scholarly journals An Analysis of Figurative Language Used in Edgar Allan Poe’s Poems

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-59
Author(s):  
Dewi Syafitri ◽  
Melisa Marlinton

The objectives of the research was to describe kinds and meanings of figurative language used in Edgar Allan Poe’s poems. The titles of the 8 Edgar Allan Poe’s poems were “Annabel Lee, The Sleeper, A Dream Within A Dream, To One in Paradise, Alone, Spirit of the Death, The Lake and Evening Stars”. Descriptive qualitative method was used to classify and analyze the data. The technique used in collecting the data was library research. Meanwhile, in analyzing the data, the researchers applied qualitative descriptive. After investigating the kinds and meanings in 8 Edgar Allan Poe’s poems, the researchers found 96 figurative languages. The figurative language in Edgar Allan Poe’s poems have been analyzed in kinds; there were 25 personifications, 6 similes, 16 metaphors, 11 hyperboles, 2 ironies, 9 paradoxes, 6 metonymies, and 21 symbols. The meanings of figurative languages found in Edgar Allan Poe’s poem were classified into 42 connotative meanings, 30 social meanings, 16 reflected and 8 collocative meanings. The conclusion of this research was Edgar Allan Poe’s poems are important to be read because the poems were rich with the using of figurative language which can attract the readers’ attention and evoke readers’ imagination. Key word: Semantics, Figurative Language, Poems.

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 261
Author(s):  
Wilya Setiawati ◽  
Maryani Maryani

AbstractThis research is entitled An Analysis of Figurative Language in Taylor Swift's song lyrics it aims to know the types of figurative language that are used in Taylor swift lyrics and describe the contextual meaning of the figurative language used in Taylor's lyrics. The research data is obtained from two songs from one albumof Taylor Swift. The album titled Red with three songs taken entitles Red and 22. This research uses descriptive qualitative method in observation and library research in collecting data of this research. Figurative language found consists of simile, metaphor, hyperbole, paradox, irony and personification. In this research, these findingsshow that hyperbole is the most dominant in Taylor Swift’s song and based on the contextual meaning of overall song lyrics of Taylor Swift tell about conflict, pain heart and deeply treachery.Keywords: song, lyric, figurative language, contextual meaning


Al-Lisan ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-156
Author(s):  
Ayuni Heda ◽  
Barli Bram

This study explored figurative language or figures of speech used in the seven poems entitled Home, Time, Self-love, Self-hate, The Construction Site of Our Future, Long-distance, and It Is So Full Here in Myself by Rupi Kaur. The researchers used a descriptive qualitative method. Library research was used as the technique in collecting the data. The data were collected from Kaur’s poem book entitled The Sun and Her Flowers and analysed using the figurative language or figures of speech proposed by Abrams and Harpham (2015). Results showed four types of figurative language used in Kaur’s selected poems: personification, nine instances; simile, six occurrences; hyperbole, six occurrences; and metaphor, three examples


Author(s):  
Zimmatul Liviana

The research grammatical interference in a collection ofshort stories Biarkan Aku Memula iwork Nurul F. Hudaisa collection ofshort storiesset in the back that Is start work Let Nurul F. Huda contains many grammatical interference.The problem of this   study were(1)how   the various morphologi calinterference containedin   a   collection of short stories Biarkan Aku Memulai work Nurul F. Huda. (2)how the various syntactic interference contained in a collection of short stories Biarkan Aku Memulai work Nurul F. Huda. The purposeof this studyis to describe the morphological and         Syntactic interference contained in a collection of short stories Biarkan Aku Memulai work Nurul F. Huda. Sociolinguistics is the study of language variation and use in society. Interference is the event of the use of language elements of one into the other language elements that occur in the speakers themselves. This research uses descriptive qualitative method because to describe the actual realityin order to obtainan accurateand objective. Qualitative descriptive methods were used to analyzethe elements ofa word orphrase that incorporated elements of other languages with the analysis and description of the formulation of the problem is the answer. Data collection techniques using observation techniques, the determination ofthe object of research, the selection of short stories.Based on the analysis of the data in this study can be found that there are six forms of interference morphology, namely (1) the prefix nasal N-sound, (2) the addition of the suffix, (3) the exchange prefix, (4) exchange suffixes, (5) exchange konfiks, (6) removal affixes. While the syntactic interference only on the words and phrases in a sentence. The results of the study it can be concluded that the interference morphology more common than syntactic interference.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-89
Author(s):  
Arini Egi Tiarawati ◽  
Tri Wahyu Retno Ningsih

The aim of this study is to analyze the types of figurative language which found in Ugly Love novel by Colleen Hoover. This study used figurative language theory by Leech to analyze the data which the researcher found in the novel. The method of this study is descriptive qualitative method. The total of the data are 87 data to be analyzed in the types of figurative language. The data will be identify and classify into 8 types of figurative language by Leech. The result of this study found 6 types of figurative language in this Ugly Love novel. That are 33 data of personifications (33 data) , 19 data of similes, 11 data of irony, 10 data of hyperbole, 9 data of metaphors, and 5 data of metonymy. The most of dominant type of figurative language in the Ugly Love novel by Colleen Hoover is personification.


