scholarly journals Imagery in Song Lyrics of Taylor Swift

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-156
Author(s):  
Unpris Yastanti ◽  
Susilawati Susilawati
Keyword(s):  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Auditory Imagery ◽  
Song Lyrics ◽  
Kinesthetic Imagery ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

The purposes of this research are to identify the kind of imagery in Taylor Swift song lyrics, how Taylor Swift describes imagery in her song lyrics, and dominant imagery in Taylor Swift song lyrics. This research limited to three songs in the “Reputation” album, those songs are Look What You Made Me Do, Delicate, Gorgeous. This research used a descriptive qualitative method to analyze the data. The results of this research indicate that (1) There are five kinds of imagery, they are visual imagery, auditory imagery, kinesthetic imagery, tactile imagery, and organic imagery in Taylor Swift song lyrics. There are nine visual imagery, one auditory imagery, three kinesthetic imagery, two tactile imagery, 19 organic imagery, and thus the writers found 34 imagery in three song lyrics of Taylor Swift. (2) Taylor Swift prefers to describe feelings, thought, and opinions into song lyrics, therefore the writers found a lot of organic imagery in the song lyrics. (3) There is 19 organic imagery in song lyrics, which is the dominant imagery in the song lyrics of Taylor Swift.      

scholarly journals IMAGERY IN SONG LYRICS OF ALICIA KEYS

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Unpris Yastanti ◽  
Dewi Safitri
Keyword(s):  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Auditory Imagery ◽  
Song Lyrics ◽  
Kinesthetic Imagery ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Analyze Data

 The objective of this study is to identify kinds of imagery on songs lyric of Alicia Keys. This study used descriptive method to analyze data.  Recorder songs lyrics of Alicia Keys were served as resources of data and imagery reflected in the lyrics was promoted as data of this study.  The study revealed the following findings: (1) imagery was deserved in three lyrics of Alicia Keys: Girl on Fire, Superwoman, and A Woman’s Worth, (2) Kinds of imagery in the three lyrics songs included: auditory imagery, kinesthetic imagery, visual imagery and organic imagery and the forming is about a woman life, (3)  Message of  songs figured out upon a woman’s life, suggesting a  woman should undertake real struggle and never gave up at whatever occurred in life.  

scholarly journals Analysis of Figurative Language and Imagery in Taylor Swift's Songs

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Sari Rishita Siallagan ◽  
Sulastri Manurung ◽  
Juwita Boneka Sinaga
Keyword(s):  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Auditory Imagery ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Song Lyrics ◽  
Kinesthetic Imagery ◽  
Descriptive Method

The aim of this research is to find out the kinds of figurative language and imagery in the song lyrics of Taylor Swift’s “1989” Album. Furthermore, in this research the researcher used qualitative descriptive method. The result of the study is presented in the form of paragraphs. The researcher analyzed the songs by reading them intensively and giving attention for each line. After that, the researcher examined the figurative language and imagery of the songs lyrics. After investigating the sentence in the songs lyrics, the researcher found eight kinds of figurative languages that are used in the songs lyrics, they are personification, metaphor, hyperbole, simile, oxymoron, allusion, litotes and metonymy. Six kinds of imagery also used in the songs lyrics, they are visual imagery, auditory imagery, organic imagery, kinesthetic imagery, tactile imagery and olfactory imagery. The most dominant of figurative language used is personification and the dominant imagery used is visual imagery. Keywords: figurative language, imagery, lyrics

