Book Title : Metafora Matematika
Writer : Restia Ningrum
Publisher : Universitas Brawijaya Press
Edition : I, Agustus 2014
Thickness : 230 halaman
ISBN : 978-602-203-669-2
Price : Rp 94.300
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“Pada tiap entitas kaca
Lensa yang retak pada ilustrasi
Antara myopia dan sentimentalia bola mata
Dan diksi ialah jalan pintas memangkas skeptis ini”
That couplet snippets of poetry entitled Glasses Kwatrin, is a depiction of eyeglasses and shades in the view of the wearer. Restia try to package the experience and expression of an object named glasses in beautiful sentences poem. Interestingly, she did not hesitate to use scientific words in composing poems. We can easily find scientific terms in this book, such as the use of the word Linear Algebra in the poem ‘For R’, absolute inequality in the poem ‘In the Year of the Imaginary’, improper integrals in the poem ‘Monologue from Cubicle Imaginary’ and many other scientific terms. Not surprisingly, because Restia, the writer, is a science student, so the use of exact terms in this antology is understandable.
The poems in this book contains 18 major themes that consist of a variety issues that focuses on life, such as money and dominance over human activities, street singers and hope, sky and appreciation, the nation and nationalism, as well as a mother with all its services. He even potrayed school students national exam in the poem ‘To brothers and sister who will Participate The National Examination’, which we rarely see this kind of topic in the poem. This poem contains sentence jangan pikirkan soal yang esok kau kerjakan, walaupun kata orang, esok itu penentuan hidup matimu tiga tahun di sekolah menengah. Through this poem, she asked the students who were at elementary, middle and high school, to remain optimistic and eliminate the stigma of fear against the national exam. There is also a poem entitled ‘In Exam Room’ which was written by Restia while working on ON Mathematics, 2013.
…masih menekur intuisi pagi
Dan paradoks gerak jari yang samarkan absurditas
Dan angin berkesiur eksponensial
Dan ruang ujian begitu magis mengabur bias…
It can be seen, that the poem not only reflects the author’s experience in routine dimension of learning, it also reflects the expertise of the authors in chosing words and style of language. Restia try to pack every aspect of life in the string of words that are arranged neatly. She managed to transmit sense and awareness to the reader about the conditions that often we encounter everyday, when we read her poetry and its meaning. In general, though his mediocre cover design, this book can be fairly good in terms of content and presentation of words and meaning that its essence are quite easy to be drawn . Word choice and style that is unusual apparently capable of being its own characteristics in this anthology. If you like reading books or anthologies or like to create works of poetry, this book is suitable to be reading or to be reference materials for you.
Judul Buku : Metafora Matematika
Penulis : Restia Ningrum
Penerbit : Universitas Brawijaya Press
Cetakan : I, Agustus 2014
Tebal : 230 halaman
ISBN : 978-602-203-669-2
Harga Buku : Rp 94.300
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“Pada tiap entitas kaca
Lensa yang retak pada ilustrasi
Antara myopia dan sentimentalia bola mata
Dan diksi ialah jalan pintas memangkas skeptis ini”
Itulah sebait cuplikan dari puisi kwatrin Restia yang berjudul Kwatrin Kacamata, sebuah penggambaran dari kacamata dan nuansa dalam pandangan pemakainya. Restia mencoba mengemas pengalaman dan ekspresi dari sebuah benda bernama kacamata dalam gugusan kalimat-kalimat puisi yang indah. Uniknya, ia tidak segan menggunakan kata-kata ilmiah dalam menyusun puisi-puisinya. Istilah-istilah scientific mudah kita temui di buku ini, seperti penggunaan kata Linear Algebra dalam puisi ‘Untuk R’, kata absolute inequality dalam puisi ‘Di Tahun Imajiner’, kata improper integrals dalam puisi ‘Monolog dari Bilik Imajiner’ dan masih banyak lagi istilah ilmiah lainnya. Tidak mengherankan, mengingat Restia, penulis buku antalogi ini adalah mahasiswa FMIPA sehingga sisipan-sisipan istilah eksak bisa dimaklumi keberadaannya.
Puisi-puisi dalam Metafora Matematika ini berisi 18 tema besar yang terdiri dari beragam persoalan yang bertitik berat pada kehidupan, seperti tentang uang dan dominasinya terhadap aktivitas manusia, pengamen jalanan dan harapannya, langit dan a
