

The inclusion of literary texts, particularly poetry, is not a common practice in the language classroom. However, the available empirical evidence, albeit relatively scarce, does suggest that poetry, when correctly employed, is likely to be beneficial for second and foreign language learners. This teaching material has been used to teach and develop areas such as vocabulary acquisition, grammar practice, and even motivation as well as the four macro-skills in language, namely listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The use of poetry in language instruction emphasizes the predominant role of learners in authentic literary production. As such, this research paper focuses on the qualitative aspect of a mixed-methods study about the effects of haiku composition tasks on the development of academic writing skills. The participants of the study were 30 English as a foreign language (EFL) pre service teachers. As part of the data collection process, the participating students were asked to write short argumentative essays at the beginning and at the end of a six-week intervention that promoted the composition of haiku. After the intervention, an open-ended questionnaire was administered to identify and describe the participants’ perceptions regarding how haiku composition influenced their academic writing skills. The results of the study show that the great majority of the participants agreed that haiku composition furthered the development of their academic writing skills and vocabulary acquisition. The findings of the study corroborate the existing experimental findings as to the value of poetry-based tasks for second and foreign language learning. Thus, we conclude that the inclusion of poetry in the language classroom ought to be promoted through activities that, while being personal and meaningful to the students, allow for the development of language proficiency.

A Voice for Surrealism: Suzanne Césaire and the Tropiques Group

Abstract: In the mid-1940s, Martinican writer Suzanne Césaire published her text “1943 Le Surréalisme et nous” in the cultural journal Tropiques . In it, she addressed the potential of the avant-garde movement as a weapon in the Caribbean intellectuals struggle for freedom. Her arguments were developed in other articles published in the same journal where she encouraged the use of poetry to reveal the ambiguous reality of colonialism. However, her role in the exchange between local and European intellectuals has been overshadowed by the studies of the more prominent part her husband Aimé Césaire had. This article aims to place Suzanne Césaire at center stage in the exchange between Surrealism and the Tropiques group. It documents the impact of her ideas and writings on Surrealism’s support for decolonization during and after World War II, as well as the influence of her thought in contemporary discussions about decolonial culture.

Using Poems in Learning English as a Foreign Language at the Secondary Level of Education in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, English is a compulsory subject at the secondary level, where it is taught and learned as a foreign language. Literary texts have long been used as a tool for it. Generally, two types of textbooks are used in classrooms at the secondary level: compulsory NCTB textbooks and Grammar books of various authors. The purpose of this research was to investigate the use of poetry in NCTB textbooks and its effects on the language learning process at the secondary level of education. This study also tried to find out the range and usability of the poems that are included in the textbook. For this study, data was collected from both the learners and the instructors of Secondary Level education through a set of questionnaires. Then the data was analyzed to find out the appropriateness, usability, understandability, and effectiveness of poems on the overall language learning process. Finally, this study attempted to explore the way out of the existing and probable obstacles to ensure the intended outcome of using poetry in learning English as a foreign language.

Edutainment as a Modern French Language Teaching Technology of Prospective Philologists and Translators

Introduction. The development of the system of teaching foreign languages and cultures in institutions of higher education requires regular updating of the components of this system, in particular, modern technologies for teaching foreign languages and cultures to the students of various specialties. Among such technologies, the edutainment technology stands out for the formation of foreign language linguistic / linguo-sociocultural competences. Purpose. To present the technology of edutainment on the example of a specific exercise using a support, a poem by the French poet Paul Verlaine, as one of the means of this technology and justify the feasibility of using this means. Methods. Reviewing the studies that have already been conducted, analyzing the feasibility of using this technology on the example of specific exercises. Results. The study showed that the edutainment technology, namely its specific means, a poem, can be used during online and offline classes on learning foreign languages and cultures. This technology will contribute to better assimilation of the material, and will enhance student’ interest and motivation. Conclusion. To sum up, the use of poetry in classes as one of the means of the edutainment technology for teaching the French language and culture contributes to the effective formation of students’ lexical and phonetic components of the French-language communicative competence. Further research involves the study of other means of the edutainment technology for teaching the French language and culture to students – prospective philologists and translators, teachers.

