<![CDATA[This study of Tiel Aisha Ansari’s Sufi poem entitled Seashell Voice is aimed at knowing themeaning of “ocean” / ”sea” expressed. It is also to know the uniqueness of using the term in aSufi poem. The writer of this essay uses Riffaterre semiotic theory to analyse the meaning of thepoem. This is due to the totality of this theory in interpreting a poem starts at analyzing surfacemeaning to core meaning. The result of analysis on the poem Seashell Voice shows that this poemuses the main signifier “sea” / ”ocean” and “seashell”. The “sea” actually becomes the symbolfor home that is longed so much by the “seashell”. Then the second meaning has been got is thatseashell symbolizes man / human himself. The man is always eager to be with his God that hasbeen symbolized as sea. The conclusion can be got from the study of Seashell Voice poem is thatsea symbolizes God Himself as been written in many Sufi poems. Man that is symbolized withseashell felt far from his God. That’s why he longs very much to go back to his original home,namely God.Keywords : sea, Sufi poem, symbol, God]]>
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