4. ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONS FOUND IN ENRIQUE IGLESSIAS’S SELECTED SONGS LYRICS
4.1 The Types of Figurative Expressions
The data from the analysis is the Enrique Iglessias’s selected songs lyrics. I choose 14 songs that it quite familiar to me. I have given code ‘A, B, C, up to T’
to each song. The lines of lyrics or the expression are ascended by ordinal number 1, 2, 3, and so on. Both codes go together to display certain cases that can be
found in certain line of songs lyrics. For instance, the code “E12” means that case is found in data “E”, line “12”.
Before the analysis, let sees the list of figurative expression that found in the data.
I. Hyperbole
1. B6 Would you tremble if I touched your lips?
2. B9 Now would you die for the one you loved?
3. B13 I will sand by you forever.
4. C6 I never want to let go.
5. C7 I wish that this night would never end.
6. C9 Could I have this kiss for a lifetime.
7. C13 Could I hold you for all time.
8. C16 Over and over I’ve dreamed of this night.
9. C25 C26 I just want all my days spent being next to you.
10. D1 Have I told you how good it feels to be me.
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11. D17 I made a millions mistakes.
12. E13 I’m so sick and tired of crying.
13. E14 So tonight, it’s time, just fly.
14. E20 Though it hurts so bad.
15. G10 I’m going through hell.
16. G15 Somebody can’t breathe without you it’s lonely.
17. H9 I knew you before I knew my self.
18. K17 It’s so hard to even try.
19. M5 When you get close I shiver.
20. M20 All I need is to love you girl.
II. Metaphor
1. B5 And would you save my soul tonight?
2. B12 I can kiss away the pain.
3. B14 You can take my breath away.
4. B15 would you swear that you’ll always be mine?
5. B19 Have I lost my mind?
6. C11 Could I have this night to share this night together.
7. D11 But you’re the drug.
8. D19 There is a storm in my head.
9. D20 Its rain on my bed.
10. D28 ‘till I hit reality.
11. E22 E23 I know my love for you is still alive.
12. F4 Because you built a wall around your heart.
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13. G24 Cuz youre always right here in my thoughts.
14. H4 Since I felt your pain.
15. I5 Says what a crazy night I had.
16. I14 Now I’m left up in my lonely room.
17. J15 She be the one
18. J17 She’s gonna take you high, take your love,
19. J19 She be the bomb.
20. K3 K4 ‘Cause baby half the fun is in us figuring it all out.
21. L16 That shy smile’s sweet, that’s a fact.
22. N1 Funny how the years.
23. N7 I was runnin free.
24. N13 You died in me.
III. Personification
1. D25 Love is going through to me.
2. F5 Do the thoughts in your head keep you up.
3. I7 But her kiss tells me its goodbye.
4. L5 Sad eyes never lie.
5. L12 L13 Well if something in the air feels a little unkind, Dont worry
darling, itll slip your mind. 6.
N1 N2 Funny how the years, They just pass us by.
IV. Synecdoche
1. C1 Over and over I look in your eyes.
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2. F14 would you want all the world to know.
3. H18 We never made time for you and I.
4. J22 She hits a club.
V. Simile
- I25 Baby like a blind man I rushed in.
VI. Irony
- E4 To tell the truth, we lie.
VII. Oxymoron
- N26 Why was i too blind to see.
4.2. The Literal Analysis of the Figurative Sentences
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