EXAMINE BRUNO MARS SONG'S SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE

Abstract

Music is popular among the general people, but learning to use English-language music is difficult. We use a Bruno song that was highly popular in the 2006 era. We examine figurative language in Bruno Mars' song by using descriptive qualitative method, which is a language sweetener that serves to beautify the meaning of each song's lyrics. There are various figurative languages in Bruno Mars' song, each with its own language style to beautify the message. Music contains significance that a writer tries to transmit to listeners based on personal experience or social life by employing figurative language to enhance meaning and keep listeners interested in the song. The goal of this research is to make it easier for students to understand figurative language by employing familiar English songs. based on research analysis 7 types of figurative language in the Bruno Mars' songs are 129 data, they are paradox 2 or 4%, irony 35 or 35%, hyperbole 52 or 60%, allegory 1 or 2%, personification 23 or 15%, litotes 12 or 10% and pleonasm 4 or 6%. The type of that dominant figurative language that has the highest frequency is hyperbole.