Figurative Language Analysis in Avicii’s Song Lyrics Entitled Without You, The Nights, and Addicted to You.

Abstract

This research contains figurative language elements in which are used in three of Avicii’s song
lyrics entitled Without You, The Nights, and Addicted to You. The purpose of this research is to
identify the types of figurative language found in three Avicii’s song lyrics and to analyze the
meaning of those figurative languages found in three Avicii’s song lyrics. To analyze his
research, the thesis writer uses figurative language theory by Leech and uses descriptive
qualitative research design. In this research, twenty three figurative languages are found and six
types of figurative language are found, those are personification, simile, metaphor, hyperbole,
irony, and metonymy. The most dominant types of figurative language are personification with
eight evidences and hyperbole with eight evidences.
Keywords: Semantics, Figurative Language