Stylistic Analysis of the Novel My Longing is as Deep as Rain That AfternoonWorks by JS Khairen
Keywords:
Keywords:Stylistics; Figurative language; Novel
Abstract
This study aims to describe and analyze the use of figurative language in the novel Rinduku Sederas Rain Sore That by JS Khairen based on a stylistic approach. The research is motivated by the distinctive language employed by the author in constructing aesthetic value, emotion, and meaning in contemporary literary works. The approach used in this study is stylistics with a descriptive qualitative method. The research data consists of quotations in the form of sentences, phrases, and paragraphs containing elements of figurative language. The data source of this study is the novel Rinduku as fast as the afternoon rain by JS Khairen. Data collection techniques were carried out through close reading and note-taking. Based on the data analysis, nine types of figurative language were identified: (1) personification, (2) hyperbole, (3) repetition, (4) euphemism, (5) metaphor, (6) simile, (7) litotes, (8) irony, and (9) paradox.
References
a. Personification style of language
1) The sky had been clear earlier. Suddenly, rain fell and greeted the streets. About fifteen motorcycles pulled over at a closed shop. (Khairen, 2025:5)
2) Even though unlucky days don't come indiscriminately.Even if you're a neighbor of the Regional Police Chief, or even a friend of the National Police Chief, when an accident occurs, your head will be shattered if you don't wear a helmet. (Khairen, 2025:5)
3) The rain is getting worse.
Within a hundred meters, there was no other hut, house, or shop in sight. Across the street from this shop, a steep valley yawned open. (Khairen, 2025:7)
4) Two hours passed. Apart from an ever-hungry stomach, night was about to come. (Khairen, 2025:8)
5) The rectum has been begging for a while now, can no longer hold back the feces of this victory day. (Khairen, 2025:10)
6) The rain is getting heavier.(Khairen, 2025:12)
7) The sky seems to have forgotten to turn off the rain button.. (Khairen, 2025:16)
8) I wanted to be hugged by a mother but I never did. My prayers were not heard by heaven. (Khairen, 2025:22)
9) "If the sky would listen to my words..."I whined to the man next to me. The man who had stolen my heart from his best friend. (Khairen, 2025:31)
10) I was silent. He was silent. All that spoke was a single touch, thousands of hues and millions of feelings in their gaze. (Khairen, 2025:35)
11) At that time, I wasn't afraid of any pair of eyes ready to tell me a bad story. (Khairen, 2025:35)
12) Sukma smiled softly. She couldn't cry anymore because heaven had represented her. (Khairen, 2025:39)
13) The winds twisted and tossed the mountains.(Khairen, 2025:54)
14) I want to talk to Rize. The voice called out from behind the phone. (Khairen, 2025:88)
15) Drizzle greeted my return in more than a decade.(Khairen, 2025:97)
16) Sleepiness was conquered by my longing for this city, for the emotions within it.(Khairen, 2025:97-98)
17) Yes, my longing was as heavy as the rain that afternoon. It poured from the sky without anything being able to stop it.(Khairen, 2025:97-98)
18) However, rain is the sky's faithful promise to the earth, which does not need to be waited for, it will definitely come.(Khairen, 2025:98)
19) The rain fell so heavily that it hit the earth.(Khairen, 2025:100)
20) The air conveyed a confused message.(Khairen, 2025:105)
21) The sky was starting to darken again. Rinai came with him.A drizzle is a light rain that may only appear briefly before heavy rain. (Khairen, 2025:116)
22) In the sky, thunder rumbled. Clouds drifted, sending a message of lashing longing.Hadi's heart was as furious as it was. (Khairen, 2025:120)
23) My alarm is not a clock, but rather the curse of my husband, Mr. Striped.Yesterday, the bruise under my neck turned bluer, and the day before, there was a cigarette butt on my left cheek. (Khairen, 2025:155)
24) In the middle, Angso Duo Island looks like it is having a conversation with Pandan Island which has become a pantun.(Khairen, 2025:171)
25) Saiful was stunned, in front of him the open sea continued to deliver rolling waves.That afternoon, he recalled the events of three years ago. The land of Minangkabau was in ruins, a massive earthquake had torn through his hometown. (Khairen, 2025:171)
26) Saiful stood in a daze, the open sea before him continuing to deliver rolling waves. That afternoon, he recalled the events of three years ago. The land of Minangkabau was shattered, a massive earthquake had torn apart his hometown. (Khairen, 2025:171).