CITRAAN DALAM KUMPULAN SAJAK ORGASMAYA KARYA HASAN ASPAHANI

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
Yeni Maulina
Keyword(s):  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Social Conflict ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Auditory Imagery ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Motion Imagery ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Imagery is an important element in a poem. An idea that is originally abstract can be conceived and expressed through imagery. Imagery is generated through expression of words so that readers can easily imagine it. This study aims to determine types of imagery contained in the Orgasmaya anthology of Hasan Aspahani’s work. The method used in this research is the descriptive qualitative method. The research findings reveal that of the 74 poems that were analyzed, there are 74 data fragments of the poems containing imagery. There are 11 fragments of the poems containing visual imagery, 22 fragments containing auditory imagery, 4 fragments containing olfactory imagery, 5 fragments containing feeling imagery, 7 fragments containing palpation imagery, and 25 fragments containing motion imagery. Based on the analysis of imagery on the Orgasmaya poem anthology of Hasan Aspahani’s work, the most appeared imagery in the poems is motion imagery. It is due to the fact that the poets are able to visualize motions to readers which described through the proper choices of diction to see the beauty and natural phenomena, daily life, and social conflict as the building of imagery in his poems. Abstrak Citraan merupakan sebuah unsur yang penting dalam sebuah sajak. Melalui citraan, sebuah ide yang semula abstrak dapat dibayangkan dan diekspresikan. Citraan merupakan gambaran yang dibangkitkan lewat sebuah kata sehingga pembaca dengan mudah dapat mengimajinasikannya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui jenis citraan apa saja yang terdapat pada kumpulan sajak Orgasmaya karya Hasan Aspahani. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa dari 74 sajak yang dianalisis terdapat 74 data penggalan sajak yang mengandung citraan. Terdapat 11 penggalan sajak yang mengandung citraan penglihatan, 22 penggalan sajak yang mengandung citraan pendengaran, 4 penggalan sajak yang mengandung citraan penciuman, 5 penggalan sajak yang mengandung citraan rasaan, 7 penggalan sajak yang mengandung citraan rabaan, dan 25 penggalan sajak yang mengandung citraan gerak. Berdasarkan analisis citraan kumpulan sajak tersebut terlihat yang paling banyak muncul adalah citraan gerak. Hal ini disebabkan oleh penyair yang mampu memanfaatkan pembaca agar dapat membayangkan gerakan yang digambarkan oleh penyair melalui diksi yang tepat untuk melihat keindahan dan fenomena alam, kehidupan sehari-hari, serta konflik sosial sebagai bangunan citra dalam sajak-sajaknya.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF IMAGERY IN FIVE SELECTED POEMS BY MAYA ANGELOU

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Siti Angreini Arbi
Keyword(s):  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Structural Approach ◽  
Auditory Imagery ◽  
Maya Angelou ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Kinesthetic Imagery

This research is qualitative descriptive research that analyzes five selected poems of Maya Angelou “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing, Still I Rise, Phenomenal Woman, When I Think about My Self and the last is Alone”. The researcher used qualitative method and structural approach to know what kinds of imagery that used in five selected poems by Maya Angelou “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing, Still I Rise, Phenomenal Woman, When I Think about My Self and the last is Alone”. Then, the data were collected from five poems selected by Maya Angelou. In the process analyzed, the researcher read the poem “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing, Still I Rise, Phenomenal Woman, When I Think About My Self and the last is Alone” and using five steps based on the technique of analyzing the data by using structural approach to find what kinds of imagery that used in poem “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing, Still I Rise, Phenomenal Woman, When I Think About My Self and the last is Alone” by Maya Angelou. Then based on the result of this analyzed, the researcher found there are four types of imagery that Maya Angelou used in his poem “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing, Still I Rise, Phenomenal Woman, When I Think About My Self and the last is Alone” Those are visual imagery, auditory imagery, tactile imagery, gustatory imagery and last is kinesthetic imagery, but the kinds of imagery that very dominant used is auditory imagery. Keywords: Poetry, Imagery, Method and Approach

