FIGURATIVE MEANING FOUND IN SONG LYRICS OF “AM” ALBUM BY ARCTIC MONKEYS
Ketut Udrama, Dewa Ayu Tri Udiani
Universitas Warmadewa
Abstract
The titled of this scientific paper is “Figurative Meaning Found in Song Lyrics of “AM” Album by Arctic Monkeys”. This paper discusses about the types of figurative meaning and their meaning carried by those figuratively. The theories applied to support this paper are taken from the books proposed by Mildred L. Larson in her book entitled Meaning-Based Translation published in 1998 as a main theory, and support by theory proposed by Laurence Perrine in his book entitled Sound and Sense an Introduction of Poetry published in 1980. And some other supporting sources that are relevant to this topic, are taken from some books and the internet. The data of this paper are taken from the song lyrics of AM Album by Arctic Monkeys. 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 narrayive-descriptive way by providing information in non-formal technique. Based on the result of the analysis, it is 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 also the meanings represented by the used of each those types.
Keywords: Figurative Meaning, Song Lyrics
Topic: Language