A Stylistic Study Of Figurative Language In Katy Perry?s Song Lyrics From Witness Album

This research is aimed at taking comprehensive understanding regarding the type of figurat ive language wit hin the song lyrics in Kat y Perry?s Witness (2017) album to know what her perspectives about her country (USA) especially after the 2016 election. After understanding the type of figurative language, it is then related and connected to the idea of the author. The utilized theories in this research are stylistics by Geoffrey Leech and Mick Short and figurative language by Laurence Perrine. This study uses qualitative method and content analysis approach since the object of the analysis is formed as song lyrics. Adopting the Perrine?s theory of figurat ive language, it is discovered that there are only seven of twelve types of figurative language i.e. simile, metaphor, personification, metonymy, symbol, hyperbole, and irony. Metaphor mostly dominates in the song lyrics with its total eight times (29,63%) of occurrence. After finding the type of figurative language, the researcher relates the meaning of figurative language to the context in the data. Hence, it is discovered that the author?s political perspective and women empowerment in metaphor which dominates the type of figurative language