27) That day, Wednesday, September 30, 2009, was approaching dusk. Saiful fell because the earth shook violently. That day, a powerful earthquake ripped through his village. (Khairen, 2025:171)
28) As the evening approaches dusk, the atmosphere becomes more tranquil, but the waves become increasingly ferocious on the edge of Pariaman beach.Saiful shed tears. (Khairen, 2025:171)
29) Pariaman Beach was calm that afternoon, as usual. The sky had changed color and was made even more beautiful by the wisps of clouds. The sea breeze hummed in rhythm with the waves lapping against the gently sloping shore. (Khairen, 2025:172)
30) Then, the earth shook and cracked. A massive earthquake ripped through the land of Minangkabau. (Khairen, 2025:173)
31) Dusk comes at night. Saiful's tears started to stop falling.(Khairen, 2025:176)
32) That night, the night the village youth had been waiting for. Not a single star was visible. The stars were shrouded in fear. The cold and gloomy wind pierced their bones. Sarongs were wrapped around their necks, cigarettes were lit, and laughter began to fade, slowly but surely, the laughter turned gloomy. (Khairen, 2025:193)
33) Randa sat side by side with Feni, making out under the dim light of the sun that was creeping in, picked up by dusk until the starless night.(Khairen, 2025:194)
34) "La, you haven't slept for three days. In fact, you haven't slept at all today. If after Kang Barna gets better, you're the one who gets sick, it'll be the same. It's pointless. The moon doesn't have to appear all the time. Sometimes it hides to miss you. May we ask you to rest?" (Khairen, 2025:208)
35) Don't pluck the twigs and branches that have a soul, he will be angry in silence to overthrow humanity.(Khairen, 2025:231)
b. Hyperbole
36) The urine was no match for the heavy rain.(Khairen, 2025:7)
37) Thirty people, half of them peeing there. Luckily it rained. If it hadn't, maybe tomorrow when the stall owner came home, his nose would be struggling. (Khairen, 2025:7)
38) "Bro?" I poked Nyai. "Fart?" Akang's face was already twisted. He shook his head. (Khairen, 2025:9)
39) The remnants of Eid al-Fitr food that he had been holding back were now overflowing from his rectum. (Khairen, 2025:10)
40) The nine cars turned around. None of them were truly skilled at parking in this torrential downpour. (Khairen, 2025:12)
41) I was silent. He was silent. All that spoke was a single touch, thousands of hues and millions of feelings in their gaze. (Khairen, 2025:35)
42) Roni, Sukma's husband, did not wear terompah or sandals to this red land. His cry tore through the sky. More intense than the tears two years ago. Twice he gave birth to his baby, twice he buried him. (Khairen, 2025:39)
43) My scream was greeted with thunderous applause.. Behind Tito, Arga, and Bang Ziyad looked possessed playing their respective musical instruments (Khairen, 2025:61)
44) They took me home. I felt much better. Forty days of crying had probably broken Bang Ziyad's heart. Now, I had to make him smile. (Khairen, 2025:71)
45) The voice blared from behind the phone. Lightning-fast, it traveled hundreds of kilometers away. (Khairen, 2025:88)
46) A strange raindrop fell upon the earth. Instantly, the eyes of everyone on earth closed simultaneously. No one knew why this happened. (Khairen, 2025:91)
47) Tuesday afternoon, during a boring meeting, Disa's cell phone rang. It was just a single ding. But it felt like the clouds were collapsing. (Khairen, 2025:124)
48) Disa ran into the house, locked the door, locked the room, closed the window curtains, and hid under the blanket.(Khairen, 2025:124)
49) My daughter looks so tired. Since she started working six months ago, her time, energy, and even her beauty seem to have been drained. Every time she comes home, she's always disheveled. (Khairen, 2025:211)
50) He was furious.He was angry with himself for not being able to help his mother. (Khairen, 2025:237)
c. Repetition
51) The rain was getting heavier, and heavier.There are no signs of abating. (Khairen, 2025:6)
52) The rain intensified. The lightning intensified. The thunderstorms intensified. (Khairen, 2025:10)
53) No, no way, no way.For half a year I was like a crazy person, locking myself in my room, kissing my children's clothes when I missed them (Khairen, 2025:157)
