APPENDICES
3. Observation Sheet of The Contextual Meaning of Anaphora Used in Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet
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1 The
Coming Of The Ship
Pronominal Anaphora
Then the gates of his heart were flung open, and his joy flew far over the sea. And he closed his eyes and prayed in the silences of his soul.
(Gibran, 2020: 10)
The coming of the ship. On the seventh day of lelool (harvest month), the ship he had been waiting for arrived to take him back to the island if hid birth. Almusta’s joy diminished with sadness. He will leave behind the things that matter, including the “shards” of his spirit that have been “scattered in the streets of Orphalese” Almustafa, the prophet, has lived in the city of Orphalese for 11 years.
The Orphalese heard that Almustafa was leaving, and then they started to gather. The prophet (al Mustafa) wondered what final wisdom he could share with those Orphalese people. Elders, priests, and the other begged Almustafa to stay.
Then the “seer” Almitra, the first of his followers to come out from the temple, knowing that the prophet had to leave, he asked him to “speak to us Empty and dark shall I raise
my lantern, and the guardian of the night shall fill it with oil and he shall light it also.
(Gibran, 2020: 16)
And when he entered into the city all the people came to meet him, and they were crying out to him as with one voice. (Gibran, 2020: 16) And there came out of the sanctuary a woman whose name was Almitra. And she was a seeress. (Gibran, 2020:
18)
People of Orphalase, of what can I speak save of that which is even now moving within your souls? (Gibran, 2020:
20) Lexical
Anaphora
Almustafa, the chosen and the beloved, who was a dawn unto his own day, had waited
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twelve years in the city of Orphalese for his ship that was to return and bear him back to the isle of his birth.
(Gibran, 2020: 10)
and give us your truth”. In response, Almustafa said “save that which is even now moving within their souls?”
And others came also and entreated him. But, he answered them not. He only bent his head; and those who stood near saw his tears falling upon his breast.
(Gibran, 2020: 18)
Verb Anaphora
Ready am I to go, and my eagerness with sails full set awaits the wind. (Gibran, 2020: 13)
These things he said in words.
But much in his heart remained unsaid. For he himself could not speak his deeper secret. (Gibran, 2020:
16)
Adverb Anaphora
If this indeed be the hour in which I lift up my latern, it is not my flame that shall burn there in. (Gibran, 2020: 15) A noontide have you been in our twilight, and your youth has given us dreams to dream.(Gibran, 2020: 16)
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2 On
Children
Pronominal Anaphora
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come thorough you but not from you, and though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. (Gibran, 2020: 32)
children are not wholly owned by their parents, but rather they are a guide for their children. Parents are prohibited from making their children think and behave like their parents, because children are their own person. The author emphasizes that children have a future in tomorrow, life is always moving forward towards the future.
3 On Work Lexical Anaphora
And all urge is blind save when there is knowledge, and all knowledge is vain save when there is work, and all work is empty save when there is work. (Gibran, 2020:
48)
Contextual meaning in this On Work section work is a natural part of life; work is a noble endeavor to fulfill life. AL Mustafa said when work is done with love, it creates a spiritual bond of “uniting yourself with others, and with God”. All work is noble if done with love.
Working without love will produce bad results, and at best there is no need to do so
And what is it to work with love? It is to weave the cloth with treads drawn from your heart, even as if your beloved were to wear that cloth. It is to build a house with affection, even as if your beloved wear to dwell in that house. It is to sow seeds with tenderness and reap the harvest with joy, even as if your beloved were to eat the fruit. It is to charge all things
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you fashion with a breath of your own spirit. (Gibran, 2020: 48-49)
4 Joy and Sorrow
Pronominal Anaphora
Some of you say,
“Joy is greater than sorrow,”
and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.” But I say unto you, they are inseparable.
(Gibran, 2020: 53)
Joy and sorrow are Inseparable sides of the same thing and complements each other, what brings joy also bring sorrow. The deeper a person experiences joy, the deeper he/she experiences sadness. An emotion is no bigger than the other both are equally present in life.
5 On Laws Verb Anaphora
Like children playing by the ocean who build sand- tower with constancy and then destroy them with laughter. (Gibran, 2020: 78)
On Laws describe that people make laws and break them at will like a child builds a sand tower on the beach and the destroys it with a big laugh. Laws are made by people who can change and create to serve the legislator.
6 On
Teaching
Pronominal Anaphora
The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. (Gibran, 2020:
103)
Al Mustafa told the people that no teacher could impart his wisdom, because the teacher can only bring people into their own minds. Al Mustafa explained that someone has to find and think for themselves, the teacher only provides the right environment of faith and love in which wisdom can begin to grow.
The knowledge of God and understanding of the earth cannot guide by one person, they must learn this understanding for themselves.
The astronomer may speak to you of his understanding of space, but he cannot give you his understanding. (Gibran, 2020: 102)
The musician may sing to you of the rhythm which is in all space, but he
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cannot give you the ear which arrest rhythm nor the voice that echoes it. (Gibran, 2020:
103).
7 On
Friendship
Pronominal Anaphora
Your friend is your need answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. (Gibran, 2020:
106)
The meanings on this prose poem is explain that a best friend fulfill needs such as love, joy, comfortable, and peace. When in silence, you hear their heart’s thoughts, desires, and hopes with your own heart.
Strengthen the spirit and allowing the sweetness of friendship to refresh your heart with joy and laughter is the only goal of friendship.
Verb Anaphora
Seek him always with hours to live. For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness. (Gibran, 2020:
108) 8 On Prayer Pronominal
Anaphora
You pray in your distress and in your need;
would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance. (Gibran, 2020:
124)
The meaning of this On Prayer is Almitra describes that you (a priestess) pray in times of stress, but you must also pray in times of joy and abundance. In prayer there is consolation in pouring out your sorrow and joy in pouring out your sadness.
9 On
Pleasures
Lexical Anaphora
Pleasure is freedom song, but it is not freedom. It is the blossoming of your desires, but it is not their fruit. It is a depth calling unto a height, but it is not the deep nor the high. It is the caged taking wing, but it is not space encompassed. (Gibran, 2020:
130).
This context in prose poem of On Pleasure is when someone feels happy it is like a song where we feel free even though it is not completely free but only the heart in the soul that feels blooming. Learn the pleasures of bees gathering honey from flowers. For the bees the flower in the source of life, and for the flower the bee is a messenger of love and for both they are the joy of Go to your fields and your
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gardens, and you shall learn that it is the pleasure of the bee to gather honey of the flower, but it is also the pleasure of the flower to yield its honey to the bee. For the bee a flower is a fountain of life, and to the flower a bee is a messenger of love, and to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving of pleasure is a need an ecstasy.
(Gibran, 2020: 13)
sharing and receiving pleasures.
10 On Beauty Verb Anaphora
Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide. (Gibran, 2020: 138)
On Beauty in contextual meaning describes, Almustafa said that beauty is something different for everyone and it can be described in diferent ways, for example: “kind and gentle”, “something strong and scary”, “soft, whispering”. Beauty is not a necessity, but “a burning heart and enchanted soul”, ‘a life that shows its holy face.” The beauty that a person feels is a reflection of their own inner beauty, heart, life, and eternal nature.
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