AN ANALYSIS OF IMAGERY MEANING FOUND IN OLIVIA RODRIGO’S SELECTED SONGS AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO TEACH POETRY

Masri Hartutik. An Analysis of Imagery Meaning Found in Olivia Rodrigo’s Selected
Songs and Its Contribution to Teach Poetry. 2021. Final project, English Education Study
Program, Faculty of Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI Semarang.
Advisor I: Entika Fani Prastikawati, S.Pd., M.Pd, Advisor II: Dr. Jafar Sodiq, M.Pd.
Keywords: Poetry, Imagery, Song, Olivia Rodrigo
Literature is a form of creative activity which concern with the relation
between society and individuals. Literature can be called languge art and which poetry
clasified as a form of literature. Music also is a form of literary works which contain
lyrics that described as a poet or musical expression of emotion.
The expression of emotion itself can be called as imagery which a descriptive
language used by writers to create images in the mind of readers. The aims of this study
are:1) to analyze the imageries in the Olivia Rodrigo‟s songs lyrics, 2) to find out
dominant imageries in the Olivia Rodrigo‟s songs lyrics, 3) to find out the contribution of
this study towards poetry. This research is a qualitaive research to analyze the imagery in
selected Olivia Rodrigo‟s songs lyrics and the contribution to teach poetry.
In this study, the resarcher found three different types of imagery which are
visual imagery, kinestethic imagery, and organic imagery. Furthermore, Olivia Rodrigo‟s
songs entitled “Happier”, „Driver Lisences”, and “Traitors” contains imagery meaning
and each of which has a different meaning and types in each line of the lyrics