The Metaphor Used in Anne Bradstreet’s Poems

Abstract

In this case the writer chose the poems entitled “To My Dear and Loving Husband”, “A Letter to Her Husband”, and “For the restoration of my dear Husband for the burning Ague, June, 1661” by Anne Bradstreet. The goal of this paper are to find out the kind and meaning of metaphor in this poems. In this paper the writer uses structural approach. The result shows that there are 27 line in three poems by Anne Bradstreet that include metaphor. 17 lines belong to concrete to abstract metaphor, 8 lines belong to anthropomorphic metaphor and 2 lines belong to Synaesthetic metaphor. In the poem of “To My Dear and Loving Husband” has loyalty meaning. The next poem entitles “A Letter to Her Husband”, has longing and sadness meaning, and in the last poem entitles “For the restoration of my dear Husband from a burning Ague, June, 1661” also has sadness meaning. It can be concluded that metaphor has important roles in this poem. That’s why the author used metaphor to explain her feeling in her poem so there are sentences that included metaphor meaning. Using metaphor makes the poem more interesting to read, and helps the readers to imagine the poem.

Dalam hal ini penulis memilih puisi berjudul “To My Dear and Loving Husband”, “A Letter to Her Husband”, dan “For the restoration of my dear Husband from a burning Ague, June, 1661” karya Anne Bradstreet. Pada kertas karya ini penulis menggunakan pendekatan struktural. Hasil menunjukan ada 27 baris pada 3 puisi karya Anne Bradstreet yang tergolong metafora. 17 baris termasuk metafora kongkret ke abstrak, 8 baris termasuk metafora anthropomorphis, dan 2 baris tergolong metafora synaesthetik. Pada puisi “To My Dear Loving Husband” mempunyai makna kesetiaan, dan puisi selanjutnya yang berjudul “A Letter to Her Husband” mempuyai arti kerindun dan kesedihan, dan puisi terakhir yang berjudul “For the restoration of my dear Husband from a burning Ague, June, 1661” juga mempunyai arti kesedihan. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa metafora mempunyai peran penting pada puisi. Oleh karena itu pengarang menggunakan metafora untuk menjelaskan perasaannya di puisinya sehingga banyak kalimat yang termasuk metafora. Menggunakan metafora menjadikan puisi lebih indah dibaca, dan membantu pembaca untuk berimajinasi pada puisi tersebut.