Widiyanti, Aprilita (2021) Semantic Analysis of the Figurative Language in Edgar Allan Poe’s Poem. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

This research examines the ten of the fifteen types of figurative languages and the real meaning in “Edgar Allan Poe’s Poem”. Therefore, the researcher formulated a problem statement in the poem to find out the types and its real meaning.

In this study, researchers used qualitative methods with analysis techniques to identify the types and real meaning in “Edgar Allan Poe’s Poem”. The object of this research is figurative language. In data collection, the researcher used documentation techniques, and the steps were reading poems, identifying figurative languages in the poems, classifying figurative languages, and interpreting the data.

The results showed that there were 37 figurative languages. Based on the types of figurative languages in the poem “Annabel Lee”, there are 5 types of figurative language, including 4 metaphors, 1 metonymy, 1 synecdoche, 3 hyperboles, and 1 alliteration. As for the poem "A Dream Within a Dream" there are 7 types of figurative language, including 2 metaphors, 3 personifications, 1 metonymy, 3 symbols, 1 synecdoche, 2 hyperboles, and 1 alliteration. While in the poem "The Sleeper" there are 5 types of figurative language, including 2 similes, 2 personifications, 2 symbols, 2 hyperboles, and 6 alliterations. Then the real meaning there are 37 real meanings.

Keywords: figurative language, edgar allan poe, qualitative method

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