2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 461
Author(s):  
Poltak Johansen

AbstrakArsitektur dari suatu bangsa, pada suatu masa sering berbeda-beda, baik dalam hal bentuk maupun konsep-konsep yang melandasinya. Hal ini tentu disebabkan adanya perbedaan kebudayaan dari suatu masyarakat dengan masyarakat lainnya. Setiap suku bangsa biasanya akan menunjukkan identitas budayanya melalui benda-benda budaya yang mereka buat. Demikian halnya masyarakat Dayak Kanayatn memiliki ciri tersendiri dalam bentuk arsitektur bangunan khususnya bangunan rumah tinggal. Bentuk arsitektur masyarakat Dayak Kanayat’n yang tinggal di Desa Sahapm tercermin dalam bentuk Rumah Betang atau Rumah Panjang dan hingga kini masih dijaga dan dihuni oleh masyarakat. Bentuk rumah Betang juga menunjukkan hidup kebersamaan bagi penghuninya. Dalam  Rumah panjang atau Rumah Betang mereka berinteraksi antara bilik yang satu dengan bilik yang lainnya. Tujuan penulisan untuk mendeskripsikan bentuk arsitektur Rumah Betang dan keberadaannya pada saat ini, selain itu penelitian ini juga  mendeskripsikan kehidupan masyarakat di Rumah Betang. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif dengan menggunakan tehnik pengamatan dan wawancara dalam menggali data di lapangan serta studi kepustakaan sebagai menggali bahan untuk menulis. AbstractThe nation has a diverse architecture, both in terms of form as well as the underlying concepts. The diversity of architecture due to differences in the culture of a society. Each tribe will usually show its cultural identity through cultural objects that they create. Similarly with Kanayatn Dayak community has its own characteristics in the architecture, especially residential buildings. Architectural form of the Dayak people who live in the village Dayak Kanayat'n reflected in the form of Rumah Betang or Rumah Panjang and is still maintained and inhabited by people. Betang shapes also showed live together or togetherness. The people who lived in Rumah Panjang interact with each other in one room to other room. The main purposes of this study is to describe the architectural form and its existence today. In addition, this study describe betang people's lives at home. The method used is descriptive-qualitative method using the techniques of observation and interviews to collect data in the field and library research.


Vitruvian ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Vicky Januastuti ◽  
Primi Artiningrum

Rumah-Toko merupakan salah satu ciri khas dari Pecinan. Dalam perkembangannya, rumah-toko pada kawasan tersebut mengalami beberapa perubahan fungsi ruang dan perubahan bentuk bangunan rumah-toko akibat dari beberapa faktor, sehingga terlihat karakteristik arsitektur cina pada kawasan tersebut semakin memudar. Pada penelitian sebelumnya belum ada yang mengaitkan antara perubahan dungsi dan bentuk rumah-toko terhadap arsitektur cina. Adapun beberapa penelitian sebelumnya hanya mengaitkan dengan topologi perubahan rumah-toko. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui penyebab terjadinya perubahan fungsi pada rumah-toko dan untuk mengetahui pengaruh perubahan fungsi dan bentuk yang menyebabkan mulai pudarnya karakteristik arsitektur cina yang berpengaruh terhadap perubahan karakter arsitektur cina di kawasan pecinan. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif, pengumpulan data-data dari penelitian ini dilakukan dengan cara survei lokasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi kemudian dianalisis dengan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Setelah dilakukan analisis dari data-data lokasi, maka didapatkan kesimpulan umum bahwa faktor yang mempengaruhi perubahan fungsi dan bentuk yaitu faktor ekonomi, sosial, dan budaya serta fungsi ruang memiliki pengaruh yang lebih kecil terhadap memudarnya karakteristik arsitektur cina dibandingkan dengan perubahan bentuk bangunan yang memiliki pengaruh lebih besar terhadap memudarnya karakteristik arsitektur cina. Shop-House is one of the characteristics of Chinatown. In its development, Shop-House in the region experienced several changes in the function of space and changes in the shape of the houses due to several factors, so that the Chinese architectural characteristics in the area faded. In the previous research, there was no link between changes in function and the form of houses to Chinese architecture. As for some previous studies only linking with the change in the shop-house topology. The purpose of this study is to determine the cause of changes in the function of the Shop-House and to determine the effect of changes in function and shape that cause the fading of Chinese architectural characteristics that affect the changes in Chinese architectural character in Chinatown. This research method uses descriptive qualitative method, the collection of data from this study is done by surveying locations, interviews, and documentation and then analyzed with qualitative descriptive methods. After analyzing the location data, a general conclusion is that the factors that influence changes in function and form are economic, social, and cultural factors and the function of space has a smaller influence on the waning characteristics of Chinese architecture compared to changes in the shape of buildings that have influence. greater to the waning characteristics of Chinese architecture.


