The Analysis Of Metaphors Found In Westlife’s Song Lyrics Chapter III IV
3. ANALYSIS
3.1 Simile
A simile is a figure of speech that says that one thing is like another
different thing. In song “Easy” the expression of metaphor in term of simile has
been found one similes, in the song “Total Eclipse of The Heart” have been found
two sinile.
They are:
(1) I’m easy like Sunday morning, yeah
Simile of this lyric is like followed by the phrase Sunday morning.
Sunday is the day of the week following Saturday but before Monday. Sunday is a
day of rest in most Western countries, as a part of the weekend. For most
Christians, Sunday is observed as a day of worship and rest, holding it as the
Lord's Day and the day of Christ's resurrection. In some Muslim countries and
Israel, Sunday is the first work day of the week. According to the Hebrew
calendars and traditional Christian calendars, Sunday is the first day of the week,
and according to the International Organization for Standardization ISO 8601
Sunday is the seventh and last day of the week. No century in the Gregorian
calendar starts on a Sunday, whether its first year is considered to be '00 or '01.
The Jewish New Year never falls on a Sunday. The rules of the Hebrew calendar
are designed such that the first day of Rosh Hashanah will never occur on the first,
fourth, or sixth day of the Jewish week (Sunday, Wednesday or Friday). So, in
this sentence describe someone has a very enjoy.
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(2) Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
It contains an expression of simile that is like followed by the phrase
shadow. In this sententence, shadow is A shadow is a space where light from a
light source is blocked by an opaque object. It occupies all of the threedimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross section of
a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, or reverse projection of the object
blocking the light. It happens so because he felt a calms in her life.
(3) And I’m lying like a child in your arms
This has also an expression of using the word like followed by a child as
as element of simile. a child (plural: children) is a human being between the stages
of birth and puberty. The legal definition of child generally refers to a minor,
otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority. Child may also
describe a relationship with a parent (such as sons and daughters of any age) or,
metaphorically, an authority figure, or signify group membership in a clan, tribe,
or religion; it can also signify being strongly affected by a specific time, place, or
circumstance, as in "a child of nature" or "a child of the Sixties". It happens so
because he repeated as a child.
3.2 Hyperbole
Hyperbole is the use of obvious and deliberate exaggeration. In the song
entitle “You light up my life”, “The dance”, “Easy” has two hyperbole, in the
song “The rose” have been found six hyperbole, in the song “Total eclipse of the
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heart” have been found four hyperbole, and in the song “All out of love” have
been found two hyperbole.
They are:
(1) So many nights I’d sit by my window
A normal human sleeps when he or she is not awake. Usually, this is
during the night. During the day time, most people are awake. They work, go to
school or university, or do other things. Many people sleep for a short time in the
early afternoon for a quick rest. This is often called a nap. So, he may not sit
overnight night.
(2) You light up my days
It is too exaggerate the fact because day is the time it takes the Earth to
spin around once. It is day time on the side of the Earth that is facing the Sun.
When it is night time, that side of the Earth is facing away from the Sun. It takes
24 hours for the Earth to spin once, so that is one day, including the day time and
night time.
(3) For a moment all the world was right
The World is a common name used to refer to the whole of human
civilization, human experience, history, or the human condition in general
throughout the Earth, or about everything contained on it. So, humans will not
know whether the world was right.
(4) Holding you, I held everything
It is too exaggerate the fact. Not always everything can be held together.
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(5) Everybody wants me to be what they want me to be
It just exaggerates that he has ability to control everything want to be
Herself.
(6) I’ve paid my dues to make it
No one can act beyond his god powers.
(7) I wanna be high, so high
No one can fly high, it is only animals that can fly high.
(8) Some say love, it is arriver
It is too exaggerate the fact, because river begins as a small stream, and
gets bigger the farther it flows.
(9) Some say love, it is a razor
razor is a tool with one or more blades used by men for shaving the hair
from their face, and by women for shaving hair from their legs and underarms.
The earliest razors known are from the Bronze Age. They were made of bronze
and had an oval shape. So love can not be equated with an inanimate object.
(10) Some say love, it is a hunger
It just exaggerate the fact, because Hunger is the feeling of wanting to eat.
The opposite of hunger is called satiety or fullness. The feeling is started in the
hypothalamus, and hormones are released from the liver. People can survive
weeks without eating, but they will start to feel hungry after they have not eaten
for a few hours. Hunger is generally considered quite uncomfortable. People who
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have eaten food usually will feel less hungry, or not hungry at all. People can live
longer without food than without water.
