AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE FOUND IN THE SONG LYRICS OF DOJA CAT’S ALBUM ENTITLED “PLANET HER”

Abstract

This study aims to identify and analyze the meaning of figurative language found in the song lyrics from Doja Cat’s Album entitled “Planet Her”. The data in this study were directly taken from Doja’s Cat third album. The album consists of ten songs. The collected data were analyzed using qualitative and descriptive method. In collecting data, researchers used several steps used in collecting this data are; (1) Listening Doja Cat songs in album planet her (2) Note–taking to find out figurative language is used in doja cat song lyrics. (3) Analyze the data and categorize it into types of figurative language.

The result of this study shows that there are nine types of figurative language found in song lyrics. They were imagery, metaphor, irony, personification, hyperbole, alliterations, simile, assonance, consonance, and repetition. Most of the figurative expressions found in those songs were similes. The totally is 35 figuratives languange that was found 1 imagery, 2 metaphors, 1 irony, 1 personafications, 12 hyperboles, 7 alliterations, 19 similes, 5 assonances, 2 consonances, and 4 repetitions.