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ABSTRACT This research is about descriptive study of figurative language in Bara Pattyradja poetry. It aims to find out figurative language used in Bara Pattyradja poetry. There are two research questions in this research to discuss: 1) What are types of Figurative Language in Bara Pattyradja Poetry? 2) What is the dominant of Figurative Language used in Bara Pattyradja Poetry? To conducts the research, the researcher used Tjahjono’s (2011) theory to analyze figurative language in Bara Pattyradja poetry. Descriptive qualitative method is used in doing this research. The results of this research show that: first, the researcher concludes that Bara Pattyradja poetry uses allegory, hyperbole, metaphor, parallelism, periphrasis, personification, simile, symbol, paradox, symmetry, polysyndeton, antithesis, and tautology. Second, most also found that the dominant types of figurative language uses in the poetry is metaphor. It appears eight times in poem Samudra Cinta Ikan Paus, Pacar Gelap Puisi, and Geser Dikit Halaman Hatimu. And the least is hyperbole, symmetry, paradox, symbol, periphrasis, and allegory in poem Aku Adalah Peluru. Key words: Figurative language, poetry