Figurative Language Used in Song Lyrics of “Nevermind“Album By Nirvana Band and Its Feasibility as A Source For Teaching English in Senior High School

Abstract

This study is based on the study which attempted to analyze the figurative language used in Nevermind album by Nirvana. The research design used in this study is descriptive qualitative research. The final project described type of figurative language and contextual meaning from the song lyrics of Nevermind. From the analysis, there were nine types of figurative languages: they were metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, metonymy, synecdoche, irony, apostrophe, and the last one is repetition. To support the analysis, some type of figurative language and other related reference were used. There were also some related theories about figurative language used to support the analysis. Fifty-one figures of speech were used in the six of Nevermind album. There were eight expressions of metaphor, five expressions of simile, one expression of personification, four expressions of hyperbole, four expressions of metonymy, two expressions of synecdoche, ten expressions of irony, four expressions of apostrophe, and thirteen expressions of repetition