An Analysis of Figurative Language Used By Adele And Taylor Swift’s Selected Song

  • Endi Prasetyo Rusdiyanto Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo
  • Yuli Astutik Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo
Keywords: Figurative Language, song, Adele & Taylor Swift

Abstract

This article focuses to analyze of figurative language  in the song albums of Adele and Taylor Swift’s.. The writers propose two statements of problem those are; what are figurative languages in Adele and Taylor Swift’s song, and what is the dominant form of figurative language used by Adele and Taylor Swift. The writer uses qualitative method in this research. Finally, the writer found 23 figurative languages from Adele’s song and 22 figurative languages from Taylor Swift song. They are metaphor, personification, simile, hyperbole, paradox, irony, symbol and synecdoche. The dominant form of figurative language by Adele and Taylor Swift is Personification that belongs to comparative figurative language.

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Published
2018-12-18
How to Cite
[1]
Endi Prasetyo Rusdiyanto and Yuli Astutik 2018. An Analysis of Figurative Language Used By Adele And Taylor Swift’s Selected Song. International Journal on Integrated Education. 1, 1 (Dec. 2018), 15-21. DOI:https://doi.org/10.17605/ijie.v1i1.292.
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