Analisis Semiotika Riffaterre dalam Kumpulan Puisi Kepada Cium Karya Joko Pinurbo

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine Joko Pinurbo's poetry collection Kepada Cium using Michael Riffaterre's literary semiotic technique. This study is qualitative in nature. Descriptive qualitative methodology with a semiotic approach is employed. The research data is in the form of poetry texts sourced from the poetry collection Kepada Cium by Joko Pinurbo. Techniques for reading, taking notes, and drawing conclusions are employed as data collection methods. Using signs categorized into heuristics, hermeneutics, models, matrices, variations, and hypograms, the data analysis method applies Michael Riffaterre's semiotic theory. The study's findings demonstrate how heuristic reading depicts commonplace realities that are similar to social experiences, such as relationships between parents and children, marginal workers, nearby objects like windows and beds, and money as a symbol of life's necessities, with characters battling poverty, loneliness, and modest hopes. The poem's meaning evolves into a critique of greed and a call to gratitude, with prayer, memory, and family love serving as buffers against financial pressure and loneliness. Hermeneutic reading reveals the author's inner and social state, which is manifested through fear, pity, satire, and attempts to calm oneself and preserve family harmony. The poem's main structure depicts a condition in everyday life when poverty and loneliness crush people, but there are still attempts to survive via prayer, minor job, and family love. The axis of events is the matrix, which is actualized into a model in the form of binding signs (money, window-moon, rickshaw/scavenger, body/hair, prayer/adhan), however variations display varying emphasis on socioeconomic inequity, humanitarian issues, and societal critique. Through introspection, comedy, symbolic ambiguity, and socio-spiritual awareness, potential and actual hypograms highlight the poetry' interconnectivity and guide the reader toward a more profound comprehension of ordinary life.