Figurative Languages in Adele's Album 25

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES IN ADELE’S ALBUM 25

A SARJANA PENDIDIKAN FINAL PAPER

Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in English Language Education

By Joko Rahmanto Student Number: 121214165

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUATION SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY 2017

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MOTTO

NOTHING IS WITHOUT GREAT EFFORTS

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ABSTRACT

Rahmanto, Joko. (2017). Figurative Languages in Adele’s Album 25. English Education Study Program, Department of Language and Arts Education, Faculty of Teachers Training and Education, Yogyakarta: Universitas Sanata Dharma. Figurative language is “a way of saying one thing and meaning another” (Perrine 1963, p. 5). In the songs’ lyrics, there are a lot of examples of figurative languages. Sometimes, people need to think deeply to understand the meaning of figurative languages used in songs’ lyrics. This study is aimed to examine the figurative language types which are used in Adele’s album 25. The problem formulation of this study is, which types of figurative language are used in the lyrics of the songs in Adele’s album 25? The objective of this research is to find out the types of figurative language which are used in the Adele’s album 25. The writer employed Perrine’s (1963) theory to analyze the songs’ lyrics in Adele’s album 25 in order to find the figurative language types. This study employed a descriptive qualitative approach. The data of this study was taken from the lyrics of the four chosen songs in Adele’s album 25. Then, the songs’ lyrics were analyzed in line by line to find out figurative languages. Next, the writer categorized the figurative languages which were found based on each type of figurative language. Finally, the writer explained the meaning of each figurative language from the data which were collected in each song. The result of this study shows that there are ten figurative language types which are used in Adele’s album 25. They are metaphor, simile, personification, apostrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, symbol, paradox, hyperbole and irony.

Keywords: Figurative Language, Songs, Lyrics

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ABSTRAK

Rahmanto, Joko. (2017). Figurative Languages in Adele’s Album 25. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, JPBS, FKIP, Yogyakarta: Universitas Sanata Dharma. Gaya bahasa adalah “cara mengatakan sesuatu tetapi mempunyai arti yang berbeda” (Perrine 1963, p. 5). Dalam lirik lagu-lagu, ada banyak gaya bahasa. Kadang kala, orang-orang perlu pemahaman yang lebih baik untuk memahami gaya bahasa yang terdapat pada lirik lagu-lagu. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji tipe-tipe gaya bahasa yang digunakan pada lirik lagu-lagu dalam album Adele yang berjudul 25. Rumusan masalah pada penelitian ini adalah, tipe-tipe gaya bahasa apa saja yang digunakan pada lirik lagu-lagu dalam album Adele yang berjudul 25? Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan tipe-tipe gaya bahasa yang digunakan pada lirik lagu- lagu dalam album Adele yang berjudul 25. Penulis menggunakan teori dari Perrine (1963) untuk menganalisa lirik lagu-lagu dalam album Adele yang berjudul 25 untuk menemukan tipe-tipe gaya bahasa yang digunakan pada lirik lagu-lagu tersebut. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif. Data pada penelitian ini diambil dari lirik empat judul lagu yang terdapat dalam album Adele yang berjudul 25. Kemudian, lirik dari empat judul lagu tersebut dianalisa satu per satu untuk menemukan gaya bahasa yang ada pada tiap judul lagu tersebut. Setelah itu, penulis mengelompokkan gaya bahasa-gaya bahasa tersebut ke dalam masing-masing tipe gaya bahasa. Dan yang terakhir, penulis menjelaskan arti tiap gaya bahasa yang ditemukan pada masing-masing judul lagu. Hasil penelitian ini adalah ditemukannya sepuluh tipe gaya bahasa yang digunakan pada lirik lagu-lagu dalam album Adele yang berjudul 25. Tipe-tipe gaya bahasa tersebut adalah metafora, simile, personifikasi, sinekdoke, apostrof, metonimi, simbol, paradoks, hiperbola, dan ironi.

Kata kunci: Figurative Language, Songs, Lyrics

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First of all, I would like to say thanks to The Most Merciful God for His blessings. Without His help, I would not go this far in completing this final paper.

I also thank my parents, Drs. Soeradi Boedisiswoyo and Wahyu Astuti for their support that led me to completing this final paper.

I would like also to thank Christina Lhaksmita Anandari, S.Pd., Ed.M. as my beloved final paper advisor. I would also like to say thank Dr. Emmanuel

Sunarto, M.Hum., and Yohana Veniranda, M.Hum., Ph.D., for giving me feedbacks about making the final paper. I also thank them for helping me write my final paper and encouraging me to complete it. I would also like to thank Laurentia

Sumarni, S.Pd., M.Trans.St., as she was there for helping me solve the problems

I was facing and giving me advices during writing this final paper.

Lastly, I would like to say thanks to Cila, Hendra, Aji, Riyo, Gheza, Doni,

Vincent, Nanda, Erlin, Tessa, all other classmates from class F, Erick, Gudel,

Ganang, Brian and other friends from batch 2012 who shared experiences and some precious information during my final paper writing.

Joko Rahmanto

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TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE …………………………………………………………….. i APPROVAL PAGE ……………………………………………………… ii MOTTO PAGE …………………………………………………………... iv STATEMENT OF WORK’S ORIGINALITY ………………………... v LEMBAR PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH ………...... vi ABSTRACT ……………………………………………………………… vii ABSTRAK …………………………………………………………………. viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ……………………………………………... ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ………………………………………………... x

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study ………………………………………….. 1 B. Approach of the Study …………………………………………….. 4

CHAPTER II: DISCUSSION A. Review of Related Literature ……………………………………… 8 1. Metaphor ………………………………………………………. 9 2. Simile ………………………………………………………….. 10 3. Personification ………………………………………………… 10 4. Apostrophe ……………………………………………………. 11 5. Synecdoche ……………………………………………………. 12 6. Metonymy ……………………………………………………... 12 7. Symbol ………………………………………………………… 13 8. Allegory ……………………………………………………….. 14 9. Paradox ………………………………………………………... 14 10. Hyperbole ……………………………………………………... 14 11. Irony …………………………………………………………... 15 B. Discussion …………………………………………………………. 16 1. Figurative Language Types in Adele’s Album 25……………… 16 a. Metaphor …………………………………………………... 16 b. Simile ……………………………………………………… 18 c. Personification ……………………………………………. 20 d. Apostrophe ……………………………………………….. 21 e. Synecdoche ………………………………………………... 22 f. Metonymy ……………………………………………….... 23 g. Symbol ……………………………………………………. 23 h. Paradox …………………………………………………..... 25 i. Hyperbole ………………………………………………..... 25 j. Irony ……………………………………………………..... 28 2. The Paraphrasing of The Songs’ Lyrics in Adele’s Album 25…. 29 a. When We Were Young ……………………………………... 30 b. Remedy …………………………………………………….. 30

