Kritik Sosial dalam Puisi “Wakil Rakyat” dalam Antologi Puisi: Tidur Tanpa Mimpi Karya Rachmat Djoko Pradopo

This research is proposed to (1) describe the physical structure of poetry “Wakil Rakyat” written by Rachmat Djoko Pradopo and (2) describe the social critics in the poetry. Thus, two approaches are used, i.e. structural and semiotic. The findings are (1) that poetry is constructed with a physical structure proven by the tight bond among the structural element consisting of diction, imagination, concrete word, figurative language, verification (rhyme, rhythm, and metrum), and typography and (2) that the social critics highlighted in the poetry are the member of parliament (wakil Rakyat)-who, in doing the duty, do not meet the people expectations by putting forward their own/their group’s interest before the poor people and thus the effort to eliminate the poverty becomes very difficult and has a small possibility to be realized.