A deconstruction analysis on two valediction poems of John Donne a valediction: forbidding mourningand a valediction: of weeping

This research discusses two poems of John Donne; ?A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning and A Valediction: of Weeping? to deconstruct them. The objectives of the research are to know how the relation ?I? and ?thou? is described in the poems and also to know how the relation ?I? and ?thou? is deconstructed in the poems. In this research the writer uses qualitative method with the descriptive analysis. The writer analyzed the unit analysis by using deconstruction theory by Jacques Derrida with three steps according to Barbara B. Stern; Identification of textual elements, construction of meaning, and the last step is deconstruction of meaning. In this research, the writer found in the first poem; A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning that there are three binaries opposition which can be deconstructed to show that inconsistency meaning happens in this poem. The first binary opposition is ?I vs Thou?, and the second is between ?Pure Love vs Common Love?, and the last is between ?Spiritual Love and Physical Love?. These the second and the third binary opposition are decided as the binary opposition because they have correlation with the first binary opposition; the pure love and the spiritual love are representation of the I and thou?s love. In the second poem; A Valediction: of Weeping the writer only finds one binary opposition and it is ?I vs Thou?. These all binaries oppositions have inconsistency meaning because the first name which is called as the superior can be as the inferior and also the second name which is called as the inferior can be as the superior in deconstruction viewpoint. The writer concludes that the relation between ?I? and ?Thou? which is described in these two poems experiences inconsistency meaning. The writer finds inconsistency meaning or contradiction position between ?I? and ?thou?. Relation between them can be deconstructed because shows other characteristic about superiority of ?I? and inferiority of ?thou? in the first poem, and superiority of ?thou? and inferiority of ?I? in the second poem. In deconstruction viewpoint, in the first poem ?thou? can be as the superior because she guides the direction of ?I? to make a perfect circle or to come back home, and ?I? can be as the inferior becuase he become as the person who is guided by ?thou?. It is also valid in the second poem ?I? can be as the superior because actually ?I? control the feeling of ?thou? because ?I? makes a voyage that causes ?thou? cries and sad, and ?thou? can be as the inferior because she is become a person who is controled by ?I?