Poetry Writing Method Innovation Using “Atafora” Technique in Indonesian Language Learning

Writing poetry‘s an activity to express ideas, thoughts, and feelings in form of beautiful writing. Poetry writing competence is contained in the school curriculum. Students who have an interest in poetry are very minimal. The method of writing poetry in schools is less attractive. Therefore, this study aims to reveal an innovative method of writing poetry technique "Atafora" by combining the sensory experiences of students with a metaphorical figure of speech. The approach used is descriptive-qualitative with data collection through interviews. The results indicate that (a) many students admitted that they didn‘t like writing poetry because difficulty finding figurative words and the language was considered difficult. Poetry teaching‘s also felt to be less innovative because of the lack of examples from teachers that are relevant to students; (b) poetry creation using the "Atafora" technique can coach student's sensitivity to the surrounding environment and creativity using metaphorical figures of speech, and explore sensory experiences.