A Semiotic Analysis of Robert Frost’s Poem Love and A Question Based on Charles Sander Peirce’s Triangle Theory

Abstract

This study aims to identify the symbols that Robert Frost employed in his poem "Love and a Question" and to elucidate the significance of such symbols “Love and a Question through Peirce’s triangle theory. In this research, the researchers observe the meaning of the used symbols in Robert Frost’s Love and a Question by using descriptive and qualitative research. This research focuses on the interpretation of symbols that are used in the poem. This study, which is library-based, draws on books and other scholarly works to bolster its objectivity. Finally, to explain the meanings of the used symbols in Robert Frost’s poem Love and a Question, the researcher uses a semiotic approach and the theory of Peirce’s triangle. Through Peirce’s triangle theory, the meaning of the symbolic words in the poem Love and a Question. The meaning of the symbolic words are as follows; the green-white stick symbolizes the long journey of life, the stranger symbolizes life’s uncertainty, the rich curse symbolizes life’s priceless, and the the sky symbolizes unpredictable future life. All the symbolized words in the poem have meaning that is strongly related to the essence of life. The real meaning of life is how to live life as a newly married couple and build a household. It also includes the meaning of life that is no longer measured by wealth because wealth is often related to greediness which sometimes ends with misery in life.