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-70
Author(s):  
Sastika Seli ◽  
Bahya Alfitri

The research aims to describe the functions of humor used in an American comedy movie The Boss. The subject of the research was American comedy movie The Boss. Descriptive qualitative method was used to conduct the research. Data collection was done through library research and documentation. Data analysis was done through identification, coding, classification and description. The researcher found several findings. Supported by Meyers theory of joke, there are 6 functions of jokes found in the movie such as to insult someone, to express anger, to tease someone, to relieve tension, to get attention, and to amuse others. The dominant function was differentiation particularly to insult and to express anger 21 times, the second was clarification particularly to relieve tension humorous lines and amuse others 15 times, the third was enforcement particularly to tease 18 times, and the last was identification particularly to relieve tension and to get attention 27 times. These functions were also analyzed and discriminated by different setting and participant based on formality and participants distance. According to the analysis, most jokes occurred in informal situation with intimate relationship among the participants and functioned to tease someone and to relieve tension. This finding also proves that American humor is expressed with more slapstick and vulgarity as the characteristic of American humor used in daily communication. Keywords: sociolinguistics, humor, American humor, American comedy movie, The Boss movie


2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Elisa Nurul Laili

Dysphemism is an expression with connotations that are offensive either about the denotatum or the audience. It is used to talk about one’s opponents, things one wishes to show disapproval of, and things one wishes to be seen to downgrade. The topic of dysphemism is crucial to investigate because dysphemism is the infraction of the rules of politeness that deals with the matters of face and face effects.This research uses descriptive qualitative method. The approach used in this research is library research. Data taken from taking notes and observation.This article is written to explain dysphemism in the perspective of Semantics, Sociolinguistics, and Discourse Analysis.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Yohanes Eko Rubiyanto ◽  
Restu Arini

The writer conducts the research related to class conflict which is presented in Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner” novel. This qualitative research is written to analyze the conflicts that happen in Afghan society which is mainly caused by difference of social class. The research is conducted by using library research. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method as the data are described in the form of sentences. The steps of collecting the data in this research are reading both the novel and the supporting theories related, analyzing, organizing and displaying the data to allow conclusions to be drawn. The results show that the society in the twentieth is fundamentally separated by two large groups namely Pashtun and Hazara. They are inhabit Afghanistan as told in The Kite Runner. The Pashtuns act as the dominant upper class and the Hazaras fill the society of the lower class which fits the theory of Marxism.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Suardi Suardi

This study aims: to explained the marketing strategy by manager of hot water tourism Sulili Waterboom Pinrang Regency to development of tourism destination potency in Covid 19 Era, and to implementation the marketing strategy by manager of hot water tourism Sulili Waterboom Pinrang Regency to development of tourism destination potency in Covid 19 Era. The analytical method used: the quantitative and qualitative method which source from primary and secondary data. The technique of data gathered include interview, observation, library research and documentation. Data obtained it to arrangement and preparation and analysis with used of qualitative descriptive such as the explained then to analysis and naration. The results of this study indicate: the manager of hot water tourism Sulili Waterboom Pinrang Regency applied of marketing strategy STP as the important strategy to increasingthe local and national tourism visiting come to Pinrang Regency for holiday and recreation which have contribution to increased the regional income. The pandemic Covid 19 era the total tourism visiting to decreasing, cause it require to applied of seriously attempt from management parties to commitment applied of marketing strategy STP which reorientation to increased the segmentation of local or national tourist, with marketing target for general visitor from all of ages and to become the positition of Waterboom Tourism Destination as the main of tourism visiting in Pinrang Regency.


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