which could not be found in the library, for example, a journal. After finding the data, the researcher would compile it and used it as the supporting material toward
the researcher finding and opinion. Based on the main idea, this study uses psychological approach.
After finding the main data and the supporting source, the researcher tried to discuss the song and analyze his finding. In analyzing the song, the researcher used
the approach and theories to answer the problems. The last step was drawing the conclusion from the result of the analysis.
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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
This chapter answers the questions of the problem formulation which are stated in chapter I. Firstly, this chapter discusses content of the songs. Secondly, it
discusses the meaning of the trilogy through library study. The trilogy consists of: “Don’t Cry”, “November Rain”, and “Estranged”.
A. The Content of the Songs
“Don’t Cry”, “November Rain”, and “Estranged” are basically popular songs from
Guns N’ Roses, written by Axl Rose. Axl has modified his style and tone to fit the subject matter and mood in his poems. Here, the subject matter is the theme
in his poems which are flawed relationship and regrets. Since he is a musician, he combined his mood in making song lyrics or his poem and fitted it to be a song in
order to be sung. As mentioned in the introduction part,
“Don’t Cry”, “November Rain”, and “Estranged” are songs about flawed relationship and regrets. The writer of this
songs’ lyrics, Axl Rose has put such a good analogy in portraying the discord. In order to make a clear understanding about the lyrics and to find its literal
meaning, the researcher provides line-by-line and stanza-by-stanza analysis on the lyrics as follows:
a. Don’t Cry
The First Stanza
Talk to me softly l.1 Theres something in your eyes l.2
Dont hang your head in sorrow l.3 And please dont cry l.4
I know how you feel inside l.5 Ive been there before l.6
Somethins changin inside you l.7 And dont you know l.8
From the stanza above, the researcher found that Axl could see Stephanie’s
unspoken words through her eyes. It can be seen on the second and seventh line of the stanza:
Theres something in your eyes l.2
and
Somethins changin inside you l.7.
Axl felt that something wrong had happened to his relationship. That
something
was when Stephanie was opening her eyes to the harsh realities of life; e
specially the life reality in Rock n’ Roll or Punk Rock environment at that time, where true “love” is almost impossible to find, because men and women in these
scenes tend to be “adventurous” and go around with different whores. Axl knew what felt by Stephanie inside her heart at that time because he has
experienced the same problem and the same mistakes in the past; and that was the
