The figurative language: Metaphor and personification in the poetry of William Shakespeare and William Blake

Authors

  • Silvia Putri Anjani Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Asing Technocrat, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
  • Radik Darmawan Sekolah Tinggi Bahasa Asing Technocrat, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58881/jlps.v3i2.60

Keywords:

Poetry, Figurative Language, Metaphor, Personification, Shakespeare, Blake

Abstract

The author in making this journal aims to provide more understanding and information for many people, so that it can be used for their further research or become reference material for their assignments. In making it, the author chooses a qualitative method because it can get a lot of information presented in words or explanatory sentences. The topic taken in journal writing is about metaphor and personification in the poems of William Shakespeare and William Blake. The poems taken by the researcher are four titles namely ‘Sonnet 16’, Sonnet 18 (Shall I Compare Thee to Summer's Day?’, “The Tyger”, and “London”. This research produces the same number of metaphors and personification, 11, with William Shakespeare's poems using the least metaphors and personification compared to William Blake's poems. So, in this research the author can provide a lot of new information to be used in activities or tasks carried out in education, to add information as a complement to previous journals.

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Published

2024-08-18

How to Cite

Anjani, S. P., & Darmawan, R. (2024). The figurative language: Metaphor and personification in the poetry of William Shakespeare and William Blake. Journal of Language and Pragmatics Studies, 3(2), 104–112. https://doi.org/10.58881/jlps.v3i2.60