AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN ZAIN BHIKHA'S SELECTED SONG LYRICS

Nizar, Luthfi Asifatu. Student Registered Number. 12203173095. 2021. An Analysis of Figurative Language in Zain Bhikha’s Selected Song Lyrics. Sarjana Thesis. English Education Department. Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training. IAIN Tulungagung. Advisor: Dr. Nurul Chojimah, M.Pd. Keywords: Figurative language, song, lyric Variations in language in this time began to vary in type, let especially in the use of various styles of language. One example of language diversity is the use of figurative language, which is found in various literary works, such as a song. Many songwriters, especially modern songwriters now, use figurative language in each of their lyrics in order to beautify their songs. Therefore, an understanding of figurative language is needed, so that when listening to songs, we can understand the meaning, message and emotions that songwriters want to convey through their songs. In this study, the researcher found about the figurative language of Zain Bhikha's song which has various meanings, moral messages, and various kinds of new knowledge for listeners. This Zain Bhikha’s song has been nominated for the MOMO Awards alongside Maher Zain's songs. The uniqueness of Zain Bhikha's songs is that almost all the adapted songs or translated into English from Arabic poems and songs. He also writes songs that he sings himself, so that he tells a lot about his life going from he was a child to an adult with many achievements that he has achieved. The formulation of the research problems in this study were (1) What are the kinds of figurative language found in Zain Bhikha selected songs? (2) What messages are found in the songs through understanding figurative language used in the selected songs of Zain Bhikha?. The aims of the research from the thesis are (1) To find out the kind of figurative language found in Zain Bhikha selected song lyrics (2) To understand the message of the songs of Zain Bhikha. In this study, the researcher uses descriptive qualitative research because in this study, the researcher wanted to describe a problem in the form of a phenomenon found in the researcher’s daily life. The researcher found that there is still a lack of appreciation of a person towards literary works at this time, which occurs due to several things. One of the example is the lack of a person's level of understanding about literary works. Therefore, in this study, the researcher used this method to describe the problem of understanding figurative language. The research design used is content analysis, because this research is an in-depth discussion of the content of an information in the mass media. The content intended in this research is various materials about figurative language and selected songs from Zain Bhikha and then analyzed in depth to solve the research problem in the study. Research instrument that used is documentation technique because in this study, to obtain data and information the researcher got it from books, archives, documents, and various other types of written information that can support this research. The data analysis of this research is following the steps as follows (1) Researcher have searched for song lyrics that contain figurative language (2) Researcher have identified parts of song lyrics that contain figurative language and have given a sign in the form of underscores (3) Researcher have classified the types of figurative language found (4) Researcher have understood the meaning of the song (5) Researcher have determined the message of each analyzed song (6) Researcher have re-analyzed the results found to avoid mistakes in the previous analysis. The results of this study show that (1) Kinds of figurative language of the selected lyrics of Zain Bhikha’s songs are: 18 hyperbole, 5 parallelism, 3 irony, 26 metonymies, 3 personification, 3 simile, 4 synecdoches, 13 repetition, and 2 paradoxes. (2) The message of each song found dominant is about the greatness of God and the struggle in life. Based on the results from the study, the researcher hope for song listeners to add a lot of knowledge about the figurative language, so that when they listen to certain songs they can enjoy the music and understand the meaning of the song. The researcher hope that in the future later another researchers can conduct research on figurative language better and more attractive, using other types of literary works that are still rarely used such as drama. In addition, it can also use the same literary work but use different types of songs and the song is trending heard by most people, so people will be more interested in reading the research