54) I truly love Hendri, and he's mine. Not Bregedew's. Tonight, yes, tonight, I'll get rid of him. (Khairen, 2025:141)
55) "Abre…, Abre…" These were the last words I heard. A scream from my love. Ah, even though it sounded hysterical, for me it was the most affectionate and romantic call of my life. Goodbye, Hendri, goodbye, my love. (Khairen, 2025:152)
d. Euphemism
56) The typhoon vented its grievances to the outside left of this closed shop.. (Khairen, 2025:7)
e. Metaphor
57) More than half of them weren't wearing helmets. On their heads, the asphalt turned soft on Eid day. (Khairen, 2025:5)
58) I never knew my mother, for me my father was both, father and mother. (Khairen, 2025:19)
59) At the kindergarten gate, my father sent me sailing with a smile and a wave. (Khairen, 2025:20)
60) In a large family, the mother is the most sinful bastard. (Khairen, 2025:24)
61) "At that time it was hot for months, the seasons made my heart dry……..,"(Khairen, 2025:23)
62) As they say, a woman's heart is like the deepest ocean trench. It's very hard to predict. (Khairen, 2025:32)
63) It's a different story with men. They're predictable. Their hearts are as shallow as a gutter. Very easy to understand. (Khairen, 2025:32)
64) The night grew darker. The sky was as dark as a large sheet. There were no stars like that time. (Khairen, 2025:33)
65) At that time, I wasn't afraid of any pair of eyes ready to tell me a bad story. (Khairen, 2025:35)
66) Sukma comes from the waist of Mount Galunggung.Her brother moved to Padang two years ago. (Khairen, 2025:40)
67) The question that Rini's husband fired landed right in Sukma's heart without passing through her ears.. Has his heart answered his lips yet? (Khairen, 2025:44)
68) With soil and blood, this love I planted.(Khairen, 2025:48)
69) Roni's parents never doubted their son's choice. Seeing the love on Sukma's face from the first moment they met, they were immediately convinced. (Khairen, 2025:48)
70) The waves collided like mad bulls. (Khairen, 2025:54)
71) Day, night, afternoon, morning, the mother and her new boyfriend screamed hysterically and laughed like people who knew nothing of the world.(Khairen, 2025:60)
72) Puja, our little sister, will soon be entering high school, Bro. My sweat pays for everything for him. (Khairen, 2025:60)
73) I can only squeeze all this longing, all this pain in my heart, bro.It's like squeezing the soil of your grave. (Khairen, 2025:60)
74) He went away, like a valley wind that gives no news to the mountainside.(Khairen, 2025:69)
75) I feel lonely. A loneliness that grips my heart. I'm imprisoned in a feeling of helplessness.(Khairen, 2025:69)
76) Bang Ziyad never instructed me on what to do, what to pursue or complete anything. However, every day, he whispers through the melody of his guitar. (Khairen, 2025:70)
77) Let the past be black.Now I want to start the future. (Khairen, 2025:72)
78) It's been nine years since he returned, and the sky above this city remains the same. Dull with arrogance, devoid of any cloud decoration. (Khairen, 2025:97)
79) Is there anyone more loyal than me waiting for you to turn around and throw a smile?(Khairen, 2025:98)
80) Eleven years before returning from Germany. Caught in the same rain, but not speaking to each other. (Khairen, 2025:98)
81) I can't stop the earth from spinning, so is my longing which is as heavy as the rain this afternoon. (Khairen, 2025:98)
82) The afternoon sky in Jakarta is like your heart, sometimes scorching hot, sometimes calm. Sometimes it rains like it does now.(Khairen, 2025:98)
83) Actually, we are four brothers, but our other two twins were thrown into a river by Mr. Beard. He is the owner of this house and has the title of parang face. (Khairen, 2025:135)
84) I'm the one who's overly jealous. I, I, ah, I was blinded by love. A shameless village cat who would kill his own brother. (Khairen, 2025:143)
85) I don't deserve to be a member of the village cat race. The filthy city gutters seem more fitting for this lowly me. (Khairen, 2025:144)
86) Who in this world still desires to live, when the fruit of their heart is taken away?I'll just die. (Khairen, 2025:157)
87) I'm trying to learn to let go. Even though I'm forced to, I'm still trying. It's very difficult to untangle these feelings so they can lead to acceptance. (Khairen, 2025:158)
