An Analysis Of Figurative Language Used In The Song Lyrics Album Midnights (The Till Dawn Edition) By Taylor Swift

Abstract

This research aimed to ascertain the figurative language found in Taylor Swift’s album Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition), and elaborate its general meanings and possible contribution to teaching poetry. The method used in this research was the descriptive qualitative method. This research discovered figurative language utilized in Taylor Swift's song lyrics album Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition), including metaphor, personification, irony, symbolism, hyperbole, and simile. The dominant sort of figurative language in the album is metaphor, which appears in 44 song lyrics and accounts for 55% of the lyrics. The album Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition) by Taylor Swift offers rich reflections that can be analyzed to unveil the artist's profound insights into love, loss, and existential contemplation themes to enrich students’ knowledge of figurative language.