AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURE OF SPEECH IN EMILY ELIZABETH DICKINSON DEATH POEMS

AYU LATIFATUL, BADRIYAH (2015) AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURE OF SPEECH IN EMILY ELIZABETH DICKINSON DEATH POEMS. Other thesis, UNIVERSITAS WIJAYA PUTRA.

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Abstract

This research is aimed at taking comprehensive understanding regarding the use of figure of speech within the three poems Emily Dickinson: because I could not stop for death, they dropped like flakes and death is the supple suitor as the object of the research. The method of the research was descriptive qualitative to depict about the content of the poems. In this research, the writer analyzes the data where the figure of speech are analyzed for their meaning in common sense and with the context of the poems. She also found that Dickinson uses many varieties of figurative languages there are metaphor, symbolism, personification, paradox, alliteration, anaphora,symbol. In “because I could not stop for death” Dickinson write the poem death with personified and compare death with carriage driver and a gracious man, in the poem “they dropped like flakes” Dickinson write the poem death with personified and compare death with flakes, and in the poem “death is the supple suitor” Dickinson write the poem death with personified and compare death compare the supple suitor. Then in “because I could not stop for death” to give message to all human being not to arrogant and we care with the other person‟s. This is ballad style and six metaphor, seven alliteration, five personification, one paradox, one anaphora, in the poem “they dropped like flakes” have litotes metaphor and two personification, and in the poem “death is the supple suitor” have five personification and five symbolism.

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