Analysis of struggle in still i rise by maya angelou,hope by emily dickinson,and lady lazarus by sylvia plath.

Ayu Anggreni. 2022. Analysis Struggle In Still I Rise by Maya Angelou, Hope by Emily Dickinson,
Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath. (Supervised by M.Amir dan Rezky Ramadhani).
This study aims to explain the use of figurative language and the idea of struggle contained
in poetry and applied in selected poems by Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, and Sylvia Plath.
The aims of this research are as follows: (1) to identify the types of figurative language contained
in three poems. (2) to explain the idea of struggle contained in three poems. The research method
used in this research is qualitative method. The data source used is a selection of works of poetry
Maya Angelou entitled Still I Rise (1978), a poem by Emily Dickinson entitled Hope (1862), and
Sylvia Plath’s poem Lady Lazarus (1965). Besides that, technique data analysis used in this
research is based on the features in the poem namely the figurative language and the idea of
struggle contained in poetry, where these two features are focused on the intrinsic elements in
poetry.
The result of this study indicate that all of the selected poems, namely Still I Rise, Hope,
and Lady Lazarus have something in common and have some meanings of struggle and figurative
language contained therein. All settings of these poems contain figurative language and contains
the idea of struggle. Both types give a clear description of the situation described in the selected
poems. The types of figurative language that the writer finds in poetry by Maya Angelou is
metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, and rhetoric. Second poem by Emily Dickinson is
metaphor and anaphora. Meanwhile, in a poem by Sylvia Plath is metaphor, simile, rhetoric,
hyperbole, alliteration, personification, and irony. Most of the selected poems use metaphor,
simile, and personification. Writer convey the idea of struggle contained and connection with the
message that found in the three poems based on the writer’s personal analysis. Therefore, the
application of the two features in the three poems is found and explained with very good.
Keywoard : Struggle, Majas, Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, ketiga puisi terpilih,
Still I Rise, Hope, Lady Lazarus.