FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE What is figurative language Language that

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

What is figurative language? Language that is shaped by the imagination. Any use of language where the intended meaning differs from the actual literal meaning of the words themselves Why figurative language? ü Figurative language makes the image more concrete and sensuous ü Figurative language makes the expression not merely informative, but makes it contain strong emotions ü Implies imaginative beauty

SIMILE A comparison of two things using “like, as than, ” or “resembles”. Simile consist three element, pembanding (vehicle), yang dibandingkan (tenor), and kata-kata penghubung (connectives). “I wondered lonely as a cloud. ” -Wordsworth tenor connectives vehicle

Famous Simile Poem

METHAPO R o A comparison of two unlike things without using the words “like” or “as”. For example: “Her hair is silk. ” (The sentence is comparing or stating that hair is silk) “My love is a red, red rose. ”

The Rising Sun By: John Donne Famous Methapor Poem In line 21 explain about the speaker’s belief that he and his lover are richer thaan all states, kingdoms because of the love that they share

SYMBOL A figurative language where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than the literal meaning. That has meaning in itself also represents, or stands for, something else. For example: o Light represents hope for a better life or happiness in Emily Dickinson’s “A Light Exist in Spring” o Sunflower symbolize people in William Blake’s “Ah Sunflower” o Winds symbolize unpredictable in The Archpoet’s “His Confession” A light exist in Spring Not present on this year At any other period When March is scarcely here Ah Sunflower, wery of time, Who countest the steps of the sun; Seeking after that sweet golden clime I am of one element Levity my matter Like enough a withered leaf For the winds to scatter

The Raven, had a dark, sinister bird watching over him like a dark shadow. Poe used a dark raven in the poem for loss and death Famous Symbol Poem

PERSONIFICATIO N o Giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics to non-living objects or animal, like the abiity to talk, or feel emotions. o Personification can make things easier to imagine when you read them. Example: “The sun smiled at me” The verb, smile, is a human action.

Furniture Bash By: Shel Silverstein Famous Personification Poem

APOSTROPH E o A writer or speaker using apostrophe, speaks directly to someone who is not present or is dead, or speaks to an inanimate object, sometimes represented by exclamation such as “Oh”. For example: “Oh sun, I miss you, now that it’s December”

Famous Apostrophe Poem

SOURCE Mugijatna (2012). Pengantar Kajian Puisi Inggris dan Amerika. Surakarta: UNS Press. WWW. poetryfoundation. org. (2018, March 30)