Contoh Figurative Language of The Bubble by Kenneth Hopkins

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Figurative Language

The Bubble

By Kenneth Hopkins

I blew myself a bubble

That was bigger than myself

And I floated up inside it

To the top-most shelf,

And there I saw before me

       With my own two eyes

       Half a hundred jam-post

       And four dead flies.

I blew myself a bubble

That was larger than Papa

And he floated off inside it,

       As everybody cheered and waved

       To see him overhead

       ‘Your Father is very a clever man’

       They said.

1. Investigate figurative language by identifying the poem

- Metaphor      : a. I blew myself a bubble

- Simile            : a. That was bigger than myself

                          b. That was larger than Papa

2. The cultural meaning of the figurative language

- myself has cultural meaning that someone can do something without help.

- bubble has cultural meaning as a hope or expectation.

- Papa has cultural meaning as head of family, leader, and strong man.

3. Describe the poet’s intention(s) to write those figurative languages

- I blew myself a bubble describes the poet’s intention about expectation. The writer has expectation that can be bigger likes a bubble.

- That was bigger than myself describes the poet’s intention about the writer’s expectation that the expectation is bigger than what he can imagine. Like a bubble can expand bigger.

- That was larger than Papa describes the poet’s intention about the writer’s expectation that the expectation is broader than what his father can imagine. Like a bubble can expand larger.