This study aims to describe and examine the relevance of the analysis of intrinsic elements found in a collection of poems bg Sapardi Djoko Damono using a sociological approach to literature as teaching material for poetry lessons fo eleventh-grade students. The background of this study is basedon students’ limited understanding of the intrinsic elements of poetry and their difficulties in expressing ideas related to those intrinsic elements. This research employs a qualitative method, specifically library research with a descriptive qualitative approach. The data consist of quotations of lines and stanzas from Sapardi Djoko Damono’s poetry collection, while the data source is the collection of poems written by Sapardi Djoko Damono. The results indicate that the sociological approach to literature used in analyzhing the intrinsic elements of Sapardi Djoko Damono’s poetry collection is relevant and appropriate for use as teaching material for eleventh-grade students.
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