42 himself or even others. The man does not miss the mistake that makes his
relationship with his woman end.
9. Sarcasm
According to Haiman 1998, “sarcasm refers to a satirical or ironic
utterance that is intended to convey a negative attitude, insult, or offend” as cited in Jay, 2003, p. 331. There is one example of the line which is sarcastic. The
example is I pray to God you don‟t see the silent hell in I wish you well No Good
in Goodbye, line 22. The word hell is intended to give his woman negative things. The meaning that is conveyed by the words is that the man wants the
woman to be hurt or got something bad since she left him.
10. Personification
Lakoff and Johnson 2003, p. 33 state that personification is “where the
physical object is further specified as being a person. ” The things which are
nonhuman can be seen as human by giving them motivations, characteristics, and activities of human Lakoff Johnson, 2003, p. 33.
There are nine examples of the lines consisting personification. The first example of the line consisting personification is
they took away the prophet‟s dream Superheroes, line 3.
“They” refers to all the meaner which means that it is an inanimate thing, but the songwriters make it can take away the prophet‟s
dream. The second example is the line a heart of steel starts to grow Superheroes, line 6. Starting to grow is an ability that is owned by living things,
43 but in the lyrics it is written that a heart of steel which is an inanimate thing that
do that. That is the evidence that the line express a personification meaning. The third example of the line expressing personification is my heart, my
heart is heavy, and it sinks like a stone It‟s not Right for You, line 2. “It” refers
to the man‟s heart, so that it is personification because it is given an animate characteristic which can sink. Since in the real life, it is impossible to see a heart
sinking. Another line consisting personification is my hands, my hands are scarred by the things I shouldn‟t have done It‟s not Right for You, line 14. The
things are inanimate things, but they can hurt him. It means that he is annoyed and regrets since he does not do things that he should have done. He might skip
chances that came to him so that he feels hurt. The next example is the line so it‟s
before too late and it‟s killing you yeah It‟s not Right for You, line 25. Based on the context,
“it” refers to a condition where they do not do anything and they do not improve themselves. It is given a human‟s characteristic which can kill
people. The next personification expression is in the line
it‟s not the end, cause the energy never dies The Energy Never Dies, line 16. The energy is an animate
thins which is given a human characteristic which can die. The line means that the couple‟s love never ends whatever and whenever the condition is. The last two
examples of the lines consisting personification are gonna tear this world apart and the world still sings along Without those Songs, lines 10 and 13. The songs
are going to tear this world apart and it is the evidence of using personification. Songs are inanimate things, but then they are given a human characteristic that
44 can tear something. The world is indeed an animate thing, but it is given a human
characteristic that can sing. The world means all humans who live in the world.
B. Predominant Types of Figurative Language in The Script’s Album No
Sound without Silence
This section focuses on the second research problem which is to find out the types of figurative language which predominate in t
he lyrics of The Script‟s album No Sound without Silence. Based on the analysis, the researcher finds that
there are ten types of figurative language found in the lyrics, namely metaphor, simile, hyperbole, meiosis, idiomatic expressions, rhetorical questions,
metonymy, irony, sarcasm and personification. The complete findings are presented in Table 4.1.
Table 4.1 Number of the Use Figurative Language Types by Song Title
Song Titles Me
Si H
Mi IE
RQ My
Ir S
P
1. No Good in Goodbye
2 1
4 1
1 2. Man on a Wire
1 1
2 5
3. Never Seen Anything Quite Like You
1 11
4. Army of Angels 4
2 3
5. Superheroes 4
1 2
2 6. Flares
2 11
7. It‟s not Right for You 1
7 1
4 3
8. The Energy Never Dies
2 9
2 1
1 9. Paint the Town Green
4 2
2 4
1 10. Hail Rain or
Sunshine 2
1 1
11. Without those Songs
3 15
2 Total
6 9
46 5
9 39
4 1
1 9
Percentage 4,65
6,97 35,65
3,87 6,97
30,23 3,10
0,78 0,78
6,97
Abbreviations: Me
: Metaphor IE
: Idiomatic Expressions Ir
: Irony Si
: Simile RQ
: Rhetorical Questions S
: Sarcasm H
: Hyperbole My
: Metonymy P
