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Abstract

One of the best poetry is William Shakespeare's poetry. Poetry has a literal meaning and a non-literal meaning. This research aims to found what is the dominant non-literal meaning in Shakespeare's poetry and what is the literal meaning of each non-literal meaning in that poetry. The researcher used the descriptive method to describe the literal meaning and non-literal meanings in these William Shakespeare's poetry. This study found that the dominant type of non-literal meaning in this Shakespeare’s poetry is metaphor.

Keywords

Literal Meaning, Non-Literal Meaning, William Shakespeare

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Putri Dwi Gustiana, & Maisarah, I. (2023). The Analysis of Literal Meaning and Non-Literal Meaning in William Shakespeare’s Poetry. Journal of English for Specific Purposes in Indonesia, 2(2), 17–23. https://doi.org/10.33369/espindonesia.v2i2.28004

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