Figurative Language Analysis of Taylor Swift’s Song Lyrics in 1989 Album

<p>This research aims to investigate the use of the most dominant types of figurative language in Taylor Swift’s “1989” album. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method. It means that researchers collect the data by repeat to listen to the songs, analyze the data based on the theory chosen, and interpret the data through song lyrics analysis. The researchers choose Taylor Swift album as the object to be analyzed because the lyrics determined of figurative language used. From the analysis taken by researchers show that the song lyrics in the Taylor Swift album “1989” are dominated by Imagery (22,72%), followed by Metaphor (21,58%), Symbolism (17,04%), Hyperbole (9,09%), Personification (7,95%), Repetition (7,95%), Alliteration (5,28), Simile (4,55%), Irony (1,13%), Oxymoron (1,13%). Through the literary devices used in Taylor Swift’s “1989” album, it provides a creative, imaginative, and expressive narrative to convey a feeling and message in the song lyrics. So that listeners can figure out the meaning in the song lyrics in the album “1989”.</p>