Figurative Language in Song lyrics My Way by Frank sinatra

Authors

  • Anna Catharina Samosir Methodist University of Indonesia
  • Martina Girsang Girsang Universitas Methodist Indonesia
  • Bernardus Batara Tuahta Praditya Ginting Universitas Methodist Indonesia
  • Asima Rohana Parulian Tamba Universitas Methodist Indonesia
  • Jessica Anastasia Kianlin Universitas Methodist Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24256/ideas.v11i1.3652

Abstract

Interest in the meaning of song lyrics “My Way†by Frank Sinatra has made the writers do this research. This research aims to know how many types and what is the meaning of figurative language used by the song writer in this song lyrics. In this song lyrics the writers found four types of figurative language, they are: metaphor, repetition, hyperbole, and paradox. The writers took the song lyrics from genius.com/Frank-Sinatra-my-way-lyrics. The dominant types are metaphor and repetition. They are used to show and to say his/her feeling and the experienced too. The feelings and the experiences are the happy and the sad one. Actually, how to face this life it depends on the person. Finally, he/she the one who face what the life brings to his way.

Author Biography

Anna Catharina Samosir, Methodist University of Indonesia

English and Literature Department

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2023-08-22

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2023): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature

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