88) He was present when I was already shipwrecked in the middle of the sea.(Khairen, 2025:159)
89) He came diving, salvaged the wreckage that was still salvageable, and built a new ship.(Khairen, 2025:159)
90) Our eyes met. He looked confused. But I knew he knew. Half of his eyes showed longing, the other half showed hate. (Khairen, 2025:161)
91) The distinctive aroma of the recipe had already permeated my nose.I can't imagine the taste of the chicken skin and meat, when the crispy batter hits my tongue. (Khairen, 2025:166)
92) Saiful was alone. If only his father and mother were with him right now. But no. He was truly alone. Lonely. This single man was history. (Khairen, 2025:171)
93) Saiful stood in a daze, the open sea before him continuing to deliver rolling waves. That afternoon, he recalled the events of three years ago. The land of Minangkabau was shattered, a massive earthquake had torn apart his hometown. (Khairen, 2025:171)
94) His father and mother appeared shortly after Liza disappeared. Saiful's parents were dressed in white, resembling the setting sun rising again. They greeted Saiful and then hugged him tightly. (Khairen, 2025:177)
95) A drop of rain, as soft as dew. Sometimes as fierce as a flood, weak as it evaporates into clouds.His heart was still turbulent like water. (Khairen, 2025:181)
96) If lightning was the only requirement for saying I miss you, I would learn to be a cloud.So that it becomes a gathering place for longing so that nothing can stop the feeling of longing from descending. (Khairen, 2025:183)
97) In my heart, I whispered, "For all those I leave behind, even if we meet again later. Let me return, I will bring stories of rain and rainbows." (Khairen, 2025:187)
98) Once upon a time, there was a young man from a neighboring village named Randa. He was thin, curly-haired, and wore a blue jacket. He came to this village, Sungai Simunsang village, located on the edge of the city, and he had been here since the afternoon. He was meeting his soulmate, who was not yet legally written on paper. Not yet halal. (Khairen, 2025:16)
99) The doctor who put my soul back together while I was in prison is now my wife.(Khairen, 2025:203)
100) Besides, now I am married, have two beautiful daughters, as beautiful as their mother. Both are in high school. One is also a prospective doctor, the other is still in high school. These three women got my love far greater than the feeling of being left alone with Mila when I was a teenager. (Khairen, 2025:204-205)
101) Like the moon that is always near the earth even though it is not always visible, my presence is with it day and night.I continued Mila's sentence in my mind. (Khairen, 2025:208)
102) "Do you know Kang Barna's last request?" Yuna asked me instead. How would I know? He was the doctor. He and his colleagues operated on the late Kang Barna. Yuna buried her face in her hands. We thought she was fine. (Khairen, 2025:209)
103) Yuna buried her face in her hands again. My gaze and mind went blank. Up ahead, Mila was crying over Kang Barna's grave. (Khairen, 2025:209)
104) I remember clearly, when he was in junior high school, he begged me to buy him a cell phone. Back then, his cell phones were pretty basic, unlike today's. Back then, the prices weren't so exorbitant, either. (Khairen, 2025:211)
105) My daughter is beautiful and lovely, just like her mother. Who wouldn't want that? I don't think Lina would be sad. After all, now, with her busy schedule, she doesn't seem to need me as much. My duties as a father are almost complete. (Khairen, 2025:212)
106) Inside the carriage, all the smells and tastes were mixed together. Mixed all emotions and love. Reigns in arrogance and joy.(Khairen, 2025:115)
107) Lina is the backbone. Specifically, the second backbone. Her older brother is the first, even though he left with his wife when Lina was still in college.(Khairen, 2025:119)
1) The sky had been clear earlier. Suddenly, rain fell and greeted the streets. About fifteen motorcycles pulled over at a closed shop. (Khairen, 2025:5)
2) Even though unlucky days don't come indiscriminately.Even if you're a neighbor of the Regional Police Chief, or even a friend of the National Police Chief, when an accident occurs, your head will be shattered if you don't wear a helmet. (Khairen, 2025:5)
3) The rain is getting worse.
