IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature
Vol. 13 No. 2 (2025): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Lite

Investigating Figurative Language Use in the Selected Songs of “Wicked: For Good” Musical Fantasy Film

Srimaharani Tanjung (Unknown)
Abdurrohman Septiadi (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Dec 2025

Abstract

The aim of this research is to interpret the figurative language in the lyrics of the songs that accompany the movie “Wicked: For Good”. The data consisted of the lyrics to all the songs (6 songs) in the soundtrack of “Wicked: For Good”. This research utilized a combination of descriptive qualitative method and content analysis design in order to demonstrate the types of figurative language and their meanings used in soundtracks. The soundtracks of the movies contained ascribed nine different types of figurative language comprising of personification, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, symbolism, irony, paradox, alliteration and repetition. Personification has five data points (10%), metaphor has twelve data points (24%), hyperbole has six data points (12%), irony has nine data points (18%), symbolism has five data points (10%), paradox has two data points (4%), alliteration has two data points (4%), and repetition has four data points (8%). The song lyrics from the soundtrack of the movie "Wicked: For Good" revealed that the soundtrack employed a lot of metaphor to construct songs because figurative language may make a song more artistic, meaningful, and aesthetically pleasing. "Wicked: For Good" is a musical fantasy movie, and students can learn figurative language through movies.

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Abbrev

ideas

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Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

IDEAS Journal is published twice a year in the months of June and December (P-ISSN 2338-4778 and E-ISSN 2548-4192); it presents articles on English language teaching and learning, linguistics, and literature. The contents include analyses, studies and application of theories, research report, ...