LANGUAGE STYLESIN SELECTED WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S POEMS

ABSTRACT Ambarwati, Ayu. Student Registered Number.3213113054.2015.Language Styles In Selected William Shakespeare’s Poems.Sarjana Thesis. English Education Deparment. Faculty Of Tarbiyah And Teacher Training. State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Of Tulungaegung. Advisor: Dr. Nurul Choyimah, M.Pd. Key words: literature, poetry, figurative language, meaning, message Literature is a source of knowledge, it is not only rich of information but also it is an art that has aesthetic language like poetry. The poetry is created from the poet imagination. Poetry uses figurative language to make it more aesthetics, beautiful and interesting. But, it is not easy to understand the meaning of the poems. So, it is important to understand the kind and also the meaning of figurative language used in the poems to understand the meaning of the poems it self. Based on the background above, the formulation of the research problems were: 1) What are the kinds of figurative language used in the selected poems of William Shakespeare?2)What are the meaning of figurative languages used in the selected poems of William Shakespeare?3)What messages are found in figurative languages used in the selected poems of William Shakespeare? In accordance to the research problems above, the purpose of this research were to: 1) investigate the kinds of figurative language used in the selected poems of William Shakespeare. 2) investigate the meaning of figurative languages used in the selected poems of William Shakespeare. 3) investigate the messages found in figurative languages used in the selected poems of William Shakespeare. Mainwhile, the design of this research was content or document analysis with qualitative approach. The data of this research are utterances contain figurative languages on selected poems of William Shakespeare. The data sources are 10 poems by William Shakespeare. They are: sonnet 18, 29, 55, 60, 73, 94, 116, 130, 137, 147.The research instrument is human instrument or the researcher herself. The data are collected by documentation. The data analysis of this research is following step, they are: 1)Reading the whole poems to find out the figurative language used on poem of William Shakespeare. 2) Identifying the figurative language in the poems then categories them into some kind of figurative language used in poems. 3) Interpreting the data to find out the denotative and connotative meaning in the poems based on theory of meaning by Geoffrey Leech. 4) Finding the message of the poem based on the meaning of the figurative language that is used. 5) Making conclusion. viii Then,the finding of this research can be classified into three main points. The first, the researcher found ten figurative languages on this research. They are: alliteration, repetition, personification, simile, metaphor, symbols, synecdoche, paradox, hyperbole, understatement. On this research, one of the most common of figurative languages is alliteration. The poet used so many the same consonant in the beginning several words that are close together. The second, based on the figurative language found, the researcher found two kind of meaning on selected William Shakespeare’s poems. They are: connotative meaning and denotative meaning.Connotative meaning is not true meaning, Shakespeare uses creative word which has non literal meaning to make his poem more interesting. There are some words which has connotative meaning. For examples: fair, bright, consumed, room, etc. The last, the writer found some message on selected William Shakespeare’s poem. For examples: everything in the world is not eternal, everything will fade away; human is not a perfect one, although we have everything we will never satisfied and we want more and more; High social status is important but not everybody want that status, because of love someone can feel perfect, has anything like a king; everything in the world will change time by time, everything will be a different thing not just like before. It is because of time, none can stop the time.etc. Referring to the finding of this research the writer has some suggestion for the teachers of English lesson, the learners and the next researchers. Hopefully the result of this research give worthy contribution and also it can be used as references in teaching and learning English. And also the next researchers could further to study in different aspect on the same poems even in different poems, just like rhyme, sound, rhythm, etc