AN ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR AS FOUND IN A NUMBER OF POEMS WRITTEN BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Abstract

A poem is not is not always understandable. In fact, not many people can easily
interpret the real message behind a a whole poem or even only a line of a poem. The
writer is intrigued to analyze the poem especially the ones that are made by William
Wordsworth (1798-1850). This paper focuses on the metaphor and metaphorical
mappings contained in a number of William Wordsworth poems. Metaphor is
comparison between two things essentially unlike, and can be similarly expressed and
understood across cultures for it enlightens and structure human experience.
Qualitative method was used in analyzing the data. The purpose of this paper is to find
the metaphor and metaphorical mappings contained in those poems. The theories used
in analyzing the data are theories proposed by Lakoff & Johnson (1980) and Kovecses
(2003). Further discussion of the meaning of the metaphor is defined based on the
content of the entire poem. From the data analysis, the writer found five of metaphors
to express happiness, love , animal, nature, and life.
Keywords: metaphors, metaphorical mappings, poem, William Wordsworth