Classic poetry series
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h. Personification
Personification is the assigning of human characteristics to non humans, Keraf (2002: 22). For examples: 1) The trees are waving to the tiger. 2) The moon smiles at us. i. Pun According to Sylvan B. MB, WB (1963: 34), defines that pun is a play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. 25
For examples: 1) “When it rains, it pours”. 2) “Golden lads and girls all must, / as chimney sweepers, come to dust”. j. Simile Simile is a figure of speech, in which a more or less fanciful or unrealistic comparison is made, using like or as (McArthur, 1996:935). For examples: 1) She is like a fish out of water => She is uneasy in an unfamiliar situation. 2) You’re not going to go storming in there like a bull in a china
very awkward way. k. Synecdoche It is the whole is replaced by the part or the part by the whole Barnet, Berman, and Burto (1963: 335). For examples: 1) His word can be trusted => He is a person that can be trusted. 2) I won‟t let him come under my roof => I won‟t let him come to my house.
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