FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED IN SONG LYRICS OF “NEVERMIND“ALBUM BY NIRVANA BAND AND ITS FEASIBILITY AS A SOURCE FOR TEACHING ENGLISH IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Pambudhi Tegar. 2021. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED IN SONG
LYRICS OF “NEVERMIND“ALBUM BY NIRVANA BAND AND ITS
FEASIBILITY AS A SOURCE FOR TEACHING ENGLISH IN SENIOR
HIGH SCHOOL. Final Project, English Education Study Program, Faculty
of Language and Arts Education, Universitas PGRI Semarang. Advisor 1:
Dr. Wiyaka, M.Pd. , Advisor 2: Ajeng Setyorini, S.S.,M.Pd.
Figurative language is language which employs various figures of speech. This
study discusses about an analysis of figurative language in Nevermind album by
Nirvana. The purpose of this study is to find the types of figurative language and
feasibility as a source for teaching English in senior high school. The source of
the data was taken from the internet the song lyrics of Nevermind album by
Nirvana from the most popular search engine (Google). The research design used
in this study is descriptive qualitative research. The final project described type of
figurative language and contextual meaning from the song lyrics of Nevermind.
From the analysis, there were nine types of figurative languages: they were
metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, metonymy, synecdoche, irony,
apostrophe, and the last one is repetition. To support the analysis, some type of
figurative language and other related reference were used. There were also some
related theories about figurative language used to support the analysis. Fifty-one
figures of speech were used in the six of Nevermind album. There were eight
expressions of metaphor, five expressions of simile, one expression of
personification, four expressions of hyperbole, four expressions of metonymy,
two expressions of synecdoche, ten expressions of irony, four expressions of
apostrophe, and thirteen expressions of repetition.
Key Word: Figurative Language, Types, Nirvana‟s