Open AccessThe Figurative Language in the Poetic Diction of Masuri S.N. and A. Samad Said: A Comparison
Author(s) -
Rahimah Abdul Hamid
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
malay literature/malay literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2682-8030
pISSN - 0128-1186
DOI - 10.37052/ml.27(1)no10
Subject(s) - diction , literal and figurative language , beauty , poetry , selection (genetic algorithm) , meaning (existential) , connotation , linguistics , literature , art , philosophy , computer science , aesthetics , artificial intelligence , epistemology
The beauty of a poem depends on the poet’s selection of diction to express his heart’s content. Diction is a careful assortment of the beautiful and concise words to express various matters by the poet’s mixture. The collection of words in poems is based on the relations to its meaning, sound harmony, and word sequences in a specific language manner that are crafted. The selection of diction is heavily correlated to the figurative language; an analogical language that is portrayed by the poet to beautify, heighten a certain effect and give rise to a particular connotation in his poems. A careful choice of diction by emphasizing on the use of figurative or metaphorical language will make a poem delightful, and it also endows it multiple layers of meaning. Selection of words and figurative language will be used as an approach to scrutinize the works of two famous writers from Malaysia and Singapore; who are A. Samad Said and Masuri SN. A comparative research on their poems has been carried out to see the strength and weaknesses of diction selection and the use of figurative language in their poems. Keywords: diction, figurative, effect, connotation, beauty