<![CDATA[This study aims to analyze the use of figurative language in the poetry collection "Kukorbankan Rasaku" by Dian Ratnawati, and examine its relevance as poetry teaching material in Senior High Schools (SMA). The method used is descriptive qualitative with a stylistic analysis approach. The research data comes from 20 selected poems (out of a total of 63 poems), which are supported by the results of literature studies, observations, interviews with Indonesian language teachers, and questionnaires distributed to 30 students of SMA Negeri 10 Medan. The results show that this poetry collection applies four categories of figurative language: comparison (metaphor, personification, simile), opposition (hyperbole, paradox, irony, litotes, antithesis), linkage (metonymy, synecdoche, erotesis), and repetition (anaphora, epizeukis). Metaphor and personification figures of speech are found to be the most dominant in building emotional atmosphere and aesthetic value, with a dominance of connotative and symbolic meanings. Furthermore, the results of teacher and student questionnaires confirmed that this collection of poems is highly relevant for use as poetry teaching material in high school, especially within the framework of the Independent Curriculum Phase E.]]>
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