Ciencias: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pendidikan Volume 7. No. Juli 2024, 93-102 Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pendidikan http://ejournal. id/index. php/ciencias/index Stylistic Analysis of the Song Lyrics at the Album Au30 Auby Adele Gunter J. Bria a. Rocky P. Sekoni b. Deby M. Malelak c Universitas Persatuan Guru 1945 NTT, email:rockypauluss@gmail. Universitas Persatuan Guru 1945 NTT, email:debymarisamalelak@gmail. Info Artikel ________________ Sejarah Artikel: Diterima: 26 Juni 2024 Direvisi: 10 Juli 2024 Disetujui: 26 Juli 2024 ________________ Keywords: Stylistic. Analysis. Song Lyrics. Adele ____________________ Abstrak ___________________________________________________________________ Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menganalisis bahasa kiasan yang digunakan dalam lirik lagu album AdeleAu30Ay. Penulis lagu bermain dengan kata-kata dan bahasa untuk menciptakan kekuatan sebagai daya tarik dan keunikan lirik lagu. Bahasa kiasan memiliki kemampuan untuk memberikan dampak yang lebih kepada pembaca. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjawab dua masalah, yaitu: . Untuk mengidentifikasi jenis-jenis bahasa kiasan yang digunakan dalam lirik lagu album Au30Ay milik Adele. Menganalisis makna kiasan yang terdapat dalam lirik lagu album Adele Au30Ay. Data dianalisis berdasarkan teori bahasa kiasan yang dikemukakan oleh Xu Youzhi . dan teori makna yang dikemukakan oleh Rozakis . Hasil dari penelitian ini Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ada 5 jenis bahasa kiasan yang ditemukan dalam album Au30Ay milik Adele. Au30Ay. Mereka adalah simile, personifikasi, metafora, hiperbola, ironi, dan. Penelitian ini menemukan . simile, 10 personifikasi, 4 metafora, 7 hiperbola, 1 iron. Dan sebaliknya dalam menganalisis makna penelitian kontekstual menemukan beberapa jenis makna yang digunakan dalam lirik lagu, yaitu gaya bahasa kiasan. Abstract ___________________________________________________________________ This study analysis the figurative language used in the album's song lyrics Adele Au30Ay. The songwriter plays with words and language to create power attractiveness and uniqueness of the song lyrics. Figurative language has the ability to more impact on readers. This study aims to answer two research problems, namely: . To identify the types of figurative language used in the lyrics of Adele's album track "30". Analysis the meaning of language allusion contained in the lyrics of Adele's album song Au30Ay. Data analysis based on figurative language theory put forward by Xu Youzhi . and the theory of meaning put forward by Rozakis . The results of this study shows that there are 5 types of figurative language found in Adele's album Au30Ay. They are simile, personification, metaphor, hyperbole, irony, and. This study found . simile, 10 personifications, 4 metaphors, 7 hyperboles, 1 iron. And vice versa in analysing the meaning contextual research found several types of meaning used in song lyrics, namely the stylistic figurative language. * Alamat korespondensi: Kampus FKIP. Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan i/40. Kota Kupang E-mail: fkip. j3p@gmail. p-ISSN: 2621-3087 e-ISSN: 2621-5721 Ciencias: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pendidikan | Volume 7. No. Juli 2024, 93-102 INTRODUCTION Linguistic and literary texts can be interpreted by using different stylistics methods based on Semino and Culpeper . They divided stylistics into two. General stylistics which is used to analyes the linguistic texts such as advertising, newspaper reporting, or everyday conversation. Meanwhile, literary stylistics focuses on analysing the literary works such as short story, novel, and poem. Song lyrics are included in the literary genre because lyrics are literary works . that contain an outpouring of personal feelings, the wording of a song. So, as poetry but are presented in the form of singing which belongs to the imaginative literary genre. Lyrics are literary works . that contain an outpouring of personal feelings, the wording of a song. Songs are various rhythms which include the sound of instruments and singing and so on, singing, behavior, manners. Song is a variety of rhythmic sounds, songs, variety, singing, and behavior. A song is a musical unit consisting of a sequence of various tones. The album was written by Adele and sung by herself and Greg Kurstin. This album is Adele's 30th album. They are AuEasy on Me. To be Loved. Strangers by Nature. Cry Your Heart Out. Love is Game. My Little Love. Oh my God. Can I Get It. I Drink Wine. All Night Parking. Woman Like Me. Hold On. Wild Wild West. CanAot be Together Auwas released on October 15,2021 after some time before Adele released a teaser video and put up a billboard with the number 30. Exactly three years after Adele and her husbandAos divorce. The song belongs to the pop genre, and was nominated for a BRIT Award for British single. PeopleAos Choice Award for most popular song of the year. PeopleAos choiceAos award for favorite music video. The song AuEasy on Me. To be Loved. Strangers by Nature. Cry Your Heart Out. Love is Game. My Little Love. Oh my God. Can I Get It. I Drink Wine. All Night Parking. Woman Like Me. Hold On. Wild Wild West. CanAot be Together Ausung by Adele, a British singer is still trending on Indonesian You Tube. in fact, the song has been released since November 19,2021. After just 10 hours of uploading, the video clip of the song inspired by the divorce story has already been played 19 million times on the video sharing platform You Tube. The number of viewers of this video continues to increase from time to time. In addition, the video clip easy on me received 1,5 million likes. Aoonly Ao6,800 users pressed the dislike Each song must be has a specific purpose to be conveyed to the public as listeners. The song contains a line of well-crafted words in an attractive language style by the author and delivered in a beautiful voice by the singer. This study analyzes the song lyrics of a famous songwriter and singer and this song is based on a true story and the meaning contained in this song is also very deeply contained in each of the song's lyric song and the message contained in it is very useful for listeners. can analyze the above through the lyrics of the song of the album ''30'' by Adele. LITERTURE REVIEW Theoritical Basis According to Xu. You Zhi . there are three aspects of stylistic study. study can help cultivate a sense of appropriateness . e should develop a sense of appropriateness in order to choose the suitable speeches in such situation. , stylistic study sharpens the understanding and appreciation of literary works, and stylistic study also helps achieve adaptation in translation. Literary stylistic connects linguistics and literature because instead of describes the process of language in literary work and explores the creativity of language, it is also explaining the reason of language use by the author. Ciencias: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pendidikan | Volume 7. No. Juli 2024, 93-102 According to Rozaklis . 