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c. River Lea ………………………………………………….. 31 d. Love You In The Dark ……………………………………… 32

CHAPTER III: CONCLUSIONS ………………………………………. 33 REFERENCES …………………………………………………………... 35 APPENDICES ……………………………………………………………. 36

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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

This chapter consists of the background of the study and the approach of the study. The background of the study provides general information about the topic, problem formulation and objectives of the study. The approach of the study provides the description of samples and procedures of this research.

A. Background

Language is the most basic part of our life to communicate with each other.

Goldstein (2008, p. 297) defines language as “a system of communication using sounds or symbols that enables us to express our feelings, thoughts, ideas, and experiences”. People take the use of language for granted in terms of daily conversations. Even with the ability to make a daily conversation each other, some people still find some difficulties in understanding the feelings, thoughts, ideas and experiences expressed in a language. One of the problems that people are facing in a language is the use of figurative languages.

In a daily conversation, people sometimes say something without saying the literal meaning of it. Instead, they choose some languages which need interpretation of the hearers to understand what the people mean. For instance, when a person went camping alone for a couple of nights, then his friends might say, in a figurative way, that he is as brave as a lion. That remark is an example of a figurative language.

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Figurative languages are not only used in a conversation. They are often found in literary works such as poems. According to Perrine (1963), poets use figurative languages as “another way of adding extra dimensions to language”.

Then she adds that by using figurative languages, “we can say what we want to say more vividly and forcefully by figures than we can by saying it directly” (p. 65).

Besides poem, figurative languages are often found in songs.

In a song and poem, there are familiar terms i.e. lyric and lyrics. The term

“lyrics” in the song are not the same as the term “lyric” in the poem. Kennedy and

Gioia (2002) states that “kind of printed poem we now call a lyric is usually something else”. They refer the term “lyric” without ending -s as the term which is used to refer to a poem. However, the use of the term “lyrics” which is from the term “lyric” added the ending -s is now used to refer to something’s else. They explain more that “we use lyrics to mean the words of a popular song” (p. 10). So, the term “lyrics” is used to refer to all the words of a song.

A song is articulated in specific ways with musical instruments in the background. Song is identical with its lyrics. Lyrics are all words which are used in a song. The use of figurative languages in a song is common. It needs more comprehension for a music listener to enjoy the song by not only listening to it, but also understanding the figurative languages in the song lyrics.

Song lyrics have been produced by songwriters all around the world. New songs are always showing up each year. When songs are being popular, they can be used as music soundtracks in movies. In other words, songs are popular among

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3 people in the world. American and British songs are the most popular songs among people all around the world as those songs are sung in English. English which is an international language is one of the reasons that western songs are more popular among people all around the world than any other songs in a particular language other than English.

To know the popular western song album of the year, there are some websites which publish the list of the popular song album. According to Billboard magazine (2017), an American entertainment media, the album 25 by Adele is ranked in the Billboard 200 and one of the highest-selling albums and EPs in the

United States. The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as on-demand streaming and digital sales of its individual tracks. In the Forbes article, Hugh McIntyre (2017) states that

“Adele’s 25 ended 2016 on top, becoming the bestselling album of the year”.

In writing songs, Adele mostly did it by herself. However, some songs were made by working together with other songwriters. According to Platon (Billboard,

2017), Adele was working with Tobias Jesso Jr., Paul Epworth, Max Martin, Bruno

Mars, Danger Mouse, Ryan Tedder, and Greg Kurstin in writing the songs in album

25.

As figurative languages are important to understand and the songs’ lyrics contain some figurative languages, the writer intends to examine more the figurative languages in songs’ lyrics. The songs which are popular tend to be more

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4 beneficial for more people if they are to be the object of study. Therefore, the writer intends to conduct the study in figurative languages used in Adele’s album 25.

As what has stated previously in this background of study, the writer formulates the question of problems as follows: “which types of figurative languages are used in Adele’s album 25 songs’ lyrics?”

The aim of this study is to find out the types of figurative languages which are used in the lyrics of songs in Adele’s album 25. There are three benefits in conducting this study. The first benefit can be obtained by general readers who like to listen to western songs, especially Adele’s songs in her album 25. This study helps them gain more understanding about the meaning of the lyrics which contain some figurative languages as there are some explanation for each type of figurative language and its examples in the lyrics of the songs in Adele’s album 25. The second benefit is that the readers can reflect the hidden meaning from the figurative languages in the lyrics of songs on their life. The third benefit can be obtained for educational purposes. As figurative languages are often used for the materials of learning English. This study can be their sources of teaching and learning about figurative languages.

B. APPROACH OF THE STUDY

Basically, there are two approaches to conduct a research i.e. a quantitative research and a qualitative research. According to Ross (1999) as cited by Hunt

(1999), “qualitative approaches to research are based on a ‘world view’ which is

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5 holistic and has the following beliefs: first, that there is not a single reality; second, that reality is based upon perceptions that are different for each person and change over time; and third, that what we know only has meaning within a given situation or context”. As this study focuses on figurative languages which can only be understood by particular people who use a particular language and know a given situation, this study employs a qualitative approach.

This study also employs a descriptive research method. According to Glass and Hopkins (1984) as cited by Aruma (2011, p. 20), descriptive research “involves gathering data that describe events and then organizes, tabulates, depicts, and describes the data collection”. The main data of this study is the lyrics of the songs in album 25 by Adele. This study is conducted to find out the types of figurative languages which are used in the lyrics of the songs in album 25 by Adele and to explain the meaning of each figurative language after determining which type of figurative language it is.

Basically, there are two data collection methods in the research i.e. primary and secondary source of data. Given (2008, p. 803) as cited by Maskhurin (2014, p.

