期刊名称：Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching
印刷版ISSN：2580-8672
电子版ISSN：2580-9962
出版年度：2021
卷号：5
期号：1
页码：213-220
DOI：10.30743/ll.v5i1.3834
语种：English
出版社：Fakultas Sastra UISU
摘要：This research examines the hopelessness described in the poems by J. C. Dawn entitled Living in A Pride World, Womb, and A Soundless Tear in her book The Ripple of Existence. This research is a descriptive qualitative study that aims to describe the words used to express hopelessness. The method used to analyze the poems is the analysis of intrinsic elements in poetry with a psychological approach to find out about hopelessness experienced by the characters in each poem. Hopelessness is a condition experienced by anyone where where there is no more hope. This would also be contextualized in real life concerning the stages of someone experiencing hopelessness based on Abramson's theory. The results of the research show that the "I" character in the first poem experiences a failure in himself; in the second poem, "I" faces struggles under challenging conditions and in the third, "she" finds herself unable to accept the reality of life.
