Elysian Journal : English Literature, Linguistics, and Translation Studies
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2023): Elysian Journal : English Literature, Linguistics, and Translation Studies

Analysis of Personification and Its Meaning Found in Victor Hugo Poems

Yustina Gembira (Mahasaraswati Denpasar University)
I Dewa Ayu Devi Maharani Santika (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 Feb 2023

Abstract

Figurative language often used in literary works, especially poems. It beautifies the language used in the poems. This study discusses about one of figurative types, that is personification, with is meaning found in Victor Hugo Poems. Personification is found mostly in the poems. There are two theories used in the study. The first is the theory of figurative language from Knickerbocker and Reninger (1974), and the second is the theory of meaning by Leech (1974) to analyze the meaning of figurative language. The method used in this study is a qualitative method. The researcher found 6 data of personification. Meanwhile for the meaning that the data have are categorized as conceptual meaning and connotative meaning.

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Abbrev

elysian

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Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ELYSIAN JOURNAL is a journal with the scope of literary studies, linguistics and English translation published by the English Study Program, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Mahasaraswati Denpasar University (FBA UNMAS Denpasar). This journal is published four times a year accommodating articles ...