29) argued “secondary data source is preexisting source that have been collected for a different purpose or by someone other than the researcher”. This study collects the lyrics of songs in album 25 by Adele using secondary data which are found on

Adele’s official website at adele.com. Album 25 is the third album by Adele. There are eleven songs in album 25. The songs which are in album 25 by Adele are Hello,

Send My Love (To Your New Lover), I Miss You, When We Were Young,

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Remedy, Water Under the Bridge, River Lea, Love In The Dark, Million Years

Ago, All I Ask, and Sweetest Devotion. Due to many songs in this album, the writer chooses some of them as samples for this study.

In order to choose the samples of this study, the writer read thoroughly the lyrics of all songs in album 25 by Adele. By understanding the types of figurative languages which are based on Perrine’s (1963) theory, the writer marked the line of the songs’ lyrics which contain a figurative language by noting which type of figurative language it is. After that, the writer made a table as seen in Appendix 1 which listed the songs’ titles in Adele’s album 25 vertically and the types of figurative languages horizontally. In the table as seen in Appendix 1, the writer marked with a check “” symbol for the songs which contain the particular types of figurative languages. From that table, the writer got the data that some songs had only a few types of figurative languages while other songs have more types of figurative languages. The writer chose the songs which contain more various types of figurative languages. As a result, the writer took four out of eleven songs in

Adele’s Album 25. Those songs are When We were Young, Remedy, River Lea, and

Love In The Dark.

There were actually five songs which contain four or more figurative language types. Those songs were When We Were Young, Remedy, River Lea, Love

In The Dark, and Million Years Ago. However, the later song did not contain some particular figurative language types which could be found in the rest of the other three songs. So, Million Years Ago was excluded from the samples as it contained

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7 the figurative languages types which could actually be found in the rest of the songs chosen as the samples.

There are some steps in order to conduct this study. First, the writer collected the lyrics of four songs as the data samples from album 25 by Adele. Next, each song lyrics were analyzed in line by line to find out figurative languages. Then, the writer categorized the figurative languages which were found based on each type of figurative language. Finally, the writer explained the meaning of each figurative language from the data which were collected in each song.

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CHAPTER II

DISCUSSION

This chapter essentially contains review of related literature and the findings as well as the interpretation of the findings. Review of related literature shows how the study builds on prior knowledge by presenting and evaluating what is already known about the topic.

A. Review of Related Literature

There are a lot of theories about figurative languages. Each book on figurative language contains explanation about some figurative languages which can have the same or different explanation of figurative languages between one book and another. In order to have clear references to find out which types of figurative languages used in lyrics of Adele’s album 25 songs, the writer studied the figurative languages based on Perrine’s (1963) theory. There were some more recent books written by other authors which support the explanation of figurative languages in that Perrine’s book.

Figurative language is “a way of saying one thing and meaning another”

(Perrine 1963, p. 5). A songwriter uses figurative languages in song lyrics in order to make “more vividly and forcefully… than saying it directly” (Perrine 1963, p.

5). According to Holman (1985), the definition of figurative language is

“intentional departure from the normal order, construction, or meaning of words in order to gain strength and freshness of expression, to create pictorial effect, to

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describe by analogy or to discover and to illustrate similarities in other wise dissimilar things” (p. 185). In other words, the use of figurative language is to describe something by saying one thing but meaning another in order to gain strength and freshness of expression.

There are twelve types of figurative languages explained in Perrine’s book.

They are stated as follows:

1. Metaphor

Metaphor and simile have almost the same characteristics. According to

Perrine (1963), “metaphor and simile are both comparisons between things essentially unlike.” The difference is that in metaphor, “the figurative term is substitute for or identified with the literal term” (p. 65). In addition, Abrams (1999) states that “metaphor is a word or expression that in literal usage denotes one kind of thing is applied to a distinctly different kind of thing, without asserting a comparison” (p. 97). The explanation by Perrine and Adams above is also similar to what Kennedy and Gioia (2002 p. 122) state that metaphor is “a statement that one thing is something else, which, in a literal sense, it is not.” They also support

Abram’s (1999) explanation that “implied metaphor, one that uses neither connective nor the verb to be” (p. 122). So, it can be concluded that in metaphor, the figurative term is addressed directly to explain the literal term in a statement or sentence without adding connective such as like.

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An example of metaphor can be found in The Band’s (1971) song entitled

Life is a Carnival. From that title, they compare life to a carnival. While two things are essentially unlike. Life is an abstract object whereas carnival is a public event.

However, to describe the meaning of life, the term “carnival” can be used. In this example, life is directly described as a carnival without inserting some connectives such as like or as.

2. Simile

According to Perrine (1963), simile uses “some words or phrases such as like, than, similar to, or resembles” to compare something (p. 65). Kennedy and

Gioia (2002) confirms that “simile is a comparison of two things, indicated by some connective, usually like, as, than, or a verb such as resembles” (p. 122). Based on those explanations, simile is a comparison between two unlike things but using some connective, such as like, as, than, or a verb such as resembles. An example of simile is when somone says, “you look like a movie”. From that example, it can be seen that the line uses connective look like to compare between pronoun you and a movie.

3. Personification

Perrine (1963, p. 67) states that “personification consist in giving the attributes of a human being to an animal, an object, or an idea”. In addition, Abrams

(1999) states the similar thing that “personification, or in the Greek term,

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prosopopeia, in which either an inanimate object or an abstract concept spoken of as though it were endowed with life or with human attributes or feelings (compare pathetic fallacy)” (p. 99). Kennedy and Gioia (2002) add more explanation that

“personification is a figure of speech in which a thing, an animal, or an abstract term (truth, nature) is made human” (p. 130). In conclusion, personification is giving the attributes of a human being or feelings to either an inanimate object or an abstract concept. An example of personification is when someone says, “Our journey has tired us”. In that statement, the abstract noun “journey” is employed by using a human attribute with the verb “tire”.

4. Apostrophe

Perrine (1963) states that “apostrophe consists in addressing someone absent or something nonhuman as if it were alive and present and could reply to what is being said” (p. 67). In addition, Kennedy and Gioia (2002) state that “apostrophe is a way of addressing someone or something invisible or nor ordinarily spoken to”

(p. 131). In other words, apostrophe is a way of addressing someone absent and something which is nonhuman or invisible by calling them. It is obvious that calling someone absent or something which is nonhuman will not get a reply. In a popular song entitled “Twinkle, twinkle, little star”, singer sings it in a way of calling star with “twinkle, twinkle, little star”. This is an example of apostrophe.

