TY - THES N1 - Witriani, S.S., M. Hum. ID - digilib16524 UR - https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/16524/ A1 - DENI ANGGRIAWAN, NIM. 11150056 Y1 - 2015/05/19/ N2 - The writer chooses Darkness by Lord Byron because of some reasons. First, Darkness tells about the end of the universe in which it has been people's belief along the history of human civilization. Second, it is important to show that the theme of Darkness correlates to the verse of Qur?an in Islamic Religion. Third, the depiction about the end of the universe in Darkness can be a lesson of life. Therefore, the aim of this research is to figure out the idea about the end of the universe in Darkness. The method of this research is qualitative method. Closereading technique is applied to collect the data. This research uses objective as the approach. Then John Crowe Ransoms' notion of New Criticism is applied to reveal the idea about the end of the universe. Based on the theory, the poem can be analyzed by two ways, those are: intended meaning and intended meter. The analysis shows that there are three divisions in depicting the end of the universe's process. The result of this research concludes that Darkness by Lord Byron has its own version in depicting the theme. In Darkness, the world becomes void and ruin because it is broken by a great coldness and famine. It makes all of living creatures are dead. The lesson of life that can be taken from Darkness is: believing about the end of the universe that it is something inevitable. PB - UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA YOGYAKARTA KW - Keywords: Darkness KW - the end of the universe KW - people?s belief KW - idea KW - theme M1 - skripsi TI - A DREAM VISION OF THE END OF THE UNIVERSE: LORD BYRON?S DARKNESS AV - restricted ER -