Institusion
Universitas Bung Hatta
Author
Amanda, Putri Calysta
Yusrita, Yanti
Nova, Rina
Subject
PR English literature
Datestamp
2023-08-01 07:22:24
Abstract :
A poem is not always understandable. In fact, not many people can easily interpret the real
message behind a whole poem or even only a line of a poem. This phenomena occurs because
there are many words use that are not related with the topic. This can generate a confusion in
the reader. Therefore, the writer is intrigued to analyze the poem especially the ones that are
made by William Wordsworth (1798-1850). This paper focuses on the metaphor and
metaphorical mappings contained in the number of William Wordsworth poems. The purpose
of this paper is to find the metaphor and metaphorical mappings contained in those poems.
The theories used in analyzing the data are the theories proposed by Lakoff & Johnson (1980)
and Kovecses (2003). Metaphor is a comparison between two things essentially unlike, and
can be similarly expressed and understood across cultures for it enlightens and structure
human experience. Further discussion of the meaning of the metaphor is defined based on the
content of the entire poem. Qualitative method is applied in the collection of the data. The
analysis is performed by selecting some poems and take them as the data. From the data
analysis, the writer finds five of metaphors to express happiness, love, animal, nature and life.
There are 12 poems that analyze by the writer, metaphor to express love commonly found in
this poem, and the least is found in the poem is metaphor to express animal. In addition, the
writer also finds the metaphorical mappings that are frequently appear in the poems by
William Wordswoth. Ultimately, the results of this analysis are presented in the form of
words or phrases and are supported with tables to clarify the results of the analysis.
Keywords: metaphors, metaphorical mappings, poems, William Wordsworth