Tom Greening: Psychologist, Poet, and Peacemaker

In honor of Tom Greening, who recently passed from this world, this reflection explores Greening’s poetry and activism for peace in light of his theory of existential psychology. Greening faithfully served as an Editor of Journal of Humanistic Psychology for many years, but perhaps his most public face was the poems he often shared on the Society for Humanistic Psychology’s email listserv, many of which were also published. His often humorous, irreverent, and ironic poetry is interpreted as a means by which Greening navigated the existential dilemmas that he held to be intrinsic to human existence. Greening’s use of poetry to escape the either/or dichotomies of literal prose and the logic of the excluded middle allowed him, also, to embrace nonviolence as an authentic confrontation with the paradoxes of human existence, including strength in weakness, affirmation of life in the face of death, finding meaning in response to life’s absurdities, discovering freedom within life’s determinisms, and seeking hope for community despite one’s existential aloneness.

Ayat-ayat Quran Sebagai Mantra Pengobatan

The position of the Quran as a medium of treatment is inseparable from the meaning of Al-Isra’ verse 82. However, the phenomenon of reciting the Quran as a medium of treatment sometimes gives rise to atomistic readings of the Qur'an, because there is a discrepancy between the context and the munasabah of the verse and the practice of treatment through Al- Quran. However, the phenomenon of atomistic reading of the Qur'an cannot be judge as an aberration but rather inevitability. This view is inseparable from the thesis developed by William A. Graham that the meaning of the Qur'an is obtained through repeated reading of the Qur'an. Because, for ordinary people, the meaning of the Qur'an is obtained through what they hear, what they see, and what they feel about the Qur'an itself. Departing from this background, this study aims to examine the use of verses from the Koran as a healing mantra in Ampenan District using a phenomenological approach. The results of this study indicate that the use of verses of the Qur'an as a healing spell is inseparable from the role of community leaders who make these verses a medium of treatment. For community leaders, treatment with the Qur'an is not just a cure for disease, but more than that, it is medicine, mercy, education, happiness, and of course as a medium to get closer to Allah SWT. Through the role of these community leaders, this spread and became a hereditary tradition of using verses from the Qur'an as healing spells. The public even though lay people do not understand the meaning of the verse at all. However, they feel the impact of reading the verse in the form of the disease they suffer in terms of improvements. Thus, it can be interpreted that the atomistic reading of the Qur'an cannot be said to be an aberration, because sometimes, reading with that model has the most impact on both ordinary and educated people. Keywords : Health Treatment, Medical Spells, Qur'anic Verses.

Saxo Grammaticus's Account of the Viking Age Site on the Danish Island of Hjarnø in Gesta Danorum

Saxo Grammaticus's Account of the Viking Age Site on the Danish Island of Hjarnø in <i>Gesta Danorum</i>

İsmaili Düşüncede Hristiyan Etkileri

Christian influence is considered important in the development of Ismaili doctrine. While this research was being conducted, many Christian elements were encountered in the Ismaili doctrine. For example, the adoption of the doctrine of the Crucifixion of Christ which is cited in many Ismaili sources is one of them. Such sources even quote exactly what happened to Jesus Christ, based on direct quotations from the Bible. Some Ismaili dais even made a comparison between the Christian cross symbol and the Ismaili symbols; thus, they tried to establish a relationship of similarity between the Cross and Muslim pantheism, which shows the complete acceptance of the doctrine of the Crucifixion. This study examines the Christian influences in Ismaili thought, including the similarity between the Imam's character and that of Jesus, that have succeeded in entering Ismaili thought. Accordingly, both characters are connected with the spiritual world and carry a sacred color. It can be said that there is a similarity between the structural organization of the Ismaili da'wah and the religious structural organization in Christianity. The study highlights some of the overt Christian elements in Duruz thought. These include the spread of the concept of the Christianization of al-Mahdi's character among the Druze, and the use of verses from the Bible concerning the Messiah by some Duruz dais.

