Abstract:
Value is something good and useful in human life. Therefore, every
human being must need value. Value is reflected in the character of
human work. People have many kind of work, one of them is to become
artist. Literary works consist of poetry, novels, short stories, and drama.
This paper examines literary works, especially poetry. Poetry is a
representation of a creator’s actions and thoughts after fighting with the
world, both the external and internal worlds. Poetry carries
philosophical, aesthetic, religious and ethical values. This paper
specifically examines ethical values such as sadness, loyalty and
empathy nuances. The Ricoeur hermeneutic method is used to reveal the
proposed values. The data source is an Indonesian poetry created by
Husni Djamaluddin with a title of Indonesia, Masihkah Engkau Tanah
Airku (Indonesia, Are You Still My Motherland). The data consists of
words, lines and feeds from poems related to the above study.