AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ON THE LYRICS OF PINK FLOYD’S SELECTED SONGS

This thesis entitled “An Analysis of Figurative Languages on the Lyrics of Pink Floyd’s Selected Songs”. Attempts to describe the kinds of figurative languages and the meaning of figurative languages. Formalism theory uses to analyzed the types of figurative language found in song lyrics, and then data analyzed by using descriptive qualitative method. The figurative languages are focused on metaphor, hyperbole, personification, repetition, symbol, synecdoche, and simile. The data of research were acquired from four Pink Floyd selected songs the most popular ones. Those are, Wish you were here, Shine on you crazy diamond, Money, and Mother. After analyzed the song lyrics, the researcher found that: (1) there are eight kinds of figurative languages found those are as simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, symbol, synecdoche, and repetition. (2) each lyrics is certainly does have a message directed to the listener in order to describe or figure out the intention and idea after listening and read the song. (3) Symbol is kind of figurative language that most dominant used in song lyrics then hyperbole, repetition, metaphor, simile, and the last one synecdoche. The existence of figurative language is not only to complete understanding of song, but to make beautify and clarity the understanding of the song lyrics.