TRAVERSE - Journal of Language and Applied Linguistics
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2025): Journal of Language and Applied Linguistics January 2025

Personification in All Things Bright and Beautiful Selected Songs

Juwita Putri, Adelya (Unknown)
Putu Devi Maharani (Unknown)
Putu Desi Anggerina Hikmaharyanti (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
11 Nov 2025

Abstract

The aims of this study to classified type of personification in All Things Bright and Beautiful selected songs and their meanings. The theory that is used for this research from Kennedy (1995:677) to analyze the type of personification from the lyrics in the songs, such as: Alligator Sky, Plant Life, Angels, The Real World which lyrics contain with personification in the lyrics. Meanwhile, to describe the meaning contained in the lyrics of the song, this research used theory meaning from Leech (1981:5-9) and used descriptive qualitative method based on context situation. In this study used a table to describe the classification of the data that were analyzed. After classifying the data according to the type of personification and the meanings obtained, it continued by concluding the meaning of lyrics in each selected song. There are several lyrics containing personification found, based on the theory from Kennedy (1995:677) but there were only found 4 types of meaning from 7 types meaning based on the theory of Leech (1981:5-9) they are affective meaning and reflected meaning.

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traverse

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Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

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Journal of Language and Applied Linguistics (TRAVERSE) is a journal aims to be a peer-reviewed platform and an authoritative source of information. We publish original research papers, review articles and case studies focused on language teaching, learning and applied linguistics context. The scope ...