AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES USED IN OLIVIA RODRIGO’S ALBUM ‘SOUR’

Indriana, Rizki and Indah, Damayanti and Mei, Hardiah (2023) AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES USED IN OLIVIA RODRIGO’S ALBUM ‘SOUR’. Undergraduated thesis, Universitas Bengkulu.

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Abstract

The researcher aimed at determining the types and functions of figurative languages used in Olivia Rodrigo’s album ‘Sour’. In this research, the method used was a descriptive qualitative method, the instrument was the researcher herself and a checklist table. The subject of this research is the lyrics of 11 songs in Olivia Rodrigo’s album ‘Sour’. Figurative language found in the lyrics were categorized into twelve categories based on Perrine’s theory (1982). In data collection, it applied the observational method as the data were collected by collecting song lyrics and listening to the songs. Since there was no direct participation of the researcher, then it was a non participatory technique. According to research’s result, there were only 9 out of 12 types of figurative language that are found in the songs. These nine types of figurative language were metaphor, simile, personification, metonymy, symbol, allegory, paradox, and hyperbole. In total there were 55 figurative languages found in the album. Metaphor was the most common type compared to the others in the data, due to many forms of something representing something else. Meanwhile, the songs revealed all four functions of figurative language, which were imaginative pleasure, additional imagery, emotional intensity, and means of concentration. The dominant function found was emotional intensity. This was owing to most of Olivia Rodrigo’s songs serving both informative statements and emotional expressions. Keyword : figurative language, song lyrics, Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ album

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