Sitohang, Marta Rotua
(2023)
An Analysis of Figurative Language in
Selected Children Poems Book Dogs & Dragon Tree & Dreams by
Karla Kuskin (1980).
Skripsi thesis, Universitas Negeri Padang.
Abstract
Poems can convey concepts, feelings, and emotions. Language is used to
communicate in two different ways: orally and in writing. People occasionally use
figurative language when speaking. Language is vital to our life, then. .Sometimes
the writer of poetry uses figurative language. Poem is one of several models of
literary works and it contains elements of beauty the most. In this study, the varieties
of figurative language employed in poems, particularly children's poems, were
examined. The poems by Karla Kuskin that entitled Book Dogs & Dragon Tree &
Dreams By Karla Kuskin (1980) as the data by the researcher. There 20 poems
chosen by that book. The basic theory behind this research is Laurence E. Rozakis
(1995) theory of the sorts of figurative language utilized. The researcher has found
71 data that contain figurative language. The findings indicate that, there are 7
different varieties of figurative language. It is 33 lines personification with 46%.
The other are simile with 18 lines with 25%, apostrophe 8 lines with 11%,
onomatopoeia 9 lines with 12%, hyperbole in 1 line 2 %, Metaphor 1 lines with
2%, and the last is symbolism 1 line with 2%.
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