CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
One of the essentials of scientific studies in analyzing problems is to have a method of analysis. In this thesis I apply library research to get supporting
information related to the topic of the analysis. As the object or the data of the analysis, I will take some selected poems by Robert Frost.
There are some steps to be taken in doing this analysis. First of all some of Robert Frost’s poems which contain Non-literal meaning will be collected. Then I
select some of the poems to be the data. The third step is to find out any words or sentences that contain non-literal meaning, and then explain it by using semantics
theory. Finally, I draw conclusion as the result of the analysis.
3.1 Research Design
The study will be conducted with descriptive qualitative approaches. A qualitative approach is defined as a description of observations which is not
ordinarily expressed in quantative terms. It is not suggested that numerical measures are never used, but that others means of description are emphasized.
Nazir 1998:64 says that descriptive method is a method of research that makes the description of the situation of event or occurrence so that this method only
performs the mere basic data accumulation. Therefore, descriptive design is a research design which is intended only to describe the variable.
3.2 Data Collecting Method
Arikunto 1991:102 states that population is the whole number of the subjects or people under observation in a research. The population of this research
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is the whole poem by Robert Frost, which we can find in Merill, James. 1984. Frost, Collected Poems, Prose, Plays. Published by The Library Of America
Inc. Then as the sample of the analysis I will take eight of the poem by applying purposive sample method. Sutrisno, 2004:91, said, “dalam purposive sampling,
pemilihan sekelompok subjek didasarkan pada cirri-ciri atau sifat sifat populasi yang sudah diketahui sebelumnya. Purposive sampling didasarkan atas informasi
yang mendahului tentang populasi dan informasi ini tidak dapat diragukan lagi. So in choosing the sample as the data of the analysis I will choose eight of the poem
which supports the analysis. The eight samples will provide example for each non-literal meaning that will be analyzed.
3.2 Data Analyzing Method.
The process of analyzing the data will be done in grouping. First of all the whole data will be grouped according to the kinds of each non-literal meaning.
For example the first term is about simile, so I will collect all the example of simile from the selected poems and make it in a group. The same thing will be
done for other non-literal meaning. The analysis of the data will be done one by one from each group stated
before. After all the analysis will be provided in the descriptive way by explaining one by one of each non-literal meaning expression found from the selected poems.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
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