BAHASA KIASAN DALAM PUISI-PUISI KARYA ROBERT BURNS

Abstract

ABSTRACT
The title of this research is “Figurative Languange in Robert Burns Poems” It is an attempt to analyze and explain the figurative languange and categorize it in accordance with the  types and meaning of figurative language itself. The objectives of this research are to identify, classify, and analyze descriptively  the type of the figurative language in Robert Burns Poems used Laurance Perrine’s Theory (1983).
The result shows that this research can be summarized as follows: first, in the poems of Robert Burns, there are seven types of figurative language, including: personification, methaphors, simile, irony, symbols, synecdoche, and hyperbole. The personification and  hyperbole types dominate every poem of Robert Burns. Second, the meaning of figurative language used by Robert Burns in his poems in general describe about love feelings, natural atmosphere, and social status in his era.
 
 Keywords: Poems, Figurative language, Robert Burns.