NON LITERAL MEANING IN EDGAR ALLAN POE SELECTED POEMS

This research is focused on non literal meaning used in Edgar allan Poe Selected
Poems : Annabel Lee, The Raven, Alone, A Dream Within a Dream and A
Valentine. The research was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method.
The data was collected from every poems of Edgar Allan Poe. The findings of the
research show that there are 76 lines of non literal meanings which classified into
seven types non literal meaning. They are Metaphor (42), Hyperbole (15),
Metonymy (12), Synecdoche (7), and there is no Litotes (0) and Irony (0). The
most dominant type of non literal meaning that used in selected poems is
Metaphor with 55,3%. It means that most of Edgar Allan Poe Works is fulfilled of
the beautiful word that created by comparing two unrelated things that make a
new word. Sometimes that new word is hard to findings the real meaning because
it can be interpreted differently according the imagination of each people