NON LITERAL MEANING IN EDGAR ALLAN POE SELECTED POEMS

Abstract

This research is focused on non literal meaning used in Edgar allan Poe Selected
Poems : Annabel Lee, The Raven, Alone, A Dream Within a Dream and A Valentine.
The research was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. The data was
collected from every poems of Edgar Allan Poe. The findings of the research show
that there are 76 lines of non literal meanings which classified into seven types non
literal meaning. They are Metaphor (42), Hyperbole (15), Metonymy (12),
Synecdoche (7), and there is no Litotes (0) and Irony (0). The most dominant type of
non literal meaning that used in selected poems is Metaphor with 55,3%. It means
that most of Edgar Allan Poe Works is fulfilled of the beautiful word that created by
comparing two unrelated things that make a new word. Sometimes that new word is
hard to find the real meaning because it can be interpreted differently according the
imagination of each people.