The analysis of figurative language in Bohemian Rhapsody’s lyric by Queen

The analysis of figurative language in Bohemian Rhapsody’s lyric by Queen

• By Putra, Octa Pratama;
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Background:  Throughout the lyric, -from music- there must be emblazoning with the
meaning within it.
Purpose: This study is coincided in seeking out the use of figurative language’s content
in Bohemian Rhapsody’s lyric by Queen.
Design and methods: Whereupon, the qualitative approach with design of content
analysis is used in this study. The researcher acts as the main instrument since analyzing
it. The focus on this study shows twenty figurative languages usage in it. The entire data
is analyzed through three stages; 1). Data reduction, 2). Data representation, 3).
Conclusion.
Results: The result of this study shows there are 20 kinds of figurative languages; they
are; Alliteration (3 lines), assonance and consonance (1 line), Hyperbole (1 line), Imagery
(2 lines), Internal rhyme (1 line), Irony (1 line), metaphor (2 lines), and Onomatopoeia (1
line) Personification (1 line), Repetition (1 line), Simile (1 line), and symbolism (two
lines). The researcher concludes, the figurative language used by this lyric is to bring the
meaning coming up with beautiful language.

• Katakunci figurative language; lyric; bohemian rhapsody
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