Figurative Language Part 2 Hyperbole Examples A hyperbole

Figurative Language (Part 2)

Hyperbole Examples: A hyperbole is an overstatement that • I’m so hungry I could eat a horse. exaggerates a particular condition for • This package weighs a ton emphasis.

SONNET 104 William Shakespeare To me, fair friend, you never can be old, For as you were when first your eye I eyed, Such seems your beauty still. Three winters cold Have from the forests shook three summers’ pride; Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turned In process of the seasons have I seen; Three April pérfumes in three hot Junes burned, Since first I saw you fresh, which yet are green. Ah yet doth beauty, like a dial hand, Steal from his figure, and no pace perceived; So your sweet hue, which methinks still doth stand, Hath motion, and mine eye may be deceived. For fear of which, hear this, thou age unbred: Ere you were born was beauty’s summer dead.

Senyum Mentari Tangis Pepohonan Karyamun Mentari tersenyum sumringah Merusak segala ada Bersama gemericik air yang menari Setelah cucuran deras penambang pasir Berkejaranan dengan kupu dan capung Digantingan mesin keruk, pasir mengalir Jadikan manusia congkak semakin tajir Nun jauh, gunung terlihat Punggungnya mulai memerah Sementara, tak lagi ku lihat indah ekor kutilang Tak sehijau dulu kala Semua alam mongering Bersama hati yang semakin merontang

Litotes is a figure of speech that employs Examples: an understatement by using double • negatives or, in other words, a positive • You are not doing badly at all. statement expressed by negating its • Your apartment is not unclean. opposite expressions A million dollars is no small amount.

The Eagle Lord Tenyson He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring'd with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.

Di Bawah Kibaran Sarung, Indonesia. Tera Joko Pinurbo Saya ini apalah Tuhan. Saya ini cuma jejak-jejak kaki musafir pada serial catatan pinggir; sisa aroma pada seonggok beha; dan bau kecut pada sisa cinta. Saya ini cuma cuwilan cemas kok Tuhan Saya ini cuma seratus hektar halaman suratkabar yang habis terbakar; sekeping puisi yang terpental dilabrak batalion iklan.

Metonymy is a figurative language in which the name of an object or concept is replaced with a word closely related to or associated with that thing or concept

Synecdoche is a figurative language in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa

Huswifery By Edward Taylor Make me, O Lord, thy Spining Wheele compleate. Then cloath therewith mine Understanding, Will, Thy Holy Worde my Distaff make for mee. Affections, Judgment, Conscience, Memory Make mine Affections thy Swift Flyers neate My Words, and Actions, that their shine may fill And make my Soule thy holy Spoole to bee. My wayes with glory and thee glorify. My Conversation make to be thy Reele Then mine apparell shall display before yee And reele the yarn thereon spun of thy Wheele. That I am Cloathd in Holy robes for glory. Make me thy Loome then, knit therein this Twine: And make thy Holy Spirit, Lord, winde quills: Then weave the Web thyselfe. The yarn is fine. Thine Ordinances make my Fulling Mills. Then dy the same in Heavenly Colours Choice, All pinkt with Varnisht Flowers of Paradise.

Irony is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. In simple words, it is a difference between appearance and reality. • • Dramatic irony Irony of situation Socratic ironu Figurative irony

Do Not Weep, Maiden, for War is Kind Stephen Crane Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind Do now weep, maiden, for war is kind Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky Because your father tumbled in the yellow trenches And the affrighted steed ran on alone Raged at his breast, guled and died Do not weep War is kind Hoarse, booming drums of the regiments Swift blazing flag of the regiment Little souls who thirst for flight Eagle with crest of red and gold These man were born to drill and die The unexplained glory flies above them Point for them the virtue of slaughter Great is the battle-god, great, and his kingdom Make plain to them the excellent of killing A field where a thousand corpses lie And a field where a thousand corpses lie

P A A paradox is a statement (or set of statements) where a seemingly impossible contradiction is presented. R A D O X Example • I always lie. (If the person is a liar, then this is true, which makes them not a liar). • Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die. (how can death die? ) Five pictures

Pahlawan Tak Dikenal – Toto Sudarto Bachtiar Sepuluh tahun yang lalu dia terbaring Hari itu 10 November, hujan pun mulai turun Tetapi bukan tidur, sayang Orang-orang ingin kembali memandangnya Sebuah lubang peluru bundar di dadanya Sambil merangkai karangan bunga Senyum bekunya mau berkata, kita sedang perang Tapi yang nampak, wajah-wajahnya sendiri yang tak dikenalnya Dia tidak ingat bilamana dia datang Sepuluh tahun yang lalu dia terbaring Kedua lengannya memeluk senapang Tetapi bukan tidur, sayang Dia tidak tahu untuk siapa dia datang Sebuah peluru bundar di dadanya Kemudian dia terbaring, tapi bukan tidur sayang Senyum bekunya mau berkata : aku sangat muda wajah sunyi setengah tengadah Menangkap sepi padang senja Dunia tambah beku di tengah derap dan suara merdu Dia masih sangat muda

Antithesis is a figurative language in the form of balance or contradiction between one theme to another theme

The Road not Taken Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood In leaves no step had trodden black. And sorry I could not travel both Oh, I kept the first for another day! And be one traveler, long I stood Yet knowing how way leads on to way And looked down one as far as I could I doubted if I should ever come back To where it bent in the undergrowth I shall be telling this with a sigh Then took the other, as just as fair Somewhere ages and ages hence And having perhaps the better claim Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – Because it was grassy and wanted wear I took the one less traveled by Though as for that, the passing there And that has made all the difference Had worn them really about the same And both that morning equally lay

Kepada Kawan Chairil Anwar Sebelum ajal mendekat dan mengkhianat, Dan. . . Mencengkam dari belakang 'tika kita tidak melihat Hancurkan lagi apa yang kau perbuat, Selama masih menggelombang dalam dada darah serta rasa, Hilang sonder pusaka, sonder kerabat. Belum bertugas kecewa dan gentar belum ada, Tidak minta ampun atas segala dosa, Tidak lupa tiba-tiba bisa malam membenam, Tidak memberi pamit pada siapa saja! Layar merah terkibar hilang dalam kelam, Kawan, mari kita putuskan kini di sini: Jadi. . . Ajal yang menarik kita, juga mencekik diri sendiri! Mari kita putuskan sekali lagi: Ajal yang menarik kita, 'kan merasa angkasa sepi, Jadi. . . Sekali lagi kawan, sebaris lagi: Isi gelas sepenuhnya lantas kosongkan, Tikamkan pedangmu hingga ke hulu, Tembus jelajah dunia ini dan balikkan, Pada siapa yang mengairi kemurnian madu!!! Peluk kecup perempuan, tinggalkan kalau merayu, Pilih kuda yang paling liar, pacu laju, Jangan tambatkan pada siang dan malam.