Journal of English Language and Pedagogy
Vol 6 No 1 (2023)

Figurative language in song lyric “Take Me to Your Heart” by MLTR

Rahman, Abdul Ambar (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Aug 2023

Abstract

The material object of this paper is one of the songs sung by a band from Denmark, namely, Michael Learns to Rock, entitled "Take Me to Your Heart," which was released in 2004. Many of the song lyrics use literal language and are easy to understand. But the different "Take Me to Your Heart" song is a full style of language, like figurative language, which is interesting to analyze. Therefore, the formal object of this paper is the theory of figurative language. This research employed the qualitative model. The data showed seven types of figurative language found in the lyrics of this song: two allusions, three hyperboles, one metaphor, one personification, one repetition, one anaphora, and one assonance.

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ELP

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Subject

Education Other

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Journal of English Language and Pedagogy is an official scientific journal of the Direktorat Pascasarjana Pendidikan, Universitas Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa, Indonesia. Journal of English Language and Pedagogy is a refereed publication devoted to research articles, and reports concerned with the ...