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5. Synecdoche

According to Perrine (1963), “synecdoche is the use of the part for the whole” (p. 69). Kennedy and Gioia (2002) add Perrine’s explanation that

“synecdoche is the use of a part of a thing to stand for the whole of it or vice versa”

(p. 131-132). In other words, synecdoche is a statement which contains a part of a thing to represent the whole thing. An example of synecdoche is in the sentence,

“England won the football match”. In that example, the reality is that the football team that consists of eleven men from England won the football match against another country. However, the use of word “England” which should represent all people in England is used in that sentence although not all people in England did the football match.

6. Metonymy

Perrine (1963, p. 74) states that metonymy is the use of something closely related for the thing actually meant. In another book, Kennedy and Gioia (2002) states that metonymy is used in a sentence in which “the name of thing is substituted for that of another closely associated with it” (p. 131). From both sources, it can be concluded that metonymy uses a thing to represent something’s else in which both of the things are closely related each other. The difference from synecdoche is that metonymy is the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for the thing closely related. The example of metonymy is the use of the term “White House” to refer to the state palace of United Stated of America. The term “White House”

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literally means the building which has a white color. However, the term is used in a figurative way. The term “White House” is used to represent the US government as that building is where the US government stays. Another example of metonymy can be found in the news when it usually states the term “boots” to represent

“soldiers”. Soldiers usually wear boots in the middle of a war. So, between soldiers and boots are two things which are related. Therefore, boots are used to represent soldiers.

7. Symbol

Perrine (1963, p. 76) states that symbol is roughly defined as something that means more than what it is. Harmon (1996) says, "a symbol combines a literal and sensuous quality with an abstract or suggestive aspect" (p. 507). In other words, when a statement contains a symbol, there are two meanings of it which are a literal meaning and another meaning which is a suggestive aspect. William Harmon

(1996) gives an example of the use of symbol which has a universal suggestion of meaning “as flowing water suggests time and eternity, a voyage suggests life”.

8. Allegory

Perrine (1963, p. 82) states that allegory is a narrative or description that has a second meaning beneath the surface one. She also states that allegory is “less popular in modern literature than it was in medieval and Renaissance writing, and

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it is much less often found in short poems than in long works”. Based on that explanation, lyrics of song rarely contain this type of figurative language as songs are more modern than poems.

An example of allegory can be found some parts in the Bible which tell about Pharaoh who has a dream in which seven fat kine are devoured by seven lean kine. That story does not really become significant until Joseph interpret its allegorical meaning that Egypt is to enjoy seven years of fruitfulness and prosperity and followed by seven years of famine.

9. Paradox

According to Perrine (1963), a paradox is “an apparent contradiction that is nevertheless somehow true” (p. 84). Paradox is a statement which contradicts itself.

In a statement, a paradox may contradict one word with another. Both words are usually an antonym. An example of paradox is in a statement as follow: “to bring peace we must war”. Peace is an antonym of war. However, the use of both words in that statement can be true. After war is over, people who are in conflict can have a treaty of peace.

10. Hyperbole

According to Perrine (1963, p. 103), overstatement, or hyperbole, is simply exaggeration but exaggeration in the service of truth. An example of hyperbole is when someone says, “there were literally millions of people at the dance”. That

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statement is exaggerated as a dance party could not accommodate that huge number of people.

11. Irony

Perrine (1963) states that irony is “saying opposite of what one means” (p.

105). This form of irony is usually called as a sarcasm. There is another form of irony which is called a situational irony. Olivera as cited in Kadir (2014, p. 15) states that situational irony is “a discrepancy between the expected result and actual results”. In other words, there are two forms of irony; the verbal irony which is what is saying to be in contrast to what actually means and the situational irony which occurs when the exact opposite of what is expected to happen, happens.

An example of irony is when someone says, “I can’t wait to read the seven hundred-page report”. That statement is a verbal irony. As what he means that is opposite to what he says that he or she does not actually like to read a very long report. In the poem entitled The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Coleridge wrote some lines of his poem below:

Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink

In the both lines above, Coleridge wanted to tell that someone is expected to be able to have a drink as water is everywhere but what happens is the exact opposite. That is the example of a situational irony.

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B. Discussion

In this section, the writer discusses the findings as well as the interpretation of the findings. There are two major parts of this discussion. The first one is about the figurative language types and the second one is about the paraphrasing each of the four-chosen songs.

1. Figurative Language Types in Adele’s Album 25

In this part of discussion, each type of figurative language which was found in the songs’ lyrics will be discussed one by one. The writer will discuss all figurative language types which were found in each song’s lyrics. The findings which are the figurative languages will be grouped based on which type of the figurative language they are in. Then, the writer will explain the reason why the findings belong to a particular type of figurative language. After that, the writer will explain the meaning of those figurative languages. a. Metaphor

In the previous section, Perrine (1963) explained that metaphor is “metaphor and simile are both comparisons between things essentially unlike” (p. 65). There were some examples of the metaphors in the songs entitled Remedy and River Lea.

In the song Remedy, the writer found three metaphors as follows:

(1) That I will be your remedy11 (2) Come whatever, I'll be the shelter that won't let the rain come through17 (3) Your love, it is my truth and I will always love you18

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While in the song River Lea, the writer found a metaphor in the line:

(4) But my heart is a valley, it's so shallow and man made3

In metaphor number 1, a person is compared to a remedy. According to

Hornby (2010, p. 1245), remedy is “a way of dealing with or improving an unpleasant or difficult situation”. According to Hornby (2010, p. 1245), another meaning of remedy is “a treatment or medicine to cure a disease or reduce pain that is not very serious”. In other words, a remedy is something related to a medicine or a way to deal with a problem. From that definition, it can be concluded that the songwriter or the singer compares someone to a remedy as she wants to convey that she will be someone’s assistance in coping with any life problems. By doing that way, the songwriter calls herself, in a figurative way, as his lover’s remedy.

And then, metaphor number 2 compares a person to a shelter. According to

Hornby (2010, p. 1361), shelter means “the fact of having a place to live or stay, considered as a basic human need”. So, this whole line means that the songwriter conveys that she will defend someone when he gets a bad situation involving anyone’s else. She will be his “shelter” which, in literal meaning, means she will be his lover’s protection.

