STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN INTERPRETING METAPHOR (IN POEM ‘AN OCEAN OF MEMORIES’ BY KIMBERLY L.BRIONES IN SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT PEKALONGAN UNIVERSITY)

Abstract

This research aimed to know the students' ability and students was difficulties in interpreting metaphors in poem ‘An ocean of memories’ by Kimberly L. Briones. The approach of this research descriptive qualitative research. The researcher subject were students of sixth semester English department teachers training and education faculty Pekalongan University. The finding of this analysis were the average score of students ability in interpreting metaphor was 64 (C+) it means that students were good enough to identifying the metaphor expression, conceptual function and communicative function. The distribution of grades were as follows: 9% grade A, 9% grade B+, 25% grade B, 9% grade B-, 11% grade C+, 14% grade C, 3% grade C-, 17% grade D, 3% grade E. The students difficulty in interpreting metaphor were in conveying the meaning of the word metaphor because of limited vocabulary and determining metaphorical sentences contained in poem.