<![CDATA[Semantics is one of the wealthiest and most exciting parts of linguistics. Nowadays, songs play an essential role in people's lives, especially if the songs have good and meaningful lyrics. In addition, meaning also has a vital role in explaining each word in a sentence, thus learning semantics is essential. Many songs use figurative language to express their art in literacy. Song writers use figurative language to express their feelings and thoughts in songs. Sometimes people also use songs for different purposes such as relaxation, entertainment, or learning. This research was conducted to examine the songs from Kanye West in the album Jesus Is King. This study aims to identify the types of figurative language and analyse the most dominant types of figurative language used in Kanye West's song lyrics in the album "Jesus Is King." The research method used in compiling this thesis was a qualitative approach. The tool used in this research was textual analysis. To answer the research problem, the researcher used figurative language theory by Greg Johnson and Thomas R. Arp (2016) to identify and analyse figurative language in song lyrics. The researcher also used the Oxford Learner's Dictionary to find out the meaning of words in sentences. The data, which is the song lyrics of Kanye West in Jesus Is King album, counted eleven songs were obtained through Genius. The research results showed that there were only nine songs whose lyrics contained figurative language on the album of the eleven songs. In these nine songs, 38 figurative languages were found in the lyrics. There were nine types of figurative language they were metaphor with 19 numbers, simile with seven numbers, symbols with three numbers, metonymy, overstatement, and irony with two numbers, personification, allegory, and understatement with 1 number, and the last type of figurative language which not appearing was apostrophe and paradox. Based on this research, it can be concluded that the most dominant type of figurative language in Kanye West's songs was a metaphor. The researcher hopes that this research will be helpful as a reference for future researchers interested in conducting research in the field of semantics.]]>
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