In metaphor number 3, the songwriter compares a love to a truth. Both the term “love” and “truth” are unlike things. According to Hornby (2010, p. 884), love is “a strong feeling of deep affection for somebody/something, especially a member of your family or a friend”. According to Hornby (2010, p. 1602), truth is “the true

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facts about something”. Truth is important to say. Some problems which are faced by a couple can be caused by telling lies. By saying someone’s love is the songwriter’s truth, the songwriter wants to tell that she feels that the songwriter’s lover loves her very much.

In metaphor number 4, the songwriter compares her heart to a valley.

According to Hornby (2010, p. 1648), valley is “an area of low land between hills or mountains, often with a river running through it”. It can be said that valley is a depression in the landscape. But the depression is not as deep as a canyon. In that line, the songwriter gives more description of the valley which is shallow and man- made. This line uses word “man-made” instead of word “nature”. This use of word

“man-made” implies that the valley is not as great as that the nature can create.

From that explanation, it can be concluded that the valley means a negative thing which is used to compare it to the songwriter’s own character. The songwriter wants to say that she is not sure if she is a committed person in a relationship. By saying in the line that my heart is a valley… which is …man-made, the songwriter wants to say that someone could distract her from the relationship commitment.

b. Simile

Simile actually almost has the same characteristics with metaphor. Simile is also a figurative language type which compares two things. Perrine (1963) explained the difference from metaphor is that simile uses “some words or phrases such as like, than, similar to, or resembles” to compare something (p. 65). The

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writer found the similes in the songs entitled When We Were Young. They were numbered as follows:

(1) Cause you feel like home5 (2) You're like a dream come true6 (3) You look like a movie11 (4) You sound like a song12

Simile number 1 and simile number 2 compare someone to a home and a dream. People get used to hear the term “home” which is usually associated with a house, a building where people live. But the term “home” is also often associated with a family and/or the place someone feels attached to. So, the term “home” is more emotional than the term “house”. The term “home” is not necessarily a house.

For instance, when a person with his friends of family go to camping, they can still call their camp as home. In other words, the term “home” means a place where they find enjoyment and comfort to them. In that line, the songwriter conveys that she has a strong emotion on someone. The next sentence, she compares someone to a dream. According to Hornby (2010, p. 445), dream is “a wish to have or be something, especially one that seems difficult to achieve”. By comparing someone to a dream, the songwriter wants to convey that someone is worthful.

Simile number 3 compares someone to a movie. Then, simile number 4 compares someone to a song. Both movie and song are the entertaining media for a lot of people. Nowadays, people almost cannot miss their favorite songs and movies. By comparing someone to both a movie and a song, the songwriter tries to convey that someone is entertaining to her.

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c. Personification

According to Perrine (1963), “personification consist in giving the attributes of a human being to an animal, an object, or an idea” (p. 67). Some personifications were found in the song entitled Remedy. The findings were as follows:

(1) Every story has its scars7 (2) But when the pain cuts you deep8 (3) When the night keeps you from sleeping9 (4) When the world seems so cruel12

The personification number 1 gives the human attribute “scars” to the abstract noun “story”. Generally, every relationship was remembered as a story by people who experienced it. In that line, the songwriter uses the term “scars” to describe a story. Scars appear on the skin after a person gets an injury. Injuries which would result in scars on the skin could be painful. In that line, the songwriter tries to convey that every story of a relationship has some unpleasant memories.

The personification number 2 employs the noun “pain” for doing an action by adding the action verb “cut”. The verb “cut” should be employed by humans or animals. Therefore, that line is considered as a personification. Normal person will feel pain when a sharp object, such as a knife or a cutter, cuts that person’s skin.

The term “pain” represents an unpleasant moment. The phrase “cut you deep” in that line represents the action of something which has a significant impact on someone. In that line, the songwriter wants her listeners to imagine when they had the most unpleasant moment which made them so down.

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The line number 3 is also a personification as that line employs the noun

“night” for doing an action by adding the action verb “keep”. It can be easily understood that the songwriter wants the listener to imagine if they cannot sleep all night.

The last personification was in the line number 3. It describes the noun

“world” with the adjective “cruel”. In that line, the songwriter wants the listener to imagine when unfair things happened in their life. d. Apostrophe

According to Perrine (1963), “apostrophe consists in addressing someone absent or something nonhuman as if it were alive and present and could reply to what is being said” (p. 67). In the songs entitled When We Were Young and River

Lea, there were some apostrophes. In the song entitled When We Were Young, there was an apostrophe in the line:

(1) My God, this reminds me13

In the song entitled River Lea, an apostrophe was found in the line:

(2) So I blame it on the River Lea, the River Lea, the River Lea16

In apostrophe number 1, the songwriter uses noun “God”, which is nonhuman, in the phrase “My God”. The reason why such phrase is considered apostrophe is that God does not orally answer back to that person’s call. In that

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statement, the songwriter conveys that something is surprising her till that thing reminds her of a particular event in the past.

In apostrophe number 2, the songwriter vents her bad traits on a river which is a nonhuman object. In an interview with NPR, Adele said, “a lot of my life was spent walking alongside the River Lea to go and get to somewhere else” (NPR,

2015). So, River Lea is a name of real river where the songwriter spent her childhood. In NPR interview, she said, “I have a lot of bad habits. And rather than admitting that I have bad traits in my actual character, I blame it on where I’m from”

(NPR, 2015). From that interview, it becomes clearer that she vents her bad traits on River Lea as it reminds her of where she is from.

e. Synecdoche

According to Perrine (1963), “synecdoche is the use of the part for the whole” (p. 69). The writer found a synecdoche in the song entitled When We Were

Young. It was found in the line as follows:

And a part of me keeps holding on just in case it hasn't gone31

The phrase “a part of me” indicates a half of a person which is impossible.

That phrase is actually used to represent a person. In that line, the songwriter conveys that she cannot move on from her relationship with someone.