(11) I say love, it is a flower
Love is a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes that ranges from
interpersonal affection ("I love my mother") to pleasure ("I loved that meal"). It
can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment. It can also
be a virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection—"the
unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another" So, love can not
be compared.
(12) Far beneath the bitter snow
Snow can not be felt and do not have a sense . Snow is precipitation in the
form of flakes of crystalline water ice that falls from clouds. Since snow is
composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material. It has an open and
therefore soft, white, and fluffy structure, unless subjected to external pressure.
Snowflakes come in a variety of sizes and shapes. Types that fall in the form of a
ball due to melting and refreezing, rather than a flake, are hail, ice pellets or snow
grains.
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(13) And you think that love is only for the lucky and strong
Love may be understood as a function to keep human beings together
against menaces and to facilitate the continuation of the species. all creatures
deserve to have love in any circumstances.
(14) Of listening to the sound of my tears
Everyone could not hear the sound of tears and tears can flow only.
(15) We’ll be holding on forever
This same hyperbole like the song. “Forever” is the hyperbole of this
sentence. They may not live forever, because every human being will death.
(15) Cause we’ll never be wrong
A wrong can be a legal injury, which is any damage resulting from a
violation of a legal right. It can also imply the state of being contrary to the
principles of justice or law. It means that something is contrary to conscience or
morality and results in treating others unjustly. If the loss caused by a wrong is
minor enough, there is no compensation, which principle is known as de minimis
non curatlex. Otherwise, damages apply. So, every human being ever wrong.
(16) Together we can take it to the end of the line
Hyperbole in this sentences is “Line” as we know, Line is a thoroughfare,
route, or way on land between two places that has been paved or otherwise
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improved to allow travel by foot or some form of conveyance, including a horse,
cart, bicycle, or motor vehicle.
3.3 Personification
Personification is giving human qualities to non human things. In the song
entitle “The dance” has been found three personification, in the song “The rose”
have been found one personification, in the song have been found three
personification.
They are:
(1) Looking Back on the memory of
For memory in the field of information technology, view memory
(computer).
(2) The dance we shared ‘neath the stars above
Your dance can not be on stars. Star is a luminous sphere of plasma held
together by its own gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars
are visible to the naked eye from Earth during the night, appearing as a multitude
of fixed luminous points in the sky due to their immense distance from Earth.
(3) I could have missed the pain
Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli,
such as stubbing a toe, burning a finger, putting alcohol on a cut, and bumping the
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"funny bone". Because it is a complex, subjective phenomenon, defining pain has
been a challenge.
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3.5 The Percentage
There are 22 data found in Westlife’s song lyrics. Below is the number of data in
each type of metaphor:
1) Simile
3 Data
2) Hyperbole
16 Data
3) Personification
3 Data
Could be reported by using couvery’s (2003:196) formula:
N= x / y x 100
Where N= Percentage of the type of metaphor
X= The total number of data found in each type of metaphor
Y= The total number of the whole data of metaphor
Here is the percentage of each type of metaphor:
1) Simile – 3/22x100 = 13,3%
2) Hyperbole – 16/22x100 = 72,7%
3) Personification – 3/22x100 = 13,3%
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4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
4.1 Conclusion
Conclusion of the paper about metaphor. Metaphor is a kind of teaching to
know the concept of reality and common in novels, poetry, and conversation.
There are also many metaphors in the lysrics of the song. After analyzing and
calculating all the data of metaphor in Wetlife’s Song lyrics, one of the writer find
some metaphor of Westlife’s song lyrics. There are found 26 data. There are
found 3 data in the form of simile, 16 data in the form pf hyperbole, and 7 data in
the form of personification. The use of simile is eleven point five percent (11,5%),
hyperbole is sixty percent (16%), and personification is seven percent (7%).
4.2 Suggestion
Metaphor are well known as a stylistic feature of literature, but in fact are
found in almost all language use, other than simple explanations of physical
events in the material world. In daily life we need some figures of speech in
words. Their role to beautify the language. Metaphors can make ordinary
language into a beautiful language.
The writer would like to suggest reviews those who are interested in
literature may look at the metaphor to be analyzed Many people do not know what
it is metaphor. So that those who do not know metaphor in the song lysrics
considers not reasonable.
