Novia Khairunnisa, I Wy Dirgeyasa, Citra Anggia Putri Linguistica Vol. 09, No. 01, March 2020, (258-266) 258 FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN AMIR HAMZAH’S POEMS NOVIA KHAIRUNISA 1 . I WY DIRGEYASA 2 , CITRA ANGGIA PUTRI 3 123 UNIVERSITAS NEGERI MEDAN Abstract This study dealt with figurative language in Amir Hamzah’s selected poems. The objective of this study were to investigate the types of figurative language found in Amir Hamzah’s selected poems and to find out the literal meaning of figurative language found. This study was conducted by using qualitative method to solve the problems. The data of this study were phrases and sentences contained figurative language in the poems. The sources of data were six poems poems which had multiple series taken from Amir Hamzah’s Poetry Anthology of Buah Rindu. The data were selected by using random sampling technique. For collecting the data, this study used documentary technique, and the instruments of data were documentary sheets. The data were analyzed by using descriptive qualitative method. The findings of this study are there twenty two figurative languages found as follows, three figurative language of metaphor (13.63%), seven figurative language of hyperbole (31.81%), five figurative language of personification (22.72%) and seven figurative language of simile (31.83%). The literal meaning of figurative language found in Amir Hamzah’s poems were basically was about the love story of Amir himself and also talking about his longing to his mother. Keywords : Figurative Language, Figure of Speech, Poem INTRODUCTION Poem is a literary work in patterned language. It can also be said as the art of rhythmical composition. Written or spoken, designed to produce pleasure through beautiful, elevated, imaginative or profound thoughts. Poem contains the expression of the poet‟s feelings, contains rhyme and rhythm, and expressed in precise words. According to Asmaul Khusnah in her paper (2008: 38) stated that poem is form of literature that encompasses a great emotions, feelings, or desires. Poem can be written for different reasons and therefore each poem has a different purpose. Some poems are written purely, to certain us,, others solely for the purpose of moral persuasion. Understanding poem is not as easy as understanding other literary works. Dirgeyasa (2017:104) stated that understanding the meaning of poetry is truly difficult to do not only for the students but also the lecturers as well. It is really the most difficult subject to do among other literary works such as drama, prose, short story and, etc. This may happen because the poetry has its unique and distinctive features such as physical structure, linguistic feature and