This study aims to discover the linguistic features used in selected poems of Maya Angelou and understand the meaning in selected poems of Maya Angelou through the use of linguistic features. The results showed that four language levels are found in the selected poems of Maya Angelou. The second was the grammar level, the writer found the different tenses, there was the simple present, the simple present and the simple past to see the connection between the tenses and the meaning of the poem.
Yang ketiga adalah level leksikal yaitu kata benda, kata kerja, kata sifat dan kata ganti untuk melihat pilihan kata yang digunakan Maya Angelou dalam puisinya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui ciri-ciri bahasa yang digunakan dalam puisi-puisi pilihan Maya Angelou dan untuk mengetahui makna dalam puisi-puisi pilihan Maya Angelou melalui penggunaan ciri-ciri bahasa. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat empat tingkatan bahasa yang ditemukan dalam puisi-puisi pilihan Maya Angelou.
Selain grammar, penulis menemukan tenses yang berbeda yaitu simple present, simple present perfect dan simple past untuk melihat hubungan antara tenses dengan makna puisi tersebut. Ketiga, tataran leksikal yaitu nomina, verba, adjektiva dan pronomina, untuk melihat pemilihan kata yang digunakan Maya Angelou dalam puisinya.
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INTRODUCTION
- Background
- Reason for Choosing The Title
- Problem of The Research
- Scope of The Research
- Question of The Research
- Objective of The Research
- Significance of The Research
Maya Angelou is a true master of her style and uses different styles depending on the type of message she wants to convey. Maya Angelou is an American poet, storyteller, artist and one of the brightest female poets. In 1993, Maya Angelou was invited by President Bill Clinton to his first inauguration to read her poem titled "On the Pulse of the Morning" and the work was awarded the Grammy Awards that same year.
The writer analyzed the selected poems of Maya Angelou according to the language characteristics to interpret the meaning of the poem. Stylistically in this research aims to show the language features used in Maya Angelou's selected poems and find out how those features were used to reveal the meaning of the poem. Besides, some of Maya Angelou's poems also highlight the suffering women experience in their lives.
Therefore, the writer wants to identify the linguistic features used in the selected poems of Maya Angelou to provide interpretation and observe the meaning of the poem. To find meaning in selected poems of Maya Angelou through the use of linguistic features.
LITERATURE REVIEW
- Previous Studies
- Stylistic
- Phonological Level
- Alliteration
- Assonance
- Consonance
- Para rhyme
- Grammatical Level
- Simple Present Tense
- Simple Present Perfect Tense
- Simple Past Tense
- Lexical Level
- Semantics Level
- Metaphor
- Personification
- Hyperbole
- Simile
- Imagery
Second, the aim was to analyze the use of linguistic features to represent the meanings of the poems. Imran et al. (2021) A stylistic analysis of the poem A Dream in a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe. It is a repetition of the ending sound of different lines of a poem.
The writer analyzed the different times to see the relationship between times and the meaning of the poem. For example, a simple present tense is "I eat breakfast every morning". custom), "The sun rises in the east" (general truth). When the second verb is combined with a temporary adverb such as yesterday, last week, last year, etc., the simple past tense is expressed.
Semantics is the study of the real meaning or significance, according to the definition given above. This analysis aims to know the meaning of the literary work through the written language.
METHODOLOGY
Type of Research
Source of Data
This study also focuses on meaning and stylistic devices in selected poems of Maya Angelou.
Method of Collecting Data
Method of Analyzing Data
This poem was featured in the film "Poetic Justice" by director John Singleton which was released in 1993. After that grammar level was observed by looking at the tenses that were used in the poem. The writer displayed clues based on linguistic features the writer had found from selected Maya Angelou poems.
The first discussion was about the language features that were found and the second discussion was about discovering the meaning in Maya Angelou's Selected Poems through the use of language features.
Finding
- Language Features
- Alliteration
- Assonance
- Consonance
- Rhyme Scheme
- Meaning in Maya Angelou’s Selected Poems
The word 'match' and 'my' in which both words had the same initial consonant sound /m/. The words "the" and "their" in which both words had the same initial consonant sound /ð/. The word "she" and "shield" in which both words had the same initial consonant sound /s/.