Use of poetry to soothe the disturbed minds

Use of poetry to soothe the disturbed minds

“How we can make use of any verse in common life”: the place and function of early modern poetry in literary culture

ABSTRACT From the sixteenth century onwards, those education institutions that were humanistic by rhetoric turned to a basic education in poetry, teaching the use of verse in everyday life. Initially, this was related to ancient verse and its meaning, then was transferred to Neo-Latin poetry and to German (vernacular) verse, thereby transforming literary culture. On this basis, the role of poetry in literary culture in the Baltics is shown using three examples: the late humanistic literary culture of Riga in the 1580s, mainly in Latin; the literary culture in Reval (Tallinn) around fifty years later, much more influenced by German-language poetry; and finally, German poems in love letters of that time, showing the application and function of verse in the private space.

Revisiting the Xiaoshi Jingang keyi 銷釋金剛科儀: A Textual and Reception History

Generally acknowledged as a Southern Song text by an obscure Chan monk, the Xiaoshi Jingang keyi 銷釋金剛科儀 includes a chapter-by-chapter exposition of Kumārajīva's fifth-century Chinese translation of the Diamond Sūtra and survives in multiple different editions from the Ming-Qing era. It has claimed attention from scholars from different fields of Chinese religions and been considered in the context of the study of precious scroll (baojuan 寶卷) or Buddhist ritual literature. With due attention to different components of the whole text rather than the exposition alone, and by situating the work in the history of Chinese Buddhist commentarial and liturgical works on the Diamond Sūtra, this article examines the textual and reception history of the Xiaoshi Jingang keyi. Focusing on its overall structure, source material, and use of verses. I demonstrate that the Xiaoshi Jingang keyi finds roots in the pre-existing Chinese Buddhist literature on the Diamond Sūtra, and show how it inspired Buddhist monastics to compose commentaries on it up to the mid-sixteenth century.

ON THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE WORDS

The article is discussed to the issues of variant compatibility in the Uzbek language, its place in fiction, and its use in poetry.

Students' perception on the use of poetry for teaching speaking

Poetry is rich in terms of its selectively chosen dictions that have to be read aloud to be enjoyed. This descriptive qualitative study investigated fourth-semester students' perception on the use of poetry to teach speaking. Students' perceptions were collected through an archives study comprising 75 students' essay projects about using poetry to teach speaking. The result indicated that 75 students perceived poetry is effective in developing six aspects of students' speaking skills, namely vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, comprehension, confidence, and fluency. 41 (54.66%) students perceived that teaching speaking through poetry enriches students' vocabulary by representing unique words. 16 (21.33%) students perceived that using poetry to teach speaking practices students' pronunciation through poetry reading strategy. In terms of grammar mastery, 8 (10.66%) students believed that poetry was able to familiarize students with sentence structure. Four (5.33%) students perceived that through poetry analysis, students must comprehend and share their interpretation of the content and context used in the poems. There were 4 (5.33%) students perceived that poetry helps students be more confident in communication. Two (2.66%) students perceived that fluency in speaking could be trained using poetry by exposing students to the rhythm, making their intonation improved.

Simbol Identitas Penggunaan Ayat Al-Qur’an dalam Film Indonesia (Kajian Semiotika Film Tenggelamnya Kapal Van Der Wijck dan Makmum)

The purpose of this study is to identify the signs shown in the film Tenggelamnya Kapal Van Der Wijck and the film Makmum where the focus of this research is on the use of verses from the Qur’an throughout the film. This research is qualitative in nature with a literature study using Charles Sanders Pierce's semiotic approach. The conclusion of this study is that film can be a medium of Islamic da'wah that contains Islamic messages. The Islamic identity contained in the two films includes cultural aspects, characters, clothing, and rituals performed. The use of verses from the Qur’an in the film Tenggelamnya Kapal Van Der Wijck shows a message to study knowledge, social equality, serve parents, and believe in the power of Allah SWT. Meanwhile, in the film Makmum shows the attitude of human servitude for their weaknesses, asking for protection from Allah SWT, as well as signs of healing diseases through reciting verses from the Al-Quran.

