PERISTIWA SEJARAH PRESIDEN LINCOLN DALAM PUISI PILIHAN KARYA WALT WITHMAN

Historical events of President Lincoln In Walt Withman’s Selected Poems

Abstract

This research analyzes about Historical events toward Abraham Lincoln as The 16th American President in Walt Whitman’s Selected Poems. The poems are “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd” and “O captain, My Captain” written by Walt Whitman, an American poet who experiences life surrounding around the reign of the 16th president Abraham  Lincoln. Whitman recounted the  social problem the time of Civil War in America. Both When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd and O Captain, My Captain poems, composed in the wake of the 16th President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, both poems are pastoral elegy, mourning poems for the  death of Lincoln while praising the beauty of the natural world. In analyzing the research, the researcher uses historical approach in literature to reveal the historical meaning behind the poem lyrics.  The result of the research showed  that, Whitman analogizes some certain elements to display the historical facts behind the leadership and death of Abraham Lincoln, some of  them are about his leadership is analogous to a highly respected Captain of the ship, while Lincoln's death is analogous to Lilacs flowers. His service and influence on America is analogous to a shining star in the west.