Abstract:
The objectives of the study were (1) to find out the types of non-literal meaning in Thomas
Hardy’s selected poems. (2) to describe the types of meaning found in each type of non-literal
meaning in Thomas Hardy’s selected poems. The source of this research is 11 poems of Thomas
Hardy entitled: neutral tones, a backward spring, at day-close in november, snow in the suburbs,
last week in october, at middle-field gate in february, an unkindly may, the photograph, hap,
nature’s questioning, and a sheep fair. Descriptive qualitative was applied to analyze types of
non literal meaning in the 11 poems of Thomas Hardy. The finding shows that there were 4 types
of non-literal meaning found in Thomas Hardy’s selected poems, there are 31 words which used
types of non literal meaning in eleven poems of Thomas Hardy, they are; simile, metaphor,
personification, and oxymoron. Based on the total number, simile (11), metaphor (7),
personification (9), and oxymoron (4). Totally, the percentage of simile 0.12 %, metaphor 0.05
%, personification 0.08 %, and oxymoron 0.01 %. The most dominant types of non-literal
meaning was simile
