The Use Of Imagery In Tamerlane By Edgar Allan Poe

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This study has purposes to find out the imagery that using in poem Tamerlane by Edgar Allan Poe. On the other words, this study focus to analyze the imagery that use in the poem Tamerlane. Besides, the imagery that found in this study also by means of giving meaning process. On the other words, the process of imagery analysis continuous with the giving meaning process.
This study using Ricoeur’s Hermeneutic. According to Ricoeur 1981 (as cited in Tan, 2009) explained that the process of interpretation consist of four steps, they are concept of distanciation (slef-understanding of the text or data), appropriation (appropriating process between the process of distanciation and appropriation), explanation (the describing process of the text or data), and interpretation (the interpretation process of the data).
There are seven kinds of imagery that this study tries to find in poem Tamerlane by Edgar Allan Poe. The seven imageries are:
• Visual imagery
Visual imagery is the …show more content…

• Gustatory imagery
Gustatory imagery is the imagery that relates to the taste.
• Tactile imagery
Tactile imagery is the imagery that relates to the tactile senses.
• Organic imagery
Organic imagery is the imagery that relates to the internal sensation of human body.
• Kinesthetic imagery
Kinesthetic imagery is the imagery that relates to the senses of movement or tension in the muscle or joints.
This study tries to found seven of this imagery inside of poem Tamerlane by Edgar Allan Poe. The main point is, this study tries to analyze the using of imagery that used in poem Tamerlane by Edgar Allan Poe. The process of imagery analyzing continue with the process of giving meaning by using hermeneutic approach. Thus, between the process of imagery analyzing and giving meaning process be in accordance process.

Research Finding
Data 1 You call it hope- that fire of fire!
It is but agony of desire:

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