A FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ANALYSIS ON BERTON BRALEY’S POEMS

Aulia, Fitri Ramadhani (2022) A FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ANALYSIS ON BERTON BRALEY’S POEMS. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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ABSTRACT A FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ANALYSIS ON BERTON BRALEY’S POEMS By Aulia Fitri Ramadhani The aim of this research was to know the types of figurative language and its contextual meaning in two poems selected by Berton Braley's. The title of the poems was "The Will to Win and Start Where You Stand". The data was taken from the article and youTube . This research used descriptive qualitative method to describe and analyze the figurative language’s types and the contextual meaning. In order to concentrate on this research, the researcher simply used Perrine's and Kennedy’s theory to understand the forms of figurative language before analyzing the contextual meaning. The result of this research found some types used in Berton Braley’s poems, they are hyperbole, climax, pleonasm, personification, repetition, and metaphor. Those types are classified based on Perrine’s and Kennedy’s Theory. There are 2 hyperbole, 4 climax, 2 pleonasm, 3 personification, 3 repetition, and 2 metaphor. Key Word: Figurative Language, Contextual Meaning, Berton Braley’s Poem “The Will to Win and Start Where You Stand”.

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