TRANSITIVITY SYSTEM IN ROBERT FROST’S POEMS

The objective of this study were to find out the kinds of process are used in Robert Frost’s poems, to describe the inherent participants are used in Robert Frost’s poems, and to find out the reason of the processes and inherent participants are realized in the way they are. The research was designed with a qualitative research. The source of the data was Robert Frost’s poems taken from Classic Poetry Series of Robert Frost’s poems published by Poemhunter.com- The World Poetry Archive. The data were obtained by implementing analysis. The analysis of this research was conducted by using Interactive Model by Miles and Huberman (2014). The research finding showed that there are seven kinds of process used in Robert Frost’s poems. They are material (32%), relational (20%), mental (16%), verbal (14%), behavioral (12%), existential (4%), and the meteorological process (2%). The inherent participants used in Robert Frost’s poem consist of the participants that did not directly involve in the process and the participants that directly involved in the process. The reason of the processes and inherent participants is realized to make sense of his experience through the poems by using nature as his inspiration and to build his mental picture of reality by using the human participant. It is used to represent his poem directly.