Within a hundred meters, there was no other hut, house, or shop in sight. Across the street from this shop, a steep valley yawned open. (Khairen, 2025:7)
4) Two hours passed. Apart from an ever-hungry stomach, night was about to come. (Khairen, 2025:8)
5) The rectum has been begging for a while now, can no longer hold back the feces of this victory day. (Khairen, 2025:10)
6) The rain is getting heavier.(Khairen, 2025:12)
7) The sky seems to have forgotten to turn off the rain button.. (Khairen, 2025:16)
8) I wanted to be hugged by a mother but I never did. My prayers were not heard by heaven. (Khairen, 2025:22)
9) "If the sky would listen to my words..."I whined to the man next to me. The man who had stolen my heart from his best friend. (Khairen, 2025:31)
10) I was silent. He was silent. All that spoke was a single touch, thousands of hues and millions of feelings in their gaze. (Khairen, 2025:35)
11) At that time, I wasn't afraid of any pair of eyes ready to tell me a bad story. (Khairen, 2025:35)
12) Sukma smiled softly. She couldn't cry anymore because heaven had represented her. (Khairen, 2025:39)
13) The winds twisted and tossed the mountains.(Khairen, 2025:54)
14) I want to talk to Rize. The voice called out from behind the phone. (Khairen, 2025:88)
15) Drizzle greeted my return in more than a decade.(Khairen, 2025:97)
16) Sleepiness was conquered by my longing for this city, for the emotions within it.(Khairen, 2025:97-98)
17) Yes, my longing was as heavy as the rain that afternoon. It poured from the sky without anything being able to stop it.(Khairen, 2025:97-98)
18) However, rain is the sky's faithful promise to the earth, which does not need to be waited for, it will definitely come.(Khairen, 2025:98)
19) The rain fell so heavily that it hit the earth.(Khairen, 2025:100)
20) The air conveyed a confused message.(Khairen, 2025:105)
21) The sky was starting to darken again. Rinai came with him.A drizzle is a light rain that may only appear briefly before heavy rain. (Khairen, 2025:116)
22) In the sky, thunder rumbled. Clouds drifted, sending a message of lashing longing.Hadi's heart was as furious as it was. (Khairen, 2025:120)
23) My alarm is not a clock, but rather the curse of my husband, Mr. Striped.Yesterday, the bruise under my neck turned bluer, and the day before, there was a cigarette butt on my left cheek. (Khairen, 2025:155)
24) In the middle, Angso Duo Island looks like it is having a conversation with Pandan Island which has become a pantun.(Khairen, 2025:171)
25) Saiful was stunned, in front of him the open sea continued to deliver rolling waves.That afternoon, he recalled the events of three years ago. The land of Minangkabau was in ruins, a massive earthquake had torn through his hometown. (Khairen, 2025:171)
26) Saiful stood in a daze, the open sea before him continuing to deliver rolling waves. That afternoon, he recalled the events of three years ago. The land of Minangkabau was shattered, a massive earthquake had torn apart his hometown. (Khairen, 2025:171).
