[ ABSTRAKSebagai salah satu jenis karya sastra, puisi selain memberi pesan atau gambaran suasana tertentu, juga mengandung nilai-nilai kehidupan dan sosialpsikologis. Pada karya tulis ini, penulis akan menganalisis karakteristik kehidupan perkotaan dan kemasyarakatan urban yang terdapat di dalam puisi urban awal abad 20, yaitu „Besuch vom Lande“ (1929) karya Erich Kästner dengan pendekatan mengenai konsep kota dan masyarakat urban Georg Simmel.

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ABSTRACTAs one type of literature, poetry besides giving a message or visual a certain atmosphere, it also contains the values of life and social-psychological feature. In this paper, the author will analyze the characteristics of urban life and urban community in the urban poetry early 20th century, namely "Besuch vom Lande" (1929) by Erich Kästner with the approach of the concept of city and urban communities by Georg Simmel., As one type of literature, poetry besides giving a message or visual a certain atmosphere, it also contains the values of life and social-psychological feature. In this paper, the author will analyze the characteristics of urban life and urban community in the urban poetry early 20th century, namely "Besuch vom Lande" (1929) by Erich Kästner with the approach of the concept of city and urban communities by Georg Simmel.]