DOI: 10.24843/JH.2019.v23.i04.p02 p-ISSN: 2528-5076, e-ISSN: 2302-920X Terakreditasi Sinta-4, SK No: 23/E/KPT/2019 Humanis: Journal of Arts and Humanities Vol 23.4 Nopember 2019: 265-270 Figurative Language in Bullet For My Valentine Album “Scream Aim Fire” Ni Luh Cintya Sandi Astini*, A. A. Sg. Shanti Sari Dewi, Ni Wayan Sukarini English Department, Faculty of Arts, Udayana University [[email protected]] [[email protected]] [[email protected]] *Corresponding Author Abstract The study entitled “Figurative Language in Bullet For My Valentine‟s Album Scream Aim Fire” is aimed at finding out and identifying the types of figurative language, especially personification and hyperbole, in Bullet For My Valentine‟s Album, Scream Aim Fire, and analyzing the meaning. The documentation method was used to collect the data, and to analyze the data, the qualitative method was applied. This research applied the theory of Types of Figurative Language proposed by Knickerbocker and Renninger (1963) to find and identify personification and hyperbolic expressions from the album, and Types of Meaning according to Leech (1974) to classify and analyze the meaning of personification and hyperbolic expressions. The study indeed focuses on personification and hyperbole only because both are the most common expressions/figurative languages used by the songwriters to personate particular objects or stress and exaggerate their words on the song they write to make it more beautiful, dramatic, and meaningful. 14 out of 15 songs of the Scream Aim Fire album used both personification and hyperbole in their lyrics. 12 of them used both personification and hyperbole, one of them used only personification, one of them used only hyperbole, and the last one used neither of them. As for the types of meaning, there were connotative meaning, affective meaning, thematic meaning, and reflective meaning. Keywords: figurative language, personification, hyperbole Abstrak Penelitian yang berjudul “Figurative Languae in Bullet For My Valentine‟s Album Scream Aim Fire” ini bertujuan untuk menemukan dan mengidentifikasi jenis-jenis bahasa kiasan, khususnya personifikasi dan hiperbola, di album milik grup musik Bullet For My Valentine, Scream Aim Fire dan menganalisis masing-masing maknanya. Metode dokumentasi digunakan untuk pengumpulan data, dan untuk menganalisisnya, diterapkan metode kualitatif. Penelitian ini mengaplikasikan teori Jenis Bahasa Kiasan yang digagas Knickerbocker dan Renninger (1963) untuk menemukan dan mengidentifikasi ekspresi personifikasi dan hiperbola dari album tersebut, dan teori Jenis Makna menurut Leech (1974) untuk mengklasifikasi dan menganalisis makna dari masing-masing personifikasi dan hiperbola sebelumnya. Penelitian ini memang berfokus hanya pada personifikasi dan hiperbola karena keduanya merupakan ekspresi/bahasa kiasan paling umum yang digunakan oleh para penulis lagu dalam rangka memanusiakan objek-objek tertentu atau menekankan dan melebih-lebihkan makna kata pada lagu yang mereka tulis untuk membuatnya lebih indah, dramatis, dan penuh makna. 14 dari 15 lagu di album 265 Received 22 May 2019 Received in revised form 15 November 2019 Accepted 21 November 2019 266 | N L Cintya Sandi A., A.A S. Shanti Sari Dewi, N W Sukarini Vol 23.4 Nopember 2019 Scream Aim Fire menggunakan personifikasi dan hiperbola dalam lirik-liriknya. 12 di antaranya menggunakan sekaligus personifikasi dan hiperbola, satu lagu hanya menggunakan personifikasi, satu lagu hanya menggunakan hiperbola, dan yang terakhir tidak menggunakan keduanya. Sementara untuk jenis makna, ditemukan makna konotatif, afektif, tematik, dan reflektif. Kata kunci: bahasa kiasan, personifikasi, hiperbola 1. Background of the Study a. What kinds of personification and A song can be considered a hyperbolic expressions are found in combination of two branches of the art, Bullet For My Valentine‟s album music and literature. Music is the melody “Scream Aim Fire”? that accompanies and literature itself can b. What kinds of meanings are be seen in the lyrics of the song. Song expressed by the personification and lyrics can be categorized as literature hyperbolic expression used in Bullet because it has some similar elements to For My Valentine‟s album “Scream poetry, even though not all of song lyrics Aim Fire”? look like poetry. One of the similarities between poetry and song besides 3. Aims of the Study expressing feeling in a beautiful aesthetic Based on the problem mentioned way is the use of figurative language. before, the aims of the study can be According to Knickerbocker and stated as follows: Renninger (1963), figurative language is a. To identify what kinds of sometimes called metaphorical language, personification and hyperbolic or simply metaphor. There are 10 (ten) expressions are used in Bullet For My types of figurative language according to Valentine‟s album “Scream Aim them, and two of them are personification Fire”. and hyperbole. b. To analyze what kinds of meanings Personification is a figurative