27) That day, Wednesday, September 30, 2009, was approaching dusk. Saiful fell because the earth shook violently. That day, a powerful earthquake ripped through his village. (Khairen, 2025:171)
28) As the evening approaches dusk, the atmosphere becomes more tranquil, but the waves become increasingly ferocious on the edge of Pariaman beach.Saiful shed tears. (Khairen, 2025:171)
29) Pariaman Beach was calm that afternoon, as usual. The sky had changed color and was made even more beautiful by the wisps of clouds. The sea breeze hummed in rhythm with the waves lapping against the gently sloping shore. (Khairen, 2025:172)
30) Then, the earth shook and cracked. A massive earthquake ripped through the land of Minangkabau. (Khairen, 2025:173)
31) Dusk comes at night. Saiful's tears started to stop falling.(Khairen, 2025:176)
32) That night, the night the village youth had been waiting for. Not a single star was visible. The stars were shrouded in fear. The cold and gloomy wind pierced their bones. Sarongs were wrapped around their necks, cigarettes were lit, and laughter began to fade, slowly but surely, the laughter turned gloomy. (Khairen, 2025:193)
33) Randa sat side by side with Feni, making out under the dim light of the sun that was creeping in, picked up by dusk until the starless night.(Khairen, 2025:194)
34) "La, you haven't slept for three days. In fact, you haven't slept at all today. If after Kang Barna gets better, you're the one who gets sick, it'll be the same. It's pointless. The moon doesn't have to appear all the time. Sometimes it hides to miss you. May we ask you to rest?" (Khairen, 2025:208)
35) Don't pluck the twigs and branches that have a soul, he will be angry in silence to overthrow humanity.(Khairen, 2025:231)
b. Hyperbole
36) The urine was no match for the heavy rain.(Khairen, 2025:7)
37) Thirty people, half of them peeing there. Luckily it rained. If it hadn't, maybe tomorrow when the stall owner came home, his nose would be struggling. (Khairen, 2025:7)
38) "Bro?" I poked Nyai. "Fart?" Akang's face was already twisted. He shook his head. (Khairen, 2025:9)
39) The remnants of Eid al-Fitr food that he had been holding back were now overflowing from his rectum. (Khairen, 2025:10)
40) The nine cars turned around. None of them were truly skilled at parking in this torrential downpour. (Khairen, 2025:12)
41) I was silent. He was silent. All that spoke was a single touch, thousands of hues and millions of feelings in their gaze. (Khairen, 2025:35)
42) Roni, Sukma's husband, did not wear terompah or sandals to this red land. His cry tore through the sky. More intense than the tears two years ago. Twice he gave birth to his baby, twice he buried him. (Khairen, 2025:39)
43) My scream was greeted with thunderous applause.. Behind Tito, Arga, and Bang Ziyad looked possessed playing their respective musical instruments (Khairen, 2025:61)
44) They took me home. I felt much better. Forty days of crying had probably broken Bang Ziyad's heart. Now, I had to make him smile. (Khairen, 2025:71)
45) The voice blared from behind the phone. Lightning-fast, it traveled hundreds of kilometers away. (Khairen, 2025:88)
46) A strange raindrop fell upon the earth. Instantly, the eyes of everyone on earth closed simultaneously. No one knew why this happened. (Khairen, 2025:91)
47) Tuesday afternoon, during a boring meeting, Disa's cell phone rang. It was just a single ding. But it felt like the clouds were collapsing. (Khairen, 2025:124)
48) Disa ran into the house, locked the door, locked the room, closed the window curtains, and hid under the blanket.(Khairen, 2025:124)
49) My daughter looks so tired. Since she started working six months ago, her time, energy, and even her beauty seem to have been drained. Every time she comes home, she's always disheveled. (Khairen, 2025:211)
50) He was furious.He was angry with himself for not being able to help his mother. (Khairen, 2025:237)
c. Repetition
51) The rain was getting heavier, and heavier.There are no signs of abating. (Khairen, 2025:6)
52) The rain intensified. The lightning intensified. The thunderstorms intensified. (Khairen, 2025:10)
53) No, no way, no way.For half a year I was like a crazy person, locking myself in my room, kissing my children's clothes when I missed them (Khairen, 2025:157)
