The Psychopathy of John Berryman and Its Application to His Poetry “Not To Live”

The phenomenon of psychopathic behavior that occurs in society has unconsciously inspired various forms art, one which is poetry. More poets write about their mental illness through indirect expression. Poetry the popular ways to express it. This research aims analyze word or phrase “Not To Live” find psychopath poem. approach used this study a semiotic and uses qualitative method. Data were collected observation repeated readings heuristic hermeneutic readings. analysis descriptive analysis. results John Berryman’s poetry reading heuristics describes how bad world life are. That meaning can be seen simile, metaphor, personification, ambiguity, contradiction. show author’s personality, shows feelings hatred experienced by Berryman because full hypocrites deceit. Matrix, model, variant Not Live as distorted personality due sorrw his life, proven unrhyme matrix poetr. hypnogram when poet feels real survive. From approach, poem