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The Analysis of Figurative Language in Audre Lorde’s Poem ‘From the House of Yemanjá’ Ei Mon Kyaw
Educalitra: English Education, Linguistics, and Literature Journal Vol. 1 No. 2 (2022)
Publisher : English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Social, Economics, and Humanities, University of Nahdlatul Ulama Purwokerto

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The goal of this study was to categorize the various figurative language that Audre Lorde employed in her poem From the House of Yemanjá. The study of figurative languages such as Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Simile, Metonymy, Synecdoche, Irony, Antithesis, Symbolism, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Litotes, Idiom, Allusion, and Paradox are the subject of this study. A content analysis strategy was employed in this study together with a qualitative methodology. The researcher served as the main analytical tool for figurative language. The results of the analysis showed that From the House of Yemanjá, a poem by Audre Lorde, employed figurative language (29) times. The researcher concludes that Lorde's use of figurative language to symbolize the sentences results in beautiful language. The majority of her poems discussed her past experiences, which were influenced by the history of prejudice against American-African women or black women.
Relevance Theory in Literature: Inferential Analysis of Audre Lorde’s Poem ‘From the House of Yemanjá’ Ei Mon Kyaw
Educalitra: English Education, Linguistics, and Literature Journal Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023)
Publisher : English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Social, Economics, and Humanities, University of Nahdlatul Ulama Purwokerto

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In order to perform an inferential analysis using a relevance theory, this study pragmatically analyzes the poetry "From the House of Yemanjá" by Audre Lorde. Audre Lorde’s poetry entitled ‘From the House of Yemanjá’ is the subject of this study. An inferential analysis based on the relevance theory is employed in this study together with a qualitative methodology. The researcher served as the main analytical tool. The analysis's findings demonstrated how Audre Lorde's poetry From the House of Yemanjá used contextual inferences and poetic effects to highlight the physical settings, addressee, and characters. The researcher comes to the conclusion that Lorde created beautiful language by using contextual elements to symbolize the poetry.