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f. Metonymy

According to Perrine (1963, p. 74), metonymy is the use of something closely related for the thing actually meant. There were some metonymies which were found in the songs entitled Remedy and Love In The Dark. In the song entitled

Remedy, the metonymies were found in the following lines:

(1) so desperate to find a way out of my world and finally breathe2 (2) When the world seems so cruel12

While in the song entitled Love In The Dark, a metonymy was found in the

line:

(3) It is the world to me27

In the three metonymies above, the term “world” is not actually a world which contains a lot of continents and islands. But the term “world” in this particular case is to define something which has closely related to the world.

Generally, people know that world is a place for all people to live. So, the meaning of the term “world” can be concluded that it actually means a personal life. In metonymy number 3, “it” refers to her life with her lover which can be seen in the line that you are in my life28. Her life with her lover is not as good as she expects. g. Symbol

According to Perrine (1963, p. 76), symbol is roughly defined as something that means more than what it is. To understand more about what a symbol is,

Harmon (1996) has a better explanation. According to Harmon (1996), "a symbol

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combines a literal and sensuous quality with an abstract or suggestive aspect" (p.

507). So, a symbol has the other meaning which is more suggestive. The writer found symbols in the song entitled When We Were Young and Love In The Dark. In the song entitled When We Were Young, a symbol was found in the line:

(1) Let me photograph you in this light37

While in the song entitled Love In The Dark, a symbol was found in the line:

(2) I can't love you in the dark7

The term “light” in a figurative term usually represents knowledge. In symbol number 1, the phrase “in this light” can be defined as “from this perspective” of taking a photograph using a camera. But the term “light” in that line can also have a suggestive meaning. The term “light” usually represents a good thing. The phrase “let me photograph” means that the songwriter wants a particular moment to be remembered. In this context, the term “light” means a warmth moment. So, this line means that the songwriter wants to have a warmth moment with her lover so she can remember that moment as her beautiful memory in her mind.

The term “dark” in symbol number 2 represents something which is other than the actual meaning of “dark”. The actual meaning of “dark” suits in that sentence. However, there is another suggestive meaning of it which can be understood in a specific way. The opposite of the term “light” is dark. This term has a connotation of bad thing. The term “dark” in this context means no good

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future. In that line, the songwriter conveys she cannot let her relationship with someone continue as she thinks she will not have a good future with him. h. Paradox

According to Perrine (1963), a paradox is “an apparent contradiction that is nevertheless somehow true” (p. 84). The writer found a paradox in the song entitled

Love In The Dark. It was in the line:

Don’t try to change my mind I’m being cruel to be kind6

The term “cruel” and the term “kind” are two terms which are antonym. This example of paradox is actually common. That paradox means that the songwriter wants to cause someone pain for his or her own good. i. Hyperbole

According to Perrine (1963, p. 103), overstatement, or hyperbole, is simply exaggeration but exaggeration in the service of truth. The writer found the hyperboles in the songs entitled When We Were Young, Remedy, River Lea, and

Love In The Dark. The hyperboles in the song entitled When We Were Young were found as follows:

(1) Everybody loves the things you do1 (2) Everybody here is watching you4

The hyperboles found in the song entitled Remedy were listed as follows:

(3) I remember all of the things that I thought I wanted to be1 (4) No river is too wide or too deep for me to swim to16

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The hyperboles found in the song entitled River Lea were listed as follows:

(5) Everybody tells me it's 'bout time that I moved on1 (6) I'm scared to death if I let you in that you'll see I'm just a fake4 (7) But I know that's just me cause nothing ever is enough6

The hyperboles found in the song entitled Love In The Dark were listed as follows:

(8) Take your eyes off me so I can leave1 (9) This is never ending, we have been here before3 (10) You have given me something that I can't live without12

Both hyperbole number 1 and hyperbole number 2 use pronoun

“everybody”. It is a form of exaggeration as pronoun “everybody” embodies every single person in the world. Thus, saying everybody likes the things that someone does is an exaggerated statement. Both hyperboles are used by the songwriter to show how she admires the person whom she indicates with the pronoun “you”.

Both hyperbole number 3 and hyperbole number 4 exaggerate the human capabilities. In hyperbole number 3, it exaggerates the capability of a human memory. People normally remember only some of what they have ever thought in all their lifetime. In hyperbole number 2, it exaggerates capability of a human action in doing something. Someone who can swim may consider the risks of swimming some rivers. Rivers which are too wide and too deep can be dangerous to swim.

Some authorities even prohibit some rivers from a public access.

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Hyperbole number 5 employs the pronoun “everybody”. It is an exaggerated statement as it is not possible that everybody tells the songwriter what will happen to her. There might be somebody or some people that told her what to do. Instead of using the pronoun “somebody” or “some people”, she uses pronoun

“everybody”. By using doing that way, it gives the listeners an idea that her statement it's 'bout time that I moved on is the most likely to happen as everybody tells her what will happen to her as time goes by.

Hyperbole number 6 has an expression “I’m scared to death”. The fact is when that statement is said, the speaker is still alive. So, that expression is an exaggerated statement. The songwriter uses this expression to tell that she is so afraid that her lover knows the real personality of her.

Hyperbole number 7 has a statement “nothing is ever enough”. It is an exaggerated statement. Some things which humans have in life are just enough for them. The songwriter likely has some things that are not enough in her life.

However, the use of word “nothing” in that statement can give an idea that no single thing is enough for her. By saying the statement “nothing is ever enough”, the songwriter wants to admit that she is a perfectionist.

The statement in hyperbole number 8 is clearly exaggerated. Someone would not willingly take his eyes off. The songwriter wants to tell that she does not want her lover to see the bad traits of her if she tells about herself openly. This line indicates that her relationship with her lover is superficial. They do not know each

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other very well. Sometimes, when someone has some bad traits, she or he needs to hide it from someone’s else by faking her or his traits, especially to someone she or he knows for the first time.

The statement in hyperbole number 9 is exaggerated. In that statement, the songwriter tells that she has re-visited the same place as she did before. But it will absolutely end in the future. In this statement, the songwriter wants to tell that both she and her lover repeatedly tell lies with each other. This line also indicates that the lies will continue if they still have a relationship.

In hyperbole number 10, the songwriter exaggerates something which is given by his lover. In this case, the thing her lover gives is not a body organ or a medical equipment to support the songwriter’s life. By saying that, the songwriter wants to tell how much she loves her lover. She will probably be grieving if she and his lover break their relationship up.

j. Irony

The writer has found three ironies in this song lyrics. They were all in the song entitled River Lea. It was in the line:

(1) I can't go back, but the reeds are growing out of my fingertips9 (2) But it's in my roots11 (3) In my veins12 (4) It's in my blood and I stain every heart that I use to heal the pain13

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Irony number 1 tells that the songwriter cannot go back to the River Lea.