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3.1 Simile
A simile is a figure of speech that says that one thing is like another
different thing. In song “Easy” the expression of metaphor in term of simile has
been found one similes, in the song “Total Eclipse of The Heart” have been found
two sinile.
They are:
(1) I’m easy like Sunday morning, yeah
Simile of this lyric is like followed by the phrase Sunday morning.
Sunday is the day of the week following Saturday but before Monday. Sunday is a
day of rest in most Western countries, as a part of the weekend. For most
Christians, Sunday is observed as a day of worship and rest, holding it as the
Lord's Day and the day of Christ's resurrection. In some Muslim countries and
Israel, Sunday is the first work day of the week. According to the Hebrew
calendars and traditional Christian calendars, Sunday is the first day of the week,
and according to the International Organization for Standardization ISO 8601
Sunday is the seventh and last day of the week. No century in the Gregorian
calendar starts on a Sunday, whether its first year is considered to be '00 or '01.
The Jewish New Year never falls on a Sunday. The rules of the Hebrew calendar
are designed such that the first day of Rosh Hashanah will never occur on the first,
fourth, or sixth day of the Jewish week (Sunday, Wednesday or Friday). So, in
this sentence describe someone has a very enjoy.
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(2) Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
It contains an expression of simile that is like followed by the phrase
shadow. In this sententence, shadow is A shadow is a space where light from a
light source is blocked by an opaque object. It occupies all of the threedimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross section of
a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, or reverse projection of the object
blocking the light. It happens so because he felt a calms in her life.
(3) And I’m lying like a child in your arms
This has also an expression of using the word like followed by a child as
as element of simile. a child (plural: children) is a human being between the stages
of birth and puberty. The legal definition of child generally refers to a minor,
otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority. Child may also
describe a relationship with a parent (such as sons and daughters of any age) or,
metaphorically, an authority figure, or signify group membership in a clan, tribe,
or religion; it can also signify being strongly affected by a specific time, place, or
circumstance, as in "a child of nature" or "a child of the Sixties". It happens so
because he repeated as a child.
3.2 Hyperbole
Hyperbole is the use of obvious and deliberate exaggeration. In the song
entitle “You light up my life”, “The dance”, “Easy” has two hyperbole, in the
song “The rose” have been found six hyperbole, in the song “Total eclipse of the
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heart” have been found four hyperbole, and in the song “All out of love” have
been found two hyperbole.
They are:
(1) So many nights I’d sit by my window
A normal human sleeps when he or she is not awake. Usually, this is
during the night. During the day time, most people are awake. They work, go to
school or university, or do other things. Many people sleep for a short time in the
early afternoon for a quick rest. This is often called a nap. So, he may not sit
overnight night.
(2) You light up my days
It is too exaggerate the fact because day is the time it takes the Earth to
spin around once. It is day time on the side of the Earth that is facing the Sun.
When it is night time, that side of the Earth is facing away from the Sun. It takes
24 hours for the Earth to spin once, so that is one day, including the day time and
night time.
(3) For a moment all the world was right
The World is a common name used to refer to the whole of human
civilization, human experience, history, or the human condition in general
throughout the Earth, or about everything contained on it. So, humans will not
know whether the world was right.
(4) Holding you, I held everything
It is too exaggerate the fact. Not always everything can be held together.
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(5) Everybody wants me to be what they want me to be
It just exaggerates that he has ability to control everything want to be
Herself.
(6) I’ve paid my dues to make it
No one can act beyond his god powers.
(7) I wanna be high, so high
No one can fly high, it is only animals that can fly high.
(8) Some say love, it is arriver
It is too exaggerate the fact, because river begins as a small stream, and
gets bigger the farther it flows.
(9) Some say love, it is a razor
razor is a tool with one or more blades used by men for shaving the hair
from their face, and by women for shaving hair from their legs and underarms.
The earliest razors known are from the Bronze Age. They were made of bronze
and had an oval shape. So love can not be equated with an inanimate object.
(10) Some say love, it is a hunger
It just exaggerate the fact, because Hunger is the feeling of wanting to eat.
The opposite of hunger is called satiety or fullness. The feeling is started in the
hypothalamus, and hormones are released from the liver. People can survive
weeks without eating, but they will start to feel hungry after they have not eaten
for a few hours. Hunger is generally considered quite uncomfortable. People who
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have eaten food usually will feel less hungry, or not hungry at all. People can live
longer without food than without water.
