Apriyani, Aurina, 1009010001. 2015: The Readability Study on
Muhammad Iqbal’s Children’s Poems Seen from Language Aspects.
Undergraduated Thesis for Sarjana Sastra Degree, Faculty of Letters, University
of Muhammadiyah Purwokerto.
This research discussed about the readability study on Muhammad
Iqbal’s children’s poems seen from language aspects. The aims of this research
are to know the readability level and to know the factors influence readability in
four children’s poems by Muhammad Iqbal.
The researcher uses fog index formula and Halliday theory about lexical
density and nominalization. These formula are used to know the level of
readability on the children’s poems and to determine the appropriate reader to
the poem itself.
From the analysis, there are found the level of readability in four
children’s poems that are analyzed had easy to understand to the reader and the
poems are appropriate for childrens. Then, the factors influence readability are
sentences, words, complex words, lexical item, clauses and nominalization.