FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN ADELE’S SELECTED SONG LYRICS
Abstract: The research was
conducted to identify and analyze figurative language (personification,
metaphor, hyperbole and paradox) in Adele’s selected song lyrics. They are
covered with two types of figurative language, comparative (personification and
metaphor) and contradictive (hyperbole and paradox). The research used
descriptive qualitative method. Procedure of analysis were firstly looking for
Adele’s song lyrics from the website Azlyrics.com, secondly reading and copying
the lyrics, thirdly identifying the sentences or phrases which have figurative
language, fourthly describing about figurative language that was taken, and
lastly giving conclusion. The research identified twenty five figurative languages
in song lyrics.There are eight lines identified as personification, eleven
lines identified as metaphor, three lines identified as hyperbole, and four
lines identified as paradox. In conclusion, the dominant figurative language is
metaphor, which is included into comparative figurative language.
Penulis: Siska Edyawati,
Albert Rufinus, Luwandi Suhartono
Kode Jurnal: jppendidikandd160812
