Al-Lisan: Jurnal Bahasa
Vol 6 No 2 (2021): Al-Lisan: Jurnal Bahasa (e-Journal)

Exploring Figurative Language in Rupi Kaur’s Selected Poems

Heda, Ayuni (Unknown)
Bram, Barli (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Sep 2021

Abstract

This study explored figurative language or figures of speech used in the seven poems entitled Home, Time, Self-love, Self-hate, The Construction Site of Our Future, Long-distance, and It Is So Full Here in Myself by Rupi Kaur. The researchers used a descriptive qualitative method. Library research was used as the technique in collecting the data. The data were collected from Kaur’s poem book entitled The Sun and Her Flowers and analysed using the figurative language or figures of speech proposed by Abrams and Harpham (2015). Results showed four types of figurative language used in Kaur’s selected poems: personification, nine instances; simile, six occurrences; hyperbole, six occurrences; and metaphor, three examples

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Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Al-Lisan: Jurnal Bahasa (e-Journal) aims at and focuses on publishing research-based and conceptual articles in the area of English and Arabic Education, Linguistics and Literatures from researchers, academicians, students, professional, and practitioners from all over the world. The scopes of ...