PENGGUNAAN AYAT-AYAT AL-QUR’AN SEBAGAI MENTRE DALAM TRADISI MASYARAKAT SASAK

The phenomenon of using the verses of the Qur’an as a mentre (mantra) in the traditions of the Sasak people is still developing today. However, the fact is that in several ways there is a discrepancy between the meaning of the Qur'anic verses used and its intended function. These verses are used as mentre only because they have the same homophone (sound) with the Sasak dialect or language. This study aimed to reveal how the reception of the Sasak people to the use of verses of the Qur’an as a mentre in which has phonological similarities (homophones) with Sasak vocabulary or dialect. The research data was taken from interviews with several community leaders in Darmaji village, Kopang sub-district, Central Lombok who had in-depth knowledge of ministers. This study used a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach as an analytical tool. The results of the study showed that the use of inconsistent verses of the Qur’an (meanings and functions did not match) was a form of the Sasak people's belief in the power of the Qur’an. In addition, the incompatibility in the meaning of the Qur'an which was adapted based on the sound similarity with the Sasak dialect was a form of creativity of the Sasak people in interpreting the Qur'an. In line with that, the authors conclude that the phenomenon that occurs in the mentre tradition of the Sasak people is a form of community of the Qur’an in a magical space.

Kant on the use of poetry for moral culture

While in his early writings Kant offers positive evaluations of fine arts as a suitable means of moral culture, in his texts on critical moral philosophy he considers poetry an obstruction in the formation of moral character. However, in the third Critique and in the Anthropology Kant also speaks of the fine arts as having a special, vivifying, and “strengthening” effect on the human mind, which may be of some relevance to moral education. Kant’s observation here, which gives the impression of an inconsistent (or at least immature) position, demands some scrutiny in order to find an initial, preliminary answer to the question of whether (and to what extent) poetry contributes to moral culture. First, I identify Kant’s comments on poetry and, second, I present his conception of moral culture. This allows me then in the third part to consider the question of the contribution of poetry to moral culture. It becomes clear that poetry may be attributed a useful function within the framework of the Kantian conception regarding almost all aspects of moral culture. In each case, Kant presents a sophisticated position which, although it gives poetry the character of a suitable means of moral culture, is sensitive to potential risks and exaggerated expectations.

The Use of Metaphors in Modern Sinhala Song (Based on Three Selected Lyricists)

The song is used to describe vocabulary composed with the purpose of singing. Language is the main medium of poetry and song. Due to the brevity unique to the song, the lyricist does not have the same freedom of language as a poet. Therefore, the use of language is a strong challenge for a lyricist. This linguistic challenge is compounded by the fact that the composition must conform to an audio medium such as a song, as well as under the relevant limitations of the song. The successful writer does not break these technical limitations but successfully overcomes them as in the use of language. The uniqueness of the language used in a high-quality lyric becomes a powerful factor in determining the overall success of the composition. Thus, a lyricist gets a great relief from the use of poetry in creating successful creations by combining a group of ideas in a limited number of words. The purpose of this research paper was to examine the nature of the use of metaphors in modern Sinhala songs. How did the use of metaphor help in creating meaningful lyrics? Is the research problem of this study. Using the works of lyricists Lution Bulathsinghala, Sunil Sarath Perera and Rathna Sri Wijesinghe as the primary source. Content analysis method has been used under qualitative data analysis method for this research and Library study method was used in data collection. The conclusion that can be reached from this study was that the use of metaphor has made a significant contribution in the creation of meaning in the art form of song as well as in providing creative excellence