Proceedings of the International Conference of Learning on Advance Education (ICOLAE 2021)

Humanizing Human Reflected in Metaphors Used by W. H. Auden in His Poems

Authors
Aulia Ainun Arsah*, Titis Setyabudi
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Surakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding Author. Email: a320170241@student.ums.ac.id
Corresponding Author
Aulia Ainun Arsah
Available Online 14 May 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220503.118How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Poems; Metaphor; W. H. Auden
Abstract

This study aims to find out the types of metaphor found on selected poems by W. H. Auden; Funeral Blues, O what is That Sound, dan O Tell Me the Truth About Love by using Lakoff and Johnson theory and to find out the meaning of each metaphor. This research used qualitative research. The data were analyzed by using Matthew B. Miles et. al (2014), namely the data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing. The study found 17 metaphors on three selected poems by W. H. Auden; 10 structural metaphors, 3 orientational metaphors, 3 ontological container metaphors, and 1 ontological personification metaphors. Each metaphor has different meaning.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference of Learning on Advance Education (ICOLAE 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
14 May 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-577-0
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220503.118How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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