CITRAAN DALAM KUMPULAN SAJAK ORGASMAYA KARYA HASAN ASPAHANI

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
Yeni Maulina
Keyword(s):  
Visual Imagery ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Social Conflict ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Auditory Imagery ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Motion Imagery ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Imagery is an important element in a poem. An idea that is originally abstract can be conceived and expressed through imagery. Imagery is generated through expression of words so that readers can easily imagine it. This study aims to determine types of imagery contained in the Orgasmaya anthology of Hasan Aspahani’s work. The method used in this research is the descriptive qualitative method. The research findings reveal that of the 74 poems that were analyzed, there are 74 data fragments of the poems containing imagery. There are 11 fragments of the poems containing visual imagery, 22 fragments containing auditory imagery, 4 fragments containing olfactory imagery, 5 fragments containing feeling imagery, 7 fragments containing palpation imagery, and 25 fragments containing motion imagery. Based on the analysis of imagery on the Orgasmaya poem anthology of Hasan Aspahani’s work, the most appeared imagery in the poems is motion imagery. It is due to the fact that the poets are able to visualize motions to readers which described through the proper choices of diction to see the beauty and natural phenomena, daily life, and social conflict as the building of imagery in his poems.AbstrakCitraan merupakan sebuah unsur yang penting dalam sebuah sajak. Melalui citraan, sebuah ide yang semula abstrak dapat dibayangkan dan diekspresikan. Citraan merupakan gambaran yang dibangkitkan lewat sebuah kata sehingga pembaca dengan mudah dapat mengimajinasikannya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui jenis citraan apa saja yang terdapat pada kumpulan sajak Orgasmaya karya Hasan Aspahani. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa dari 74 sajak yang dianalisis terdapat 74 data penggalan sajak yang mengandung citraan. Terdapat 11 penggalan sajak yang mengandung citraan penglihatan, 22 penggalan sajak yang mengandung citraan pendengaran, 4 penggalan sajak yang mengandung citraan penciuman, 5 penggalan sajak yang mengandung citraan rasaan, 7 penggalan sajak yang mengandung citraan rabaan, dan 25 penggalan sajak yang mengandung citraan gerak. Berdasarkan analisis citraan kumpulan sajak tersebut terlihat yang paling banyak muncul adalah citraan gerak. Hal ini disebabkan oleh penyair yang mampu memanfaatkan pembaca agar dapat membayangkan gerakan yang digambarkan oleh penyair melalui diksi yang tepat untuk melihat keindahan dan fenomena alam, kehidupan sehari-hari, serta konflik sosial sebagai bangunan citra dalam sajak-sajaknya.

scholarly journals Metafora Konseptual Cinta dalam Lirik Lagu Taylor Swift di Album 1989

SUAR BETANG ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
NFN Irwansyah
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
National Anthem ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Song Lyrics ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This study describes the conceptual metaphors of love in the lyrics of Taylor Swift's 1989 album. The purpose of this study is to describe the use of metaphors and conceptualize love-themed data. This research uses descriptive qualitative method with proficient free listening technique by taking song lyrics from Taylor Swift. The data source is song lyrics in Taylor Swift's 1989 album. The selection of the data sources is motivated by the fact that Taylor Swift is a singer who produces songs based on personal experiences. This makes the puns for the song more beautiful and poetic. The results show that the conceptualization of love metaphors found on Taylor Swift's 1989 album namely (1) love is a game, (2) love is fire, (3) heartbreak is the national anthem, (4) love is the object of trouble, (5) love is the throne, (6) love as glassware, (7) love as an object of color, (8) love is journey, (9) love is a sin, (10) love as a ship object, (11) love is life, (12) love is a trap, (13) love as an object falls, (14) love as an intoxicating object, (15) love is power and (16)  love as an object is hunted.AbstrakPenelitian ini mendeskripsikan metafora konseptual cinta dalam lirik lagu Taylor Swift di album 1989. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan penggunaan metafora dan mengonseptualisasikan data yang bertema cinta. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif dengan teknik simak bebas libat cakap dengan mengambil lirik lagu dari Taylor Swift. Sumber data yang digunakan ialah lirik-lirik lagu pada album 1989 milik Taylor Swift. Pemilihan sumber data dilatarbelakangi bahwa Taylor Swift seorang penyanyi yang menghasilkan lagu berdasarkan pengalaman pribadi bersama pasangannya. Hal ini memunculkan permainan kata-kata yang terkesan lebih indah dan puitis. Hasil identifikasi menunjukkan konseptualisasi metafora cinta yang ditemukan pada album 1989 milik Taylor Swift antara lain (1) cinta adalah permainan, (2) cinta adalah api, (3) patah hati adalah lagu kebangsaan, (4) cinta sebagai objek masalah, (5) cinta adalah takhta, (6) cinta sebagai barang pecah belah, (7) cinta sebagai objek warna, (8) cinta adalah perjalanan, (9) cinta sebagai perbuatan dosa, (10) cinta sebagai objek kapal, (11) cinta adalah kehidupan, (12) cinta adalah perangkap, (13) cinta sebagai objek yang jatuh, (14) cinta sebagai objek yang memabukkan, (15) cinta adalah kekuatan, dan (16) cinta sebagai objek yang diburu.

scholarly journals African American Vernacular English (AAVE) Used by Rich Brian: A Sociolinguistic Investigation

