IJOLTL (Indonesian Journal of Language Teaching and Linguistics)
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2017): May 2017

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE ROOM OF MY LIFE’S POEM BY ANNE SEXTON AND STILL I RISE’S POEM BY MAYA ANGELOU

Ary Iswanto Wibowo (STIBA Nusa Mandiri Tangerang)
Ali Akbar (Unknown)

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Publish Date
17 Apr 2017

Abstract

  The aim of this research is to find out the usage of figurative language appear in The Room of My Life’s poem by Anne Sexton and Still I Rise’s poem by Maya Angelou. The study focused on kinds of figurative language that appeared in the poems. A descriptive qualitative method was used in this study. Data were gathered from each line of the poetry then figurative language were grounded.The results showed that the poems mostly used three kinds of figurative language: personification, simile, and metaphor. Personifications were more dominant than similes and metaphors in The Room of My Life and similes were more dominant than personifications and metaphors in Still I Rise.  

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IJOLTL (Indonesian Journal of Language Teaching and Linguistics)
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ijoltl

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Center of Language and Cultural Studies

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Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other

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IJOLTL invites original manuscripts in the fields of language, language teaching, linguistics, and applied linguistics. Although articles are written in English, the IJOLTL welcomes studies dealing with the teaching of languages other than English as well. Research on culture of various perspectives ...