FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ANALYSIS ON BILLY COLLINS’ POEMS

Sulistia, Ningsih (2022) FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ANALYSIS ON BILLY COLLINS’ POEMS. Undergraduate thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This study aimed to describe the types of figurative language and contextual meanings in Billy Collins' poems entitled I Ask You, The Art Drowning, and Forgetfulness. As for the background of this research, the researcher found that students' understanding was still very lacking in understanding the meaning of an English poem. Whereas in learning English, poem can be used as a medium that can help students to learn new vocabulary in poem, hone students' creative thinking in understanding figurative language and the meaning of a poem, and make students interested in getting to know literary works, especially poem. The type of this research is a qualitative research used descriptive method. The researcher used seven types of figurative language in analyzing Billy Collins's poems, namely simile, personification, synecdoche, metaphor, metonymy, parable of the epic, and allegory. The researcher chose three Collins’ poems, the researcher read line by line that had the characteristics of the types of figurative language and then separated them from the lines that did not have these characteristics, then took the words that had figurative language into a table. For the data analysis technique in this study, the researcher used the Miles and Huberman model, namely data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing/verification. The results showed that in Billy Collins's poem I Ask You, The Art of Drowning, and Forgetfulness, there were 22 types of figurative language and 5 types meaning of figurative language. The figurative language in the poem includes 12 personifications, 2 metonyms, 3 synecdoches, 3 metaphors, and 2 similes. The use of figurative language aimed to beautify Billy Collins' poems so that readers are interested in reading and understanding his poem, so that Collins can conveyed his ideas and feelings in the meaning implied in figurative language. The researcher also found 9 connotative meanings, 8 conceptual meanings, and 6 collocative meanings. Thus, the most common type of figurative language used in Billy Collins' poems is personification. Keywords: Figurative Language, meaning, poem, Billy Collins.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Subjects: Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Divisions: Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Keguruan > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: LAYANAN PERPUSTAKAAN UINRIL REFERENSI
Date Deposited: 28 Jan 2022 02:53
Last Modified: 28 Jan 2022 02:53
URI: http://repository.radenintan.ac.id/id/eprint/17430

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