The words 'de' and 'although' in which both words had the same initial consonant sound /ð/. The word 'she' and 'sheba' in which both words had the same initial consonant sound /ʃ/. The word 'smile' and 'say' where both words had the same initial consonant sound /s/.
The word 'where' and 'would' in which both words had the same initial consonant sound /w/. The word 'without' and 'warning' in which both words had the same initial consonant sound /w/. The word 'was' and 'look' in which both words had the same initial consonant sound /w/.
The word 'which' and 'was' in which both words had the same initial consonant sound /w/. The word 'was' and 'with' in which both words had the same initial consonant sound /w/. The word 'hearth' and 'happiness' in which both words had the same initial consonant sound /h/.
The word 'patronising' and 'course', both words having the same initial consonant sound /k/. The word 'still' and 'something', where both words had the same initial consonant sound /s/. The words 'the' and 'her', where all the words had the same vowel sound, is the sound /ə/.
The word 'himself' and 'has', where both words had the same consonant sound /v/. The word 'de' and 'days', where both words had the same consonant sound /s/.
Discussion
- Language Features in Maya Angelou’s Selected Poems
- Meaning and Purpose
In the poem Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou, there are types of phonological devices divided into alliteration, assonance, consonance and rhyme scheme. In the poem of Our Grandmothers by Maya Angelou, there are types of phonological devices divided into alliteration, assonance, consonance, and rhyme scheme. In the poem Mother, a Cradle to Hold Me by Maya Angelou, there are types of phonological devices divided into alliteration, assonance, consonance, and rhyme scheme.
Then it also turns out that assonance is the most phonological device used in the poem. The data revealed that the tenses appearing in Maya Angelou's poem Phenomenal Woman are present and past. The data showed that the times appearing in Maya Angelou's poem Our Grandmothers were past.
The data showed that the tenses appearing in Maya Angelou's poem Mother, Cradle to Hold Me were simple infinitives. All the pronouns found in the poem include as a personal pronoun which appears fifty-one times. All the pronouns found in the poem include the personal pronoun which occurs seventy-six times.
All the pronouns found in the poem include as a personal pronoun, which occurs ninety-seven times. At the lexical level, the noun with 231 occurrences appears most often in the selected poems of Maya Angelou. From the data in the poem Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou, the writer found 4 types of figurative language, namely simile, hyperbole, metaphor and imagery.
From the data in the poem Our Grandmother by Maya Angelou, the writer found 2 types of figurative language, namely similes and images. The present tense in the song 'Phenomenal Woman' can be identified by the use of the verb, which is verb 1. However, in these songs, Maya Angelou used imagery the most in her song, especially in the song Phenomenal Woman.
Conclusion
The poem "Mather, a Cradle to Hold Me" conveyed a deep meaning, so a mother's love never changes and also discussed how much the speaker loves his mother and is very afraid that his mother will leave him forever.
Suggestion
This poem had seen a woman avoiding slaves and telling her children the worst that could happen; involves feeling lost in the ocean and a sense of grave injustice. Black Women's Racism in Audre Lorde's Selected Poems Titled Power, She Said It Was Simple and A Woman Speaks. It's in the stretch of my arms, The span of my hips, The step of my step, The curl of my lips.
It is the fire in my eyes, and the flash of my teeth, the swing in my waist, and the joy in my feet. It's in the click of my heels, The bend of my hair, the palm of my hand, The need for my care. In the clapping sound, in wickedness, she cried out: No one, no, nor one million people dare deny my God, I go on.
The Holy Spirit on my left hand leads my feet without ceasing into the camp of the righteous and into the tents of the free. Angelou's interest in the written word and the English language was evident from an early age. She also became active in the Civil Rights Movement and served as the Northern Coordinator of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a prominent African American advocacy organization.
She also recorded spoken word albums of her poetry, including On the Pulse of the Morning, for which she won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album. In 2012, she was a member of the inaugural class inducted into the Wake Forest University Writers' Hall of Fame. Also during this time, Angelou became the first black female cable car conductor—a job she held only briefly—in San Francisco.