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-72
Author(s):  
Intan Tia Ajeng Aryani
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
African American Vernacular English ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Vernacular English ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Song Lyrics ◽  
American Vernacular ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

The author investigated the use of AAVE by Brian Imanuel or Rich Brian in his rap song lyrics. This study aimed to identify the grammatical features of AAVE in Brian's Amen album. Further, this study was also explored the underlying effect on Brian's use of AAVE. This study applied a descriptive-qualitative method. The context of the data in this study was song lyrics. The results are as follows: Brian rap song lyrics' contained 7 out of AAVE's 13 grammatical features. Those are copula absence, invariant be, completive done, specialized auxiliaries, negation, nominal, and ain't. The causal effect on the use of AAVE by Brian is influenced by the environment or neighborhoods where he grew up. Growing up around his friends who use AAVE in their daily conversation leads him to obtain AAVE's native-like control. Likewise, AAVE's use was the main effect of the linguistic marketplace in order to project identities in stable ways.

scholarly journals AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN TAYLOR SWIFT’S SONG LYRICS

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 261
Author(s):  
Wilya Setiawati ◽  
Maryani Maryani
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Song Lyric ◽  
Song Lyrics ◽  
Contextual Meaning ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

AbstractThis research is entitled An Analysis of Figurative Language in Taylor Swift's song lyrics it aims to know the types of figurative language that are used in Taylor swift lyrics and describe the contextual meaning of the figurative language used in Taylor's lyrics. The research data is obtained from two songs from one albumof Taylor Swift. The album titled Red with three songs taken entitles Red and 22. This research uses descriptive qualitative method in observation and library research in collecting data of this research. Figurative language found consists of simile, metaphor, hyperbole, paradox, irony and personification. In this research, these findingsshow that hyperbole is the most dominant in Taylor Swift’s song and based on the contextual meaning of overall song lyrics of Taylor Swift tell about conflict, pain heart and deeply treachery.Keywords: song, lyric, figurative language, contextual meaning

scholarly journals ANALYZING THE DEIXIS OF SONG LYRICS IN ADELE ENTITLED ALL I ASK

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Rian Abdus Salamudin ◽  
Efransyah Efransyah
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
First Person ◽  
Second Person ◽  
The Third ◽  
Spatial Deixis ◽  
Third Person ◽  
Song Lyric ◽  
Song Lyrics ◽  
The Third Person ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

The title of this research is analyzing the Deixis of Song Lyrics in Adele entitled “All I Ask”. The researchers used a descriptive qualitative method in this research. This research are aimed to find out the types of deixis (Personal, Spatial, and Temporal) and the most dominant deixis which found in the lyrics of Adele's song. Based on the results and discussion, the researchers concluded that all deixis which proposed by Yule are found in Adele’s song lyrics. Personal deixis is mostly found in 38 occurrences dominate in this song. The words are “I, me, we, our, ours, us, and my” as the first person deixis, “you, and your” as the second person deixis, and “they and it” as the third person deixis. In the second position is spatial deixis, this, and in your eyes which found in 5 occurrences. The third position is temporal deixis, coming next, tomorrow, and last night which found in 3 occurrences. Keywords:  Deixis, Song, Lyric 

scholarly journals A DEIXIS ANALYSIS OF SONG LYRICS IN “I WANT TO BREAK FREE” BY QUEEN

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 244
Author(s):  
Sutrisno Saputra ◽  
Yanuarti Apsari
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Spatial Deixis ◽  
Song Lyrics ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

A Deixis Analysis of Song Lyrics in Queen “I Want to Break Free”. The aim of the research are to analyze the three types of deixis analysis using Yule (1996) theory and to identify the dominant deixis found in the lyrics. Researchers chose this song as the subject of analysis because of the song's popularity and it also consisted of deictic words and reference meanings. This study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. The data this research are lyrics of “I want to break free” song by Queen. In addition, this song was classified into three types of deixis analysis based on their own criteria. The result of the research showed that there are three types of deixis found in the song. They are: Person deixis (94%), Spatial deixis: (3%), Temporal deixis: (3%). In addition, the highest percentage of all is Person deixis. It means that the use of personal deixis indicated the participant in this song.  Keywords:  Analysis, Deixis, Song, Lyrics 

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