AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE FOUND ON
THE SONG LYRIC BY BRUNO MARS “IT WILL RAINâ€
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Universitas Muhammadiyah Metro
Author
FERNANDO, RICO BAGUS
Subject
Bahasa Inggris
Datestamp
2025-03-06 04:35:34
Abstract :
Language is a system of communication which consist of a set of sound and written symbols which are used by the people of a particular country or region for talking or writing. The ability to communicate the thoughts, emotions, and opinions to others is truly a remarkable ability. There are many ways people do to deliver their ideas to others so that people can understand and catch the meaning of that. One of the ways is by song. There are so many people figure out their feeling through the songs. It can be feeling sad, happy, angry, etc. A song is a short piece of music, usually with words. In song, there are many messages delivered on it. Figurative language is a type of language that employs expressions in words that have a meaning that differs from the literal meaning.The purpose of this research are to identify the types and to analyze the meaning conveyed in the figurative language used in the song lyrics "It Will Rain" By Bruno Mars. In this research, the researcher used a descriptive qualitative approach,the purpose of the descriptive approach is to provide an explanation, an analysis, and a classification of an object or phenomenon by the use of numerous procedures. The descriptive qualitative method will match that used in this research because will help the writer to describe the figurative language that used in the song lyric "It Will Rain" a by Bruno Mars. The results of the analysis show that total of figurative language is 9 consisting of similes was 1 or 10% metaphor was 1 or 10%, personification was 2 or 20% and hyperbole was 6 or 60%. It's means that the researcher found 4 a figurative language that consisted of simile, methapor, personification and hyperbole in song lyric ?It Will Rain? by Bruno Mars. The researcher realizes that the results of this study are still far from perfect. Thus, she expects that other researchers conduct further research so that they can find other research findings related to this issue especially the types of figurative language found in the reading text of selected TOEFL exercises.
Language is a system of communication which consist of a set of sound and written symbols which are used by the people of a particular country or region for talking or writing. The ability to communicate the thoughts, emotions, and opinions to others is truly a remarkable ability. There are many ways people do to deliver their ideas to others so that people can understand and catch the meaning of that. One of the ways is by song. There are so many people figure out their feeling through the songs. It can be feeling sad, happy, angry, etc. A song is a short piece of music, usually with words. In song, there are many messages delivered on it. Figurative language is a type of language that employs expressions in words that have a meaning that differs from the literal meaning.The purpose of this research are to identify the types and to analyze the meaning conveyed in the figurative language used in the song lyrics "It Will Rain" By Bruno Mars. In this research, the researcher used a descriptive qualitative approach,the purpose of the descriptive approach is to provide an explanation, an analysis, and a classification of an object or phenomenon by the use of numerous procedures. The descriptive qualitative method will match that used in this research because will help the writer to describe the figurative language that used in the song lyric "It Will Rain" a by Bruno Mars. The results of the analysis show that total of figurative language is 9 consisting of similes was 1 or 10% metaphor was 1 or 10%, personification was 2 or 20% and hyperbole was 6 or 60%. It's means that the researcher found 4 a figurative language that consisted of simile, methapor, personification and hyperbole in song lyric ?It Will Rain? by Bruno Mars. The researcher realizes that the results of this study are still far from perfect. Thus, she expects that other researchers conduct further research so that they can find other research findings related to this issue especially the types of figurative language found in the reading text of selected TOEFL exercises.
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