lyric. The result of the research hopefully will be useful for the process of learning English literature.
E. Research Methodology
1. The Objective of the Study
The objective of this research is to know about the figures of speech and to know these figures of speech convey the theme of song lyrics.
2. The Method of the Research
The research uses descriptive method about kinds of figures of speech and
its meaning. The analysis of the research contains detail explanation in the lyrics of Manic Street Preachers in album Send Away The Tigers, especially in figures of
speech then followed by theme analysis.
3. Technique of Data Analysis
The data collected from lyrics of Manic Street Preachers in album Send Away the Tigers will be analyzed by qualitative based on figurative language.
4. The Unit of Data Analysis
The unit of data analysis in this research is lyrics of Manic Street Preachers in album Send Away The Tigers.
5. Research Instrument
The instrument in this research is the writer himself as a research instrument. The data which are related to the song lyrics will be found by collecting,
reading, scanning and identifying the figures of speech.
6. Time and Place
The research is accomplished in State Islamic University in Semester 9, 2007. It took place in Library of Adab and Humanities Faculty, the Center Library of
Syarief Hidayatullah State Islamic University and the Library of Department of Cultural Science University of Indonesia.
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
The language that often appears in poetry is referential. It describes an object, event, and certain reality which is coherent with idea, feeling, view, or the
messages conveyed. The poets always used abstract words to make their poetry more imaginative and interesting.
Poetry has denotative words as the basic part of the meaning. Denotative word is the using of dictionary meaning of the word. It also has connotative word.
The connotative word is additional meaning by using the abstract word to make poetry more imaginative. The connotative words have many influences to the
meaning and theme of poetry. To know the words in poetry such denotative, connotative, meaning and
theme, the writer appoints and analyzes one of fundamental elements of poetry that is figurative speech.
A. Figure of Speech