54) I truly love Hendri, and he's mine. Not Bregedew's. Tonight, yes, tonight, I'll get rid of him. (Khairen, 2025:141)
55) "Abre…, Abre…" These were the last words I heard. A scream from my love. Ah, even though it sounded hysterical, for me it was the most affectionate and romantic call of my life. Goodbye, Hendri, goodbye, my love. (Khairen, 2025:152)
d. Euphemism
56) The typhoon vented its grievances to the outside left of this closed shop.. (Khairen, 2025:7)
e. Metaphor
57) More than half of them weren't wearing helmets. On their heads, the asphalt turned soft on Eid day. (Khairen, 2025:5)
58) I never knew my mother, for me my father was both, father and mother. (Khairen, 2025:19)
59) At the kindergarten gate, my father sent me sailing with a smile and a wave. (Khairen, 2025:20)
60) In a large family, the mother is the most sinful bastard. (Khairen, 2025:24)
61) "At that time it was hot for months, the seasons made my heart dry……..,"(Khairen, 2025:23)
62) As they say, a woman's heart is like the deepest ocean trench. It's very hard to predict. (Khairen, 2025:32)
63) It's a different story with men. They're predictable. Their hearts are as shallow as a gutter. Very easy to understand. (Khairen, 2025:32)
64) The night grew darker. The sky was as dark as a large sheet. There were no stars like that time. (Khairen, 2025:33)
65) At that time, I wasn't afraid of any pair of eyes ready to tell me a bad story. (Khairen, 2025:35)
66) Sukma comes from the waist of Mount Galunggung.Her brother moved to Padang two years ago. (Khairen, 2025:40)
67) The question that Rini's husband fired landed right in Sukma's heart without passing through her ears.. Has his heart answered his lips yet? (Khairen, 2025:44)
68) With soil and blood, this love I planted.(Khairen, 2025:48)
69) Roni's parents never doubted their son's choice. Seeing the love on Sukma's face from the first moment they met, they were immediately convinced. (Khairen, 2025:48)
70) The waves collided like mad bulls. (Khairen, 2025:54)
71) Day, night, afternoon, morning, the mother and her new boyfriend screamed hysterically and laughed like people who knew nothing of the world.(Khairen, 2025:60)
72) Puja, our little sister, will soon be entering high school, Bro. My sweat pays for everything for him. (Khairen, 2025:60)
73) I can only squeeze all this longing, all this pain in my heart, bro.It's like squeezing the soil of your grave. (Khairen, 2025:60)
74) He went away, like a valley wind that gives no news to the mountainside.(Khairen, 2025:69)
75) I feel lonely. A loneliness that grips my heart. I'm imprisoned in a feeling of helplessness.(Khairen, 2025:69)
76) Bang Ziyad never instructed me on what to do, what to pursue or complete anything. However, every day, he whispers through the melody of his guitar. (Khairen, 2025:70)
77) Let the past be black.Now I want to start the future. (Khairen, 2025:72)
78) It's been nine years since he returned, and the sky above this city remains the same. Dull with arrogance, devoid of any cloud decoration. (Khairen, 2025:97)
79) Is there anyone more loyal than me waiting for you to turn around and throw a smile?(Khairen, 2025:98)
80) Eleven years before returning from Germany. Caught in the same rain, but not speaking to each other. (Khairen, 2025:98)
81) I can't stop the earth from spinning, so is my longing which is as heavy as the rain this afternoon. (Khairen, 2025:98)
82) The afternoon sky in Jakarta is like your heart, sometimes scorching hot, sometimes calm. Sometimes it rains like it does now.(Khairen, 2025:98)
83) Actually, we are four brothers, but our other two twins were thrown into a river by Mr. Beard. He is the owner of this house and has the title of parang face. (Khairen, 2025:135)
84) I'm the one who's overly jealous. I, I, ah, I was blinded by love. A shameless village cat who would kill his own brother. (Khairen, 2025:143)
85) I don't deserve to be a member of the village cat race. The filthy city gutters seem more fitting for this lowly me. (Khairen, 2025:144)
86) Who in this world still desires to live, when the fruit of their heart is taken away?I'll just die. (Khairen, 2025:157)
87) I'm trying to learn to let go. Even though I'm forced to, I'm still trying. It's very difficult to untangle these feelings so they can lead to acceptance. (Khairen, 2025:158)
