PAPER

POETRY

SIMILES AND METAPHORS

BY

NAME : 1. SARIF HIDAYAT

2. MASRUN

3. SANTI RAHMAWATI

SEMESTER/CLASS : VII/D

ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM

FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION

MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF MATARAM

 2014

FOREWORD

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wr.

First of all, let’s say thanks to our God Allah SWT. Who always give us blessing, mercy
and time so that we can do our activities until now. Secondly, let’s sent salawat and peace to our
Prophet, Muhammad SAW. who gave us many clues and ways to survive our lives in this world
and the most important is teach us differentiate between something wrong and something true.

We would like to say thanks to our Lecturer who always guide us about this course. In
basic, the aim of this paper is to assist the students understanding about how to analyze the
textbook which used in the schools.

Finally, our fondest hope is this paper gives many useful for us. We realize that this
paper has many mistakes so we really hope toward the readers in order to make a correction and
give suggestion for making better this paper in other days.

Wassalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.

Sincerely

COMPOSER
 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background
Language is one of essential thing in this world. By language, human can realize that
everything have to be showed and delivered to another especially about our needed. We
often find everywhere that many people have still difficulties to express their needed which
should be delivered correctly. Therefore, it is a obligation for all people in this world to have
good ability in using language. But, it is not enough if we just say that the language can be
used directly because in using language we have to also understand how to put the language
in appropriate way in order to be understood by another. Either in linguistics or not,
language has to use in appropriate way.
Like in poetry, people often express the thinking through many ways. Sometimes its
result as semantic and pragmatic also. It can not separate one and each other because it
depends on the thinking of us. Of course, it needs the ability to understand in order to be
easier to follow up what the people say. In poetry, there are some components that we have
to understand more such as simile and metaphor. Those components are imaportant thing
especially in poetry. We often find that the most of the people are not be able to clasify and
understand about both of it although those familiar in our mind. Therefore, we have to make
deep analysis to get the true understanding about both of it in order to be used everywhere
correctly.
1.2 The Purpose of Paper
In this paper, there are some materials to support our knowledge about the simile
and metaphor in poetry. That’s why, this paper purposes to give explanation about simile
and metaphor in order to be easier in clasifying and actualizing the language in appropriate
way.
 CHAPTER II
DISCUSSION

2.1 The Definition of Similes and Metaphors

2.1.1 Similes

A simile is where two things are directly compared because they share a common feature.
The word AS or LIKE is used to compare the two words. Eg. As cold AS a dog's nose. Similes
also is a rhetorical figure expressing comparison or likeness that directly compares two objects
through some connecting word (such as like, as, so, than, or various verbs such as resemble).
Although similes and metaphors are generally seen as interchangeable, similes acknowledge the
imperfections and limitations of the comparative relationship to a greater extent than metaphors.
Similes also hedge/protect the author against outrageous, incomplete, or unfair comparison.
Generally, metaphor is the stronger and more encompassing of the two forms of rhetorical
analogies.

2.1.2 Metaphors

A metaphor also compares two things, but it does so more directly without using as or
like. Eg. The shop was a little gold-mine. Metaphor also is a figure of speech that describes a
subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise
unrelated object. It is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using either "like"
or "as". It is not to be mistaken with a simile which does use "like" or "as" in comparisons.
Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that
achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance including allegory, hyperbole,
and simile.

2.2 Example of Similes and Metaphors

2.2.1 Similes
 Simile can be found just about anywhere; from the printed word to oral conversation; in
language, literature, and music. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two things that are
alike in some way. To help you identify a simile, know that the words “like” or “as” are
typically used.

Well-known similes are:

1. “cute as a kitten,” comparing the way someone looks to the way a kitten looks
2. “as busy as a bee” comparing someone’s level of energy to a fast-flying bee
3. "as snug as a bug in a rug" comparing someone who is very cozy to how comfortable a
bug can be in a rug.
4. "as happy as a clam" comparing someone's happiness to the contentment of a clam
5. "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get." comparing
the uncertainty of life to the uncertainty of choosing a chocolate from a box
6. "as agile as a monkey" implying someone can move as well as a monkey does
7. "as black as coal" comparing the color of something dark to the very-dark coal color
8. "as blind as a bat" indicating that the person cannot see any better than a bat

2.2.2 Metaphors

Below are some more conventional metaphors we often hear in our daily life:

1. My brother was boiling mad. (This implies he was too angry.)

2. The assignment was a breeze. (This implies that the assignment was not difficult.)
3. It is going to be clear skies from now on. (This implies that clear skies are not a threat
and life is going to be without hardships)
4. The skies of his future began to darken. (Darkness is a threat; therefore, this implies that
the coming times are going to be hard for him.)
5. Her voice is music to his ears. (This implies that her voice makes him feel happy)
2.3 The Function of Simile and Metaphor

2.3.1 Simile

From the above discussion, we can infer the function of similes both in our everyday life
as well as in literature. Using similes attracts the attention and appeals directly to the senses of
listeners or readers encouraging their imagination to comprehend what is being communicated.
In addition, it inspires life-like quality in our daily talks and in the characters of fiction or poetry.
Simile allows readers to relate the feelings of a writer or a poet to their personal experiences.
Therefore, the use of similes makes it easier for the readers to understand the subject matter of a
literary text, which may have been otherwise too demanding to be comprehended. Like
metaphors, similes also offer variety in our ways of thinking and offers new perspectives of
viewing the world.

2.3.2 Metaphor

From the above arguments, explanations and examples, we can easily infer the function
of metaphors; both in our daily lives and in a piece of literature. Using appropriate metaphors
appeals directly to the senses of listeners or readers, sharpening their imaginations to
comprehend what is being communicated to them. Moreover, it gives a life-like quality to our
conversations and to the characters of the fiction or poetry. Metaphors are also ways of thinking,
offering the listeners and the readers fresh ways of examining ideas and viewing the world.
 CHAPTER III
CONCLUSION

Simile and metaphor are essential thing in poetry specally and linguistics generally. Both
of it are often used for comparing two things by the people, of course using its each way. Simile
and metaphor have many functions to explain something such as encourage their imagination to
comprehend what are being communicated. For sure, selection of good word and sentence will
influence the people in order to think and understand about the content of our written or spoken.
Beside that, we have to understand about the explicit and implicit thing of it. There are
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