AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURES OF SPEECH OF BACK SONGS OF “A STAR IS BORN” MOVIE TO TEACHING POETRY

Kurniasih, DeaAyu. 2019. “An Analysis of Figures of Speech of Back Songs of
“A Star Is Born” Movie to Teaching Poetry” Final Project, English
Education Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts Education,
University of PGRI Semarang. Advisor I: SitiMusarokah, S.Pd., M.
Hum. Advisor II: EntikaFaniPrastikawatiS.Pd.,M.Pd.
Keywords:Figures of Speech, Song, A Star Is Born Movie, Poetry
The objectives of this final project were to know the types of figures of speech
used in Back Songs of “A Star Is Born” Movie, and to know the contextual
meaning of the figures of speech used in lyric of Back Songs of “A Star Is Born”
Movie. The type of the research was qualitative research which focused on the
analysis of types of figures of speech and the contextual meaning of figures of
speech in song lyrics of Back Songs of “A Star Is Born” Movie.The object of the
study was back song lyrics of “A Star Is Born” Movie. In collecting the data, the
researcher took some steps like choosing the songs and classifying the songs. The
researcher found some contextual meanings of figure of speech in Back Songs of
“A Star Is Born” Movie. This album talks about love, and the contents of the
songs mostly express the author feeling about her sorrow because her husband‟s
death. The researcher found thirty four expressions of figure of speech which are
used in Back Songs of “A Star Is Born” Movie. There are twenty two expressions
of hyperbole, five expressions of personification, three expressions of simile, three
expressions of symbol, and one expression of synecdoche. Thus, from this
analysis, hyperbole were mostly found in this album. The researcher would like to
give some suggestions for the readers, the students and the teacher. For the readers
who want more comprehend about figure of speech, they should read some books
about figure of speech.Moreover, the students should use song as a reference in
learning English, especially in learning literature in order to make learning
process easily. In addition, by reading this final project, the teacher is hoped to be
able to improve their technique in teaching English especially through song.