THE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN BRUNO MARS’ ALBUM

Darissa‟adah.2022.The Figurative Language in Bruno Mars‟ Album.FinalProject,
English Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts Education,
University of PGRI Semarang. Advisor 1:Rahmawati S., S.Pd.,M.Pd.
Advisor II: Ajeng Setyorini, S.S., M.Pd.
Keywords: the figurative language in Bruno Mars‟ album
This study aims to suppress the answers to the formulation of the problem. The
objective of this study are: (1) To find the type of figurative language used in the
lyrics of Bruno Mars‟ songs. (2) To found out the dominant type of figurative
language in Bruno Mars‟ selected songs. And (3) To identify the meaning of the
figurative language used in the lyrics of Bruno Mars‟ selected songs. The design
of this study was descriptive qualitative research. The types of data from this
study were several Bruno Mars‟ songs contained in the album Bruno Mars, It will
rain, Count on me, Just the way you are, Talking to the moon, and Grenade. In
this study the writer used the theory of Geoffrey N. Leech. From the analysis, the
results of this study showed that the total number of types of language styles used
in Bruno Mars‟ song were 22 (100%). The most dominant figurative language
style was hyperbole. There were 16 (73%) hyperbole in the lyrics of the song, 3
(14%) total data of personification, 2 (09%) total data of metaphor, and 1 (4%)
simile in the lyric of the song. The existence of figurative language in the songs
made the message conveyed more attractive to song listeners. The writer
suggested other researchers to continue analyzing figurative language because it
can help readers to understand the meaning contained in song lyrics. Another
suggestion is for the students who want to analyze figurative language in song
lyrics can used other objects such as: novels, film, poetry, etc.