A Description of Figurative Language in Selected Poems of W.B.Yeats A Paper By MARULI HUTAGALUNG REG.NO.142202084 UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA FACULTY OF CULTURE STUDIES DIPLOMA III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM MEDAN 2017 Universitas Sumatera Utara AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, MARULI HUTAGALUNG, declare that I am the sole author of this paper. Except where the reference are made in the text of this paper, this paper contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or part from a paper by wich I have been qualified for or awarded another agree. No other persons’ work has been used without due acknowledgement in the main texy of this pape. This paper has not been submitted for the awardeed of another degree in any tertiary education. Signed : Dated : August 2017 Universitas Sumatera Utara COPYRIGHT DECLARATION Name : Maruli Hutagalung Title of paper : A Description of Figurative Language found in Selected Poems of W.B.Yeats Qualification : D-III / Ahli Madya Study Program : English I am willing that my paper should be available for reproduction at discretion of the librarian of the Diploma III English Department Faculty of Cultural Studies USU on the understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under law of the Republic of Indonesia. Signed : Dated : August 2017 Universitas Sumatera Utara ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to thank and praise to Almighty God for blessing and giving me strength and health. Finally,I can accomplish this paper which one of my requirements as a student of English Department to achive the degree of Diploma III at Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara. 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Finally, I hope this paper can be usefull for anyone who want to know even develop apart of Literature. Medan, August 2017 The writer, Maruli Hutagalung Reg. No. 142202084 Universitas Sumatera Utara Approved by Supervisor, Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum. NIP: 19571002198601 2 003 Submitted to Faculty of Culture Study, University of Sumatera Utara in partial Fullfilment of the requirements for Diploma-III in English Study Program Approved by Head of English Diploma Study Program, Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum. NIP: 19571002198601 2 003 Approved by the Diploma-III of English Study Program Faculty of Culture study, University of Sumatera Utara as a paper for the Diploma-III Examination. Accepted by the board of Examiner in partial of the requirements for the D-III Examination of the Diploma-III of English Study Program, Faculty of Culture Study, University of Sumatera Utara. Universitas Sumatera Utara The examination is held on june 2015 Faculty of Culture Study University of Sumatera Utara Dean, Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S. NIP 1960080519841001 Board of Examiners Signature 1. Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum. ( Head of ESP ) .............................. 2. Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum. ( Supervisor ) .............................. Universitas Sumatera Utara ABSTRAK Kertas karya ini berjudul A Description of Figurative Language found in Selected Poems of W.B.Yeats. Penulis akan mendeskripsikan gaya bahasa yang digunakan serta maknanya pada tiga puisi yang sudah dipilih dari bukubuku Poems of W.B.Yeats karya A. Norman Jeffares dengan menggunakan metode penelitian perpustakaan . Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan gaya bahasa yang digunakan pada ketiga puisi; A prayer for my daughter, Easter 1916 dan First love, dengan menggunakan teori James R. Kreuzer, and Lee Cogan. Setelah dideskripsikan, penulis menemukan delapan penggunaan gaya bahasa pada puisi tersebut yaitu ; personifikasi,metafora,retorik,sinekdok,simile,hiperbola,antitesis,dan paralelisme. Kata kunci : Puisi, Gaya Bahasa, W.B.Yeats. Universitas Sumatera Utara ABSTRACT This paper entitled A Description of Figurative Language Found in Selected Poems of W.B.Yeats; The writer will describe a figurative language used as well as its meaning in three poems that have been selected from the book; Poems of W.B.Yeats by Norman Jeffares using library research method. The purpose of this study is to find a figurative language used in three poems ; A Prayer for my daughter, Easter 1916, and First love using using the theories of James R. Kreuzer, and Lee Cogan. The writer also After described, the writer found eight uses of figurative language in the poems there are; Personification, metaphorical, rhetorical, syntactic, simile, hyperbolic, antithesis, and parallelism. Key words : Poetry, Figurative Language, W.B. Yeats. Universitas Sumatera Utara TABLE OF CONTENT AUTHOR’S DECLARATION............................................................................................i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION.......................................................................................ii ABSTRAK...........................................................................................................................iii ABSTRACT.........................................................................................................................iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS................................................................................................v TABLE OF CONTENT......................................................................................................vi 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Problem of Study....................................................................................................... 3 1.3 The Scope of Study.................................................................................................... 3 1.4 The Object of The Study............................................................................................3 1.5 the significance of the study.......................................................................................3 1.6 The reason for shoosing the topic...............................................................................4 1.7 The method of study..................................................................................................4 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Definition of Figurative Language..............................................................................5 2.2 Kinds of Figurative Language.....................................................................................5 3 DESCRIPTION 4 CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 4.1 Conclusion............................................................................................................21 4.2 Suggestion............................................................................................................22 BIBLIOGRAPHY A. Biography of the author.............................................................................................24 Universitas Sumatera Utara CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of The Study Human beings as creatures of God and creatures that have the mind and intelect has the ability to interact personally and socially, it requires humans to be able to interact with each other done both verbal and non verbal and symbolic balance that will create the social order and people’s life in the process. The ability of Human to make an interaction also will create a process of communication that requires the delivery of meaning that will be related with the language to easy understand by the speaker, communication itself has become an important element in all human life. human interest on how to interact with each other and how to communicate a long time since born. we can see about inventions appear in line with the development of the times, as well as the use of language used to form social structures and symbols produced. Humans communicate in an effort to