Abstract :
The tenn paper discusses about the theme of a literary work of poem with
applying using the intrinsic and extrinsic approaches. Through the intrinsic
approach, the critic is mainly concerned with the literary tenns: 1) poetic
devices; allusion, theme, imagery, symbol, anaphora, antithesis, and point of
view 2) figurative languages; metaphor and simile 3) rhymes; perfect rhyme and
internal rhyme 4) poetic form; free verse. The extrinsic approach applied the
concept of Historical Biographical Approach and Psychological, Death Drive by
Sigmund Freud. This term paper is categorized as a quality based research that
combines Lady Lazarus poem by Sylvia Plath as the primary source and is
supported by some of the literature related to theories, concepts, and definitions
which relevant as a secondary source.