FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED IN RAZA ALI HASAN SELECTED POEMS

Nisaus Syarifah, NIM.: 18101050066 (2022) FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED IN RAZA ALI HASAN SELECTED POEMS. Skripsi thesis, UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA YOGYAKARTA.

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Abstract

This paper is entitled "The Analysis of Figurative Language Used in Raza Ali Hasan Selected Poems''. The purpose of this paper is to find the types and functions of figurative language in Raza Ali Hasan's selected poems entitled The Con of It All, The Emerald Mosque on the Hill, In that Part of the World, and No King, No King of Kings. This study uses descriptive qualitative methods to examine data collected from the web www.poetryfoundation.org. This method is carried out by collecting data through documentation and identifying existing clauses. From the result of the research, the researcher finds out that there are twelve types of figurative language found in Raza Ali Hasan selected poems, and they are metaphors (2%), similes (6%), personifications (15%), apostrophes (4%), synecdoche (7%), metonymies (12%), symbols (13%), allegories (4%), paradoxes (18%), hyperboles (10%), understatements (2%), and ironies (7%). The researcher also found that there are four functions of figurative language in Raza Ali Hasan's selected poems, and they are to provide imaginative pleasure, to add imagery, to increase emotional intensity, and to say a lot in a limited amount of words. The researcher discovered that several types of figurative language, such as metaphor, personification, apostrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, symbol, allegory, and hyperbole, serve the function of providing imaginative pleasure. The second function of figurative language is to provide additional imagery, and examples include simile, personification, apostrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, symbol, allegory, paradox, hyperbole, and irony. The next function of figurative language is to increase emotional intensity, and some figurative language functions include simile, personification, apostrophe, metonymy, symbol, paradox, hyperbole, understatement, and irony. The final function of figurative language is to express something in a few words. Furthermore, figurative language with this function includes synecdoche, metonymy, and symbol.

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