The Meaning of Love, Regret, Sadness, and Confusion in the Jwaidah’s “Lau Annana Lam Naftariq”

Abstract

New criticism is a literary movement that counters historical, biographical, and impressionistic approaches. This study aims to contribute views to those focusing on a scholarly and critical study of literature, especially in the study of poetry form, to interpret "Lau Annana Lam Naftariq" poetry by Farouq Jwaideh. The research uses descriptive-qualitative research methods. The results of this study show that the forms used in the poem "Lau Annana Lam Naftariq" are diverse, ranging from hyperbole, climax, personification, repetition, anticlimactic, policemanism, simile, synecdotal, and antithesis forms. The overall meaning revealed in "Lau Annana Lam Naftariq" centers around love, sadness, regret, and confusion. Lau Annana Lam Naftariq's poetry is a poet's expression about his love life, about his sadness, regret, and confusion towards his lover. Faruq Jwaidah describes her feelings of love, sadness, and confusion with metaphors and stunning language styles.