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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
This chapter discusses the answer of the problems which have been presented in the first chapter. According to the problem formulation, this research
divides metaphoric expression s which are found in Coldplay’s song lyrics into
several types.
A. The Classifications of Metaphors
In order to narrow the scope of metaphor’s classifications which found in Coldplay’s song lyrics, this study used types of metaphor which are
presented by Mildred L. Larson. In her book entitled Meaning-Based Translation: A Guide to Cross-Language Equivalence, Larson
distinguished metaphor into two classifications, they are dead metaphor and live metaphor. The description of both classifications of metaphor include
their placement based on the song lyrics are as follow:
1. Dead Metaphor
Dead metaphor is a figurative language with popular usage. It uses conventional or daily expression so that people are familiar with it.
People do not longer put their attention to the point why dead metaphor expressions were formed because they are used in daily usage. When a
dead metaphor is used, the person listening or reading does not thing about the primary sense of the words, but only about the idiomatic sense
directly Larson, 1998: 274.
Dead metaphor is also used to call idioms. Idiom is also a common figurative expression which its usage is found daily. That is why dead
metaphor is considered the same as idioms. An idiom is a dead metaphor. That is, the person using it no longer thinks of the comparison
on which it was based Larson, 1998: 274. Another figure who said that a dead metaphor is an idiom is
Weston W. Fields in his study entitled The Translation of Biblical Live and Dead Metaphor and Similes and Other Idioms. A dead metaphor
may be defined simply as a fixed idiom, a metaphor which has become so much part of the language that the original impetus for its usage may
even forgotten http:biblicalstudies.org.ukpdfgtj02-2_191.pdf This study finds several common idioms which exists in
Coldplay’s song lyrics, they are:
No. Song Title Song Lyrics
Idiom Meaning
Source
1. Till
Kingdom Comes
For you, I’d wait till the
kingdom comes
till the kingdom
comes forever or for
a long time McGraw-Hill
Dictionary of American
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
2002
2. Swallowed
in the Sea You put me
in a shelf and kept me for
yourself put me
in a shelf
to cause someone not
to be available
Cambridge Dictionary of
American Idioms 2003
3. Yes
But night makes a fool
of us in daylight
makes a fool
to make someone look
foolish McGraw-Hill
Dictionary of American
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
2002
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