(11) I say love, it is a flower
Love is a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes that ranges from
interpersonal affection ("I love my mother") to pleasure ("I loved that meal"). It
can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment. It can also
be a virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection—"the
unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another" So, love can not
be compared.
(12) Far beneath the bitter snow
Snow can not be felt and do not have a sense . Snow is precipitation in the
form of flakes of crystalline water ice that falls from clouds. Since snow is
composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material. It has an open and
therefore soft, white, and fluffy structure, unless subjected to external pressure.
Snowflakes come in a variety of sizes and shapes. Types that fall in the form of a
ball due to melting and refreezing, rather than a flake, are hail, ice pellets or snow
grains.
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(13) And you think that love is only for the lucky and strong
Love may be understood as a function to keep human beings together
against menaces and to facilitate the continuation of the species. all creatures
deserve to have love in any circumstances.
(14) Of listening to the sound of my tears
Everyone could not hear the sound of tears and tears can flow only.
(15) We’ll be holding on forever
This same hyperbole like the song. “Forever” is the hyperbole of this
sentence. They may not live forever, because every human being will death.
(15) Cause we’ll never be wrong
A wrong can be a legal injury, which is any damage resulting from a
violation of a legal right. It can also imply the state of being contrary to the
principles of justice or law. It means that something is contrary to conscience or
morality and results in treating others unjustly. If the loss caused by a wrong is
minor enough, there is no compensation, which principle is known as de minimis
non curatlex. Otherwise, damages apply. So, every human being ever wrong.
(16) Together we can take it to the end of the line
Hyperbole in this sentences is “Line” as we know, Line is a thoroughfare,
route, or way on land between two places that has been paved or otherwise
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improved to allow travel by foot or some form of conveyance, including a horse,
cart, bicycle, or motor vehicle.
3.3 Personification
Personification is giving human qualities to non human things. In the song
entitle “The dance” has been found three personification, in the song “The rose”
have been found one personification, in the song have been found three
personification.
They are:
(1) Looking Back on the memory of
For memory in the field of information technology, view memory
(computer).
(2) The dance we shared ‘neath the stars above
Your dance can not be on stars. Star is a luminous sphere of plasma held
together by its own gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars
are visible to the naked eye from Earth during the night, appearing as a multitude
of fixed luminous points in the sky due to their immense distance from Earth.
(3) I could have missed the pain
Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli,
such as stubbing a toe, burning a finger, putting alcohol on a cut, and bumping the
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"funny bone". Because it is a complex, subjective phenomenon, defining pain has
been a challenge.
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3.5 The Percentage
There are 22 data found in Westlife’s song lyrics. Below is the number of data in
each type of metaphor:
1) Simile
3 Data
2) Hyperbole
16 Data
3) Personification
3 Data
Could be reported by using couvery’s (2003:196) formula:
N= x / y x 100
Where N= Percentage of the type of metaphor
X= The total number of data found in each type of metaphor
Y= The total number of the whole data of metaphor
Here is the percentage of each type of metaphor:
1) Simile – 3/22x100 = 13,3%
2) Hyperbole – 16/22x100 = 72,7%
3) Personification – 3/22x100 = 13,3%
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4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
4.1 Conclusion
Conclusion of the paper about metaphor. Metaphor is a kind of teaching to
know the concept of reality and common in novels, poetry, and conversation.
There are also many metaphors in the lysrics of the song. After analyzing and
calculating all the data of metaphor in Wetlife’s Song lyrics, one of the writer find
some metaphor of Westlife’s song lyrics. There are found 26 data. There are
found 3 data in the form of simile, 16 data in the form pf hyperbole, and 7 data in
the form of personification. The use of simile is eleven point five percent (11,5%),
hyperbole is sixty percent (16%), and personification is seven percent (7%).
4.2 Suggestion
Metaphor are well known as a stylistic feature of literature, but in fact are
found in almost all language use, other than simple explanations of physical
events in the material world. In daily life we need some figures of speech in
words. Their role to beautify the language. Metaphors can make ordinary
language into a beautiful language.
The writer would like to suggest reviews those who are interested in
literature may look at the metaphor to be analyzed Many people do not know what
it is metaphor. So that those who do not know metaphor in the song lysrics
considers not reasonable.
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