Figurative Language in Jalaluddin Rumi’s Poems

The study entitled “Figurative Language in Jalaluddin Rumi’s Poems”. The aims of the study are to find out figurative languages used in Jalaluddin Rumi’s selected poems (metaphor, simile, personification, and apostrophe), to uncover the most figurative language used in the poems, and the most figurative language that affected by sufism in the poems. The study employed the qualitative and descriptive research. The data was collected by using several steps; reading, underlining, coding, rereading, and tabulation. The materials were nine selected poems by Jalaluddin Rumi. It is showed that 18 appearances of metaphor, 40 personification, 14 simile, and 29 apostrophe. While the figurative that affected by sufism 18 appearances of metaphor, 1 personification, 9 simile, and 18 apostrophe. All together, there were 101 figurative language in the poems and 46 figurative languages were affected by sufism. Finally, the result of this study showed metaphor, personification, simile, and apostrophe appeared in the poems, the most figurative language used was personification, and the most figurative language that affected by sufism were metaphor and apostrophe.