Imagery in Phenomenal Woman Poetry by Maya Angelou

Abstract

This study deals with the study of Imagery in Phenomenal Woman Poetry by Maya Angelou. This study attempts to find out the two objective of the study, namely: (1) to find out the types of imagery found in Phenomenal Woman poetry by Maya Angelou, and (2) to find out the functions of imagery revealing the meaning used in Phenomenal Woman poetry by Maya Angelou. In analyzing the types of imagery in this study, the researcher used the theory of Imagery by Altenberd (2008). Descriptive qualitative method was applied in this study to analyze the data in form of poem containing imagery expressions used in the Phenomenal Woman poetry. The source of the data was taken from Maya Angelou’s poetry that released in 1995 in Indonesia and the other data was obtained from internet. The researcher analyzed the imagery by reading the poem carefully and giving the attention for each line of the stanza that contains imagery. As the result, the researcher found that visual imagery mostly appears in Phenomenal Woman poetry. There were eighteen lines that contain imagery in the poem and used six types from seven types of imageries; eleven visual imagery, one auditory imagery, three tactile imagery, one gustatory imagery, one organic imagery, and one kinesthetic imagery. The researcher suggests to next researcher develop this research by using a different object such as novel, speech, and also from daily activity or daily conversation