That statement is her expectation which is in contrast with what happens that the reeds which are in the river are growing out of her fingertips. This irony means that she has to go through something which she does not like.

The other ironies are in number 2, number 3, and number 4. The pronoun

“it” in that line is used to replace the noun “river”. The statements in those three lines are what happens which is in contrast with what she expects which is in the line I can’t go back to the river10. In those lines, the songwriter tells that she has to go through something which she does not like.

2. The Paraphrasing of The Songs’ Lyrics in Adele’s Album 25

In this section, the writer will discuss the paraphrasing of the four chosen songs’ lyrics in Adele’s album 25. According to Jubobs (Merriam-Webster’s

Dictionary), the definition of paraphrase is “a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form”. So, the writer restates the songs’ lyrics into the narrative texts. The paraphrase of the songs’ lyrics is meant to help readers understand songs’ lyrics thoroughly after understanding the meaning of the figurative languages which were previously discussed. There were four songs as the samples. Therefore, this section is divided into four parts. Each part is based on each title of the chosen songs. The paraphrasing of the songs’ lyrics is discussed as follows:

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a. When We Were Young

The songwriter tells that she admires her lover as he is respected by a lot of people. It is seen as the songwriter employs the hyperbole by using word

“everybody” to praise her lover. She is very comfortable with him by telling in a figurative way, cause you feel like home.

They have very beautiful moments as they are still young. The beautiful moments are represented by employing similes which compare her lover with a movie and a song. As the songwriter realizes that she and her lover will not live young forever. Sometimes, she is afraid that in the future, they might be not as happy as they are now. So, she wants to spend the beautiful moments with her lover as they are still young by telling “let me photograph you in this light” in the hope that they can still remember all those beautiful moments as they are getting older,

Thus, songwriter hopes they can manage their relationship well by remembering good memories in their young ages. It is proven in the lyrics when the songwriter tells “and a part of me keeps holding on just in case it hasn’t gone”. b. Remedy

The songwriter recalls her memories of her past which was a disappointment. They were deeply remembered by her but those memories give her a lesson. It is proven in the line which states “I remember all of the things that I thought I wanted to be”. However, she manages to handle the disappointment. In the line “so desperate to find a way out of my world and finally breathe”, she tells

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that her days which were very bad moments were finally over as she managed to solve the problems. The bad moments in her past is proven also in the line “every story has its scars”.

However, what happened to her in the past has made her strong. She can teach her lovers to handle the problems of life. In the song’s lyrics, it is proven in the line “that I will be your remedy”. She can tell her lover what to do by referring to what happened to her past time. There was so much lesson she can take from her past time. c. River Lea

Songwriter is aware that she needs to move on. It is proven in the line

“everybody tells me it’s ‘bout time that I moved on”. By employing the hyperbole using word “everybody”, she just wants to support her opinion that she should find a happy life with her lover. However, she is aware that she actually does not have a good personality. It is proven in the line “But my heart is a valley, it’s so shallow and man-made”.

She realizes she is not content with what she has. She has made a mistake and she really wants to apologize to her lover. She wanted to not repeat the mistakes she has made. Ironically, she thinks that the mistakes she has made are parts of her personality. She is not sure if she can fix it. She uses the word “River Lea” to vent her mistakes as it is a place where she grew up. She uses the word “reeds” to represent her mistakes. In the line “I can’t go back but the reeds are growing out of

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my fingertips”, she wants to tell with the irony figurative language that she do not want to make mistakes again, but she thinks her bad traits are her real personality. d. Love In The Dark

In the line “take your eyes off of me so I can leave”, the songwriter does not want her lover to know deeper about her. They have a superficial relationship. It is proven in the line “I can’t love you in the dark” which means she does not know her lover very well. Both of them often tell lies with each other. Songwriter thinks if the relationship keeps continuing, she realizes that she will only get lies from her lover. So, she tells to her lover that she wants to end up her relationship with him.

She realizes that her relationship with her lover has taught her something which she might need in the next relationship. It is proven in the line “you have given me something I can’t live without”. “Something” there means that the failure of her relationship with her lover. It gives her a lesson which can make her be a better person.

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CHAPTER III

CONCLUSIONS

There are ten types of figurative languages which were found in Adele’s album 25. Those ten types of figurative languages are metaphor, simile, personification, apostrophe, synecdoche, symbol, paradox and hyperbole. Each one of those figurative language types has one or more examples in the lyrics of four songs in Adele’s album 25.

This study shows the use of figurative languages in the songs’ lyrics are common. There were four metaphors, four similes, four personifications, two apostrophes, one synecdoche, three metonymies, two symbols, one paradox, ten hyperboles, and four ironies. There are totally thirty-five figurative languages of the four songs’ lyrics which are the samples for this study. Figurative languages give the deeper meaning of the songs’ lyrics. Through some sources of information, the literal meanings can be explained thoroughly. Each figurative language has its own literal meaning. Some of them are easy to understand, but some of them need more deeper understanding in order to find out the meaning which is hidden in the figurative languages.

Seeking some information from the songwriter’s interview which can be found in some news media can give deeper understanding about the meaning of the figurative language. For instance, Adele in an interview with NPR revealed that her

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childhood which was spent in River Lea is the reason why she vents her bad traits on River Lea in her lyrics as River Lea reminds her of where she is originally from.

This study shows that the use of figurative languages in songs are important as figurative languages can make the song’s lyrics sound “more vividly and forcefully… than saying it directly” (Perrine 1963, p. 5). The music listeners need to think deeper to themselves to understand each figurative language found in the song’s lyrics. The meaning of figurative language can be the reflections of the songwriter’s experiences. The similar experiences may also be experienced by the music listeners.

