摘要：This research aims to find out the theme on British poets, the figures of speech such as Simile,Metaphor, Irony, Synecdoche, Personification, Hyperbole, Imagery and Symbol. The source ofthe data of this research are How to Die by Siegfried Sasson, Anthem for Doomed Youth byWilfried Owen, Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen, , Happy Warrior by Herbert Read,Before Action by H.N Hodgson, Back by Wilfried Gibson, and The Soldier by Rupert Brooke.The numbers of poems are seven. This research uses a qualitative method. The result of the studythat the theme on British poet are Death (on How to Die poem), Sadness (on Anthem for DoomedYouth and Dulce et Decorum Est poems), Traumatic (on Happy Warrior poem), Wonder (onBefore Action poem), and Patriotism (on Back and The Soldier poem). In death theme, figures ofspeech consist of simile, metaphor, the imageries consist of visual imagery and auditory imagery,and the symbols consist of natural symbol and conventional symbol. Figures of speech in sadnesstheme are simile and metaphor; the imageries are visual imagery, auditory imagery, tactileimagery, the symbols are natural symbol and conventional symbol. Wonder theme consists ofpersonification figure of speech, visual imagery, auditory imagery, and natural symbol.Patriotism theme consists of hyperbole figure of speech, visual imagery, auditory imagery, tactileimagery, kinetic imagery, and natural symbol.Key Words: Poetry, Figure of Speech, Imagery, Symbol.
