ANALYSIS OF FIGURES OF SPEECH IN LADYGAGA’S ALBUM AND LYRICS

“Analysis on Figures of Speech in Ladygaga’s Album and Lyrics”. Final
Project, English Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts Education, PGRI
Semarang University. Advisor I: Dr. Jafar Sodiq, S. Pd., M. Hum Advisor II: Dr.
Dyah Nugrahani, S. Pd., M. Hum.
This final project is about figurative language in song lyrics of the album Always
Remember Us This Way by Ladygaga. The objectives of the study are (1) to know
the types of figures of speech as used in song lyrics of Always Remember Us This
Way album by Ladygaga (2) to find out dominant figurative language is used in
song lyrics in Always Remember Us This Way album by Ladygaga(3) to find out
the contribution of Perfect lyrics for teaching poetry.
The research was categorized as Descriptive Qualitative Research. The researcher
analyzed song lyrics in the album Perfect which contain figurative language. The
researcher collected the texts of the song and read all the texts one by one. After
being read every sentence is observed to found out the types of figures of speech
that may be used in the song lyric, and then any type of figures of speech found is
classified.
As a result of data analysis the researcher can make some conclusions. The
researcher found metaphor, hyperbole, metonymy, simile and personification.
There were 14 lyrics (35 %) for metaphor, 15 lyrics (37.5 %) for hyperbole, 2
lyrics (5%) for metonymy, 6 lyrics (15%) for simile, and 3 lyrics (7.5 %) for
personification. The researcher found 40 lyrics on the album Always Remember
Us This Way by Ladygaga. Most lyrics in the album My Everything used
hyperbole and metaphor.
The writer suggests that the teacher should be able to know the language style of
the lyric. It also can give teaching resource to improve their English skill. It also
can give the new media to teach their students. The student should not only listen
to the songs and read the lyrics of the songs themselves, but they also need to
learn the meaning and what things they can take as from the songs to be taken as
lessons.
Keywords: Figures of speech, Song lyrics of the album Always Remember Us
This Way, Ladygaga.