are expressed by the personification language that personates animals, ideas, and hyperbolic expressions used in abstractions, and intimate objects with Bullet For My Valentine‟s album human form, character, or sensibilities “Scream Aim Fire”. (Holman, 1986). And hyperbole is a figure of speech of bold exaggeration 4. Research Method (Preminger, 1975). Both personification Research method is a systematic plan and hyperbole are very common for conducting research in order to obtain expressions/figurative languages the and collect data for the certain functions song-writers use in songs. In this paper, and objectives. It has 4 (four) important an album from Welsh metalcore band, elements; they are data source, method Bullet For My Valentine, was chosen. and technique of collecting data, method The album is entitled “Scream Aim Fire” and technique of analyzing data, and (Deluxe Edition) and it consists of 15 method and technique of presenting data. (fifteen) songs. The paper itself focuses on finding personification and hyperbolic 4.1 Data Source expressions used in the album. In this study, the data were taken from the entire songs of Bullet For My 2. Problems of the Study Valentine‟s album, “Scream Aim Fire”. Based on the background above, the It consists of 15 (fifteen) songs. Those problems can be stated as follows: songs are “Scream Aim Fire”, “Eye of Figurative Language in Bullet For My Valentine Album “Scream Aim Fire”| 267 the Storm”, “Hearts Burst into Fire”, d. Interpreting the meaning of each “Waking the Demon”, “Disappear”, personification and hyperbolic “Deliver Us on Evil”, “Take It Out on expression found. Me”, “Say Goodnight”, “End of Days”, “Last to Know”, “Forever and Always”, 4.4 Method and Technique of “Road to Nowhere”, “Watching Us Die Presenting Data Tonight”, “One Good Reason Why”, and The analysis was presented in an “Ashes of the Innocent”. informal method, meaning that the data This album was chosen as the data were described through words, without source not only because it is their best any table, graphic nor statistic presented album all the time, but also because the to support the research. songs have various metaphors and carry deep meanings. Those songs are about 5. Analysis war, love, hate, humanity, mental problem, and others. 5.1 Figurative Language Used in “Scream Aim Fire” 4.2 Method and Technique of Collecting Data 5.2.1 Scream Aim Fire This research applied the Scream Aim Fire is the first song of documentation method to collect the the album Scream Aim Fire. This song is data. The data were collected through the about World War I in the perspective of following steps: a soldier. He killed his enemies and also a. Downloading the entire songs of the found his friends die because of the war. album Scream Aim Fire from He also felt how death could come to Youtube. him anytime. b. Downloading the entire lyrics of a. Lyrics each song from www.azlyrics.com. Kill your enemies, (1) c. Note-taking every personification My brothers dead around me! (2) and hyperbolic expression found in Wounds are hurting (3) each song lyrics. Death is creeping for me! (4) … 4.3 Method and Technique of b. Figurative Language Analyzing Data 1) Personification This research applied the qualitative God has spoken through his method and the data were analyzed conscience! through the following steps: The sentence above is in the 14th a. Listening to the songs while reading line of the song. God is a concept of a the lyrics many times in order to being which is believed as the creator and understand them completely. the ruler of the universe and commonly b. Searching for the personification and worshipped by the believers as having hyperbolic expressions from each power over nature and human fortunes. song lyrics and identifying the Speaking is an act of saying something in factors why the lyrics are considered order to convey information, opinion, or personification or hyperbole. feeling. And conscience is described as c. Analyzing every meaning of an inner feeling or voice viewed as a personification and hyperbolic guide to the rightness or wrongness of expressions found from each song one‟s behavior. Both „god‟ and using the Types of Meaning „conscience‟ are abstract things, not proposed by Leech (1947). 268 | N L Cintya Sandi A., A.A S. Shanti Sari Dewi, N W Sukarini Vol 23.4 Nopember 2019 human beings nor living things. 5.2.3 Watching Us Die Tonight However, in the lyrics, „god‟ is being Watching Us Die Tonight is the humanized by stating it „has spoken‟ or thirteenth song of the album. The song is speaks. And an act of speaking requires a about an unhealthy relationship between human mouth to proceed. Yet, a man and a woman that finally ends up conscience is an inner feeling so one with break up. They could be hurt, can‟t literally speak through it. „God‟ that cheated on, or abused each other, and had „speak‟ through its „conscience‟ makes been through break up several times the expression considered as a before finally made up again.