88) He was present when I was already shipwrecked in the middle of the sea.(Khairen, 2025:159)
89) He came diving, salvaged the wreckage that was still salvageable, and built a new ship.(Khairen, 2025:159)
90) Our eyes met. He looked confused. But I knew he knew. Half of his eyes showed longing, the other half showed hate. (Khairen, 2025:161)
91) The distinctive aroma of the recipe had already permeated my nose.I can't imagine the taste of the chicken skin and meat, when the crispy batter hits my tongue. (Khairen, 2025:166)
92) Saiful was alone. If only his father and mother were with him right now. But no. He was truly alone. Lonely. This single man was history. (Khairen, 2025:171)
93) Saiful stood in a daze, the open sea before him continuing to deliver rolling waves. That afternoon, he recalled the events of three years ago. The land of Minangkabau was shattered, a massive earthquake had torn apart his hometown. (Khairen, 2025:171)
94) His father and mother appeared shortly after Liza disappeared. Saiful's parents were dressed in white, resembling the setting sun rising again. They greeted Saiful and then hugged him tightly. (Khairen, 2025:177)
95) A drop of rain, as soft as dew. Sometimes as fierce as a flood, weak as it evaporates into clouds.His heart was still turbulent like water. (Khairen, 2025:181)
96) If lightning was the only requirement for saying I miss you, I would learn to be a cloud.So that it becomes a gathering place for longing so that nothing can stop the feeling of longing from descending. (Khairen, 2025:183)
97) In my heart, I whispered, "For all those I leave behind, even if we meet again later. Let me return, I will bring stories of rain and rainbows." (Khairen, 2025:187)
98) Once upon a time, there was a young man from a neighboring village named Randa. He was thin, curly-haired, and wore a blue jacket. He came to this village, Sungai Simunsang village, located on the edge of the city, and he had been here since the afternoon. He was meeting his soulmate, who was not yet legally written on paper. Not yet halal. (Khairen, 2025:16)
99) The doctor who put my soul back together while I was in prison is now my wife.(Khairen, 2025:203)
100) Besides, now I am married, have two beautiful daughters, as beautiful as their mother. Both are in high school. One is also a prospective doctor, the other is still in high school. These three women got my love far greater than the feeling of being left alone with Mila when I was a teenager. (Khairen, 2025:204-205)
101) Like the moon that is always near the earth even though it is not always visible, my presence is with it day and night.I continued Mila's sentence in my mind. (Khairen, 2025:208)
102) "Do you know Kang Barna's last request?" Yuna asked me instead. How would I know? He was the doctor. He and his colleagues operated on the late Kang Barna. Yuna buried her face in her hands. We thought she was fine. (Khairen, 2025:209)
103) Yuna buried her face in her hands again. My gaze and mind went blank. Up ahead, Mila was crying over Kang Barna's grave. (Khairen, 2025:209)
104) I remember clearly, when he was in junior high school, he begged me to buy him a cell phone. Back then, his cell phones were pretty basic, unlike today's. Back then, the prices weren't so exorbitant, either. (Khairen, 2025:211)
105) My daughter is beautiful and lovely, just like her mother. Who wouldn't want that? I don't think Lina would be sad. After all, now, with her busy schedule, she doesn't seem to need me as much. My duties as a father are almost complete. (Khairen, 2025:212)
106) Inside the carriage, all the smells and tastes were mixed together. Mixed all emotions and love. Reigns in arrogance and joy.(Khairen, 2025:115)
107) Lina is the backbone. Specifically, the second backbone. Her older brother is the first, even though he left with his wife when Lina was still in college.(Khairen, 2025:119)
Published
2026-06-18
How to Cite
Muhammad Rifki, Missriani, & Muhammad Ali. (2026). Stylistic Analysis of the Novel My Longing is as Deep as Rain That AfternoonWorks by JS Khairen. International Journal of Education, Vocational and Social Science , 5(03), 1721-1747. https://doi.org/10.63922/ijevss.v5i03.4441
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