Figurative Meaning Found in Song Lyrics of ^Am^ Album By Arctic Monkeys Indra Desman Telaumbanua (a), Ketut Sudrama (b*), Dewa Ayu Tri Udiani (c)
Warmadewa University
Abstract
In a song, the language which is also often used is figurative language. The meaning of words in it uses non-literal meaning to make the song more interesting and imaginative. The non-literal meaning can be seen in the lyric of a song, in fact, in the westerns music too. Therefore, this study aims to find out the types of figurative meaning are found in Arctic Monkeys^ songs and analyze the real meaning of those figurative forms. The theories applied to support this study proposed by Mildred L. Larson as a main theory, and supported by theory proposed by Laurence Perrine. The data of this research are taken from the song lyrics of AM Album by Arctic Monkeys. Those data are collected used observation method. The collected data is analyzed base on the theoretical concepts and the data is analyzed using the descriptive method. Then, the data is presented in narrative-descriptive method by providing information in non-formal technique. Based on the result of the analysis, it found that there are ten types of figurative meanings that are used in thirteen songs from ^AM^ album. The figurative meanings that are used are Metonymy, Synecdoche, Euphemism, Idioms, Hyperbole, Personification, Metaphor, Simile, Symbol, and Paradox. And the meanings represented by the used of each those types. In conclusion, types of metonymy, synecdoche, idiom, hyperbole, metaphor, simile, euphemism, and symbol which dominate use for the song lyric.
Keywords: Meaning- Figurative meaning- Song lyrics