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APPENDICES

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APPENDIX 1: The Sum of Figurative Language Types in Adele’s Album 25 Based on Each Song’s Title

Sum of No Song’s Title Me Si Pe Ap Sd Mn Sb Pa Hy Ir Fig. Lang. Types 1. Hello   2 2. Send me My Love  1 3. I Miss You    3 4. When We were Young      5 5. Remedy     4 6. Water Under the Bridge  1 7. River Lea     4 8. Love In The Dark     4 9. Million Years Ago     4 10. All I Ask  1 11. Sweetest Devotion    3

Abbreviations:

Me : Metaphor Sd : Synecdoche Hy : Hyperbole Si : Simile Mn : Metonymy Ir : Irony Pe : Personification Sb : Symbol Ap : Apostrophe Pa : Paradox

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APPENDIX 2: Lyrics of Each Song and Its Types of Figurative Languages

1.1. Lyrics of When We Were Young and Its Types of Figurative Languages

Lyrics of Song: When We Were Young Types of Figurative Language Everybody loves the things you do1 Hyperbole From the way you talk2 To the way you move3 Everybody here is watching you4 Hyperbole Cause you feel like home5 Simile You’re like a dream come true6 Simile But if by chance you’re here alone7 Can I have a moment before I go8 Cause I’ve been by myself all night long9 Hoping you’re someone I used to know10

You look like a movie11 Simile You sound like a song12 Simile My god this reminds me13 Apostrophe Of when we were young14

Chorus:

Let me photograph you in this light15 Symbol In case it is the last time that we might16 Be exactly like we were before we realised17 We were sad of getting old it made us restless18 It was just like a movie19 Simile It was just like a song20 Simile

I was so scared to face my fears21 Nobody told me that you’d be here22 And I swear you moved overseas23 That’s what you said when you left me24

You still look like a movie25 You still sound like a song26 My god this reminds me27 Of when we were young28

(Chorus)

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(When we were young x4)

It’s hard to admit that everything just takes me back to when you were there29 To when you were there30 And a part of me keeps holding on just in case it hasn’t Synecdoche gone I guess I still care31 Do you still care32

It’s was just like a movie33 It was just like a song34 My god this reminds me35 Of when we were young36

(When we were young x 4)

Let me photograph you in this light37 In case it is the last time that we might38 Be exactly like we were before we realised39 We were sad of getting old it made us restless40 Oh I’m so mad I’m getting old it makes me reckless41 It was just like a movie42 It was just like a song43 When we were young44

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1.2. Lyrics of Remedy and Its Types of Figurative Languages

Lyrics of Song: Remedy Types of Figurative Language I remember all of the things that I thought I wanted to Hyperbole be1 So desperate to find a way out of my world and finally Metonymy breathe2 Right before my eyes I saw3 My heart it came to life4

This ain’t easy5 Its not meant to be6 Every story has it’s scars7 Personification

But when the pain cuts you deep8 Personification When the night keeps you from sleeping9 Personification Just look and you will see10 That I will be your remedy11 Metaphor When the world seems so cruel12 Personification, Metonymy

And your heart makes you feel like a fool13 I promise you will see14 That I will be, I will be your remedy15 Metaphor

No river is too wide or too deep for me to swim to you16 Hyperbole Come whatever I’ll be the shelter that won’t let the rain Metaphor come through17 Your love it is my truth and I will always love you18 Metaphor Love you19

When the pain cuts you deep20 Personification When the night keeps you from sleeping21 Personification Just look and you will see22 That I will be your remedy23 Metaphor When the world seems so cruel24 Personification, Metonymy

And your heart makes you feel like a fool25 Just look and you will see26 That I will be your remedy27 Metaphor

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When the pain cuts you deep28 Personification When the night keeps you from sleeping29 Personification When the world seems so cruel30 Personification, Metonymy

And your heart makes you feel like a fool31 Just look and you will see32 That I will be, I will be your remedy33 Metaphor

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1.3. Lyrics of River Lea and Its Types of Figurative Languages

Lyrics of River Lea Types of Figurative Language Everybody tells me its ‘bout time that I moved on1 Hyperbole That I need to learn to lighten up and learn how to be young2 But my heart is a valley it’s so shallow and manmade3 Metaphor I’m scared to death if I let you in that you’ll see I’m just Hyperbole a fake4 Sometimes I feel lonely in the arms of your touch5 But I know that’s just me cause nothing ever is enough6 Hyperbole When I was a child I grew up by the River Lea7 There was something in the water now that something’s in me8

I can’t go back but the reeds are growing out of my Irony fingertips9 I can’t go back to the river10

But it’s in my roots11 Irony In my veins12 Irony In my blood13 Irony And I stain14 Every heart that I use to heal the pain x215 So I blame it on the River Lea River Lea River Lea16 Apostrophe

I should probably tell you now before its way too late17 That I never meant to hurt you or to lie straight to your Synecdoche face18 Consider this my apology I know its years in advance19 But I would rather say it now incase I never get the chance20

Oh I can’t go back but the reeds are growing out of my fingertips21 I can’t go back to the river22

But it’s in my roots23 In my veins24 In my blood25 And I stain26

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Every heart that I use to heal the pain x227 So I blame it on the River Lea River Lea River Lea28

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1.4. Lyrics of Love You In The Dark and Its Types of Figurative Languages

Lyrics of Love You In The Dark Types of Figurative Language Take your eyes off of me so I can leave1 Hyperbole I’m far too ashamed to do it with you watching me2 This is never ending we have been here before3 Hyperbole But I can’t stay this time cause I don’t love you anymore4

Please stay where you are don’t come any closer5 Don’t try to change my mind I’m being cruel to be kind6 Paradox

I can’t love you in the dark7 Symbol It feels like we’re oceans apart8 Simile There is so much space between us9 Baby we’re already defeated10 Everything changed me11

You have given me something that I can’t live without12 Hyperbole You mustn’t underestimate that when you are in doubt13 But I don’t want to carry on like everything is fine14 The longer we ignore it all the more that we will fight15

Please don’t fall apart I can’t face your breaking heart16 I’m trying to be brave stop asking me to stay17

I can’t love you in the dark18 Symbol It feels like we’re oceans apart19 Simile There is so much space between us20 Baby we’re already defeated21 Everything changed me22

We’re not the only ones23 I don’t regret a thing24 Every word I’ve said25 Hyperbole You know I’ll always mean26 It is the world to me27 Metonymy That you are in my life28 But I want to live and not just survive29

That’s why I can’t love you in the dark30 Symbol It feels like we’re oceans apart31 Simile

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There is so much space between us32 Baby we’re already defeated33 Everything changed me34