MARITAL POETRY IN MADURESE CULTURE CHAIRUDDIN potenatolang@yahoo.com Student of Magister Program UNIVERSITAS SEBELAS MARET SURAKARTA Jl. Ir. Sutami 36 A, Surakarta - Indonesia Literature is able to play the role as a communication tool in conveying the rules about moral values to the readers whether for children, teenagers, or adults. An analysis of moralist literature is not only focus on one genre of literature but also it has an absolutely characteristic. A moralist literature can be implemented to the short story, novel, poetry, and folklore. In this occasion, the writer tries to conduct a moral analysis based on the marital poetry in Madurese culture entitled “ Meggha’ Bhalabhar (Mokka’ Labang Petto’) ” cutting the barrier and opening the seven doors. Related to this poetry, there are seven things that must be done in Madurese culture concept in conducting or getting married. Those are called as a moral value which is covered in marital poetry. The result of...