5: . said that AuFigurative language Ae saying one thing in terms of anotherAy. It means that figurative language is an expression used by person or the author indirectly by using the comparison. Types of Figurative Meaning According to Xu. You Zhi . there are several figurative languages that are used in its use. They are : Simile is the comparison of two distinctly different things but it is considered the same as helped by the connective words AulikeAy and AuasAy. For example: Brave as a lion, they fought like cats and dogs. A metaphor is the comparison of two unlike things as if they are one. Metaphor does not have connective words such as like, as, than, similar to and seems determining them as Metaphor and simile have close relation because comparing the different If the concept of simile is A is like B, then the concept of metaphor is A is B. For example: Time is money Personification is the style of language that gives the characteristics of human to inanimate objects. So, this kind of figurative language makes inanimate object can act, speak, and has emotional feeling like human. For example: The sun greeted me this morning, the sky was full of dancing stars. Irony is the style of language to express something captured by the reader that should be opposite from the literal meaning. For example: AuOh! What fine luck I have!Ay the sentence on the surface conveys that the speaker is happy with their luck but actually what they mean is that they are extremely unhappy and dissatisfied. Hyperbole is the style of language in expressing something exaggeratedly. It is used to cause the effect and reaction from the reader such as serious, ironic, and humorous. For example: You snore louder than a freight train. But in this study only discusses the figurative language in the lyrics of the song. This analysis is reviewed by Mulyarti Baiq Rahayu . analysis of the song figurative language in AdeleAos song lyric. But in this article using a different theory from theory studied or analysis this time, even though it used the same song lyrics So the conclusion is this time the researcher uses the types of meanings and theories that examine meaning . to analyze the stylistic figurative language of the lyrics of the song album Au30Auby Adele. RESEARCH METHOD This research is the formal and systematic application of the scientific method to the study of problems. The purpose of a study is to obtain data related to the problem that the researcher is trying to identify and The idea above, directs the researcher to use a qualitative descriptive method to collect detailed information about his research from This method is suitable for describing the stylistic figurative language of the lyrics of the song '' Easy on Me, to be Loved. Strangers by Nature. Cry Your Heart Out '' by Adele. Data Source The source of the data obtained by the researcher is through YouTube. Google, articles, as a source or basis for a researcher in researching the case being studied. Research Procedure There are some procedures used by the writer in order to carry out this research, namely:The writer chose the selected Adele song lyricThe writer collected the data by downloading the song and the lyrics The writer listen the song to find the figurative language of the song lyrics. The writer read carefully the selected lyrics in order to understand its whole figurative language. Ciencias: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pendidikan | Volume 7. No. Juli 2024, 93-102 Data Collection To get the desired data, the researcher did the following things: Retype Data. In this step, the writer retyped the data got from the lyric. Identification. After transcribing the data, the writer identified and classified the forms of Describing . Finally, the writer described the data in order to answer the problem of the Data Analysis The data is analyzed inductively. Meaning that the analysis is based on collecting data on theories or concepts by using the following procedures: . Data Collection. Transcription. Data selection. Data Classification, and Data Analysis. (There ain't no gold Personification FINDING AND DISCUSSION Irony Finding In this part the research presents the data which are taken from the selected lyrics of Adele songs. They are four songs that were analysis as the corpuses of this research, namely: AuEasy on Me, stranger by nature, to be loved,Cry Your Heart OutAy. The following are the data of stylistic figurative language found in the selected lyrics of Adele songs. Easy on Me. Data songs Figurative Language (I know there is hope 1. in these water. (There ainAot Auroom for our things to 4. (When we are both so 6. deeply stuck in our 7. in this rive. (That I've washin' my hands in (Feel around m. (When I am drownin' in the silenc. Strangers by Nature. Data songs Figurative Language (I'll be taking 1. Personification . Aove never seen the 5. Metaphor sky this color befor. very anniversery, iAoll pay respects and say iAom sorr. ow that all the dust has settle. or all my lovers in the present snd in the to be Loved. Data songs Figurative Language . built a house for -personification love to gro. -personification . ll i do is bleed into -personification someone els. -metaphor . illing rooms with -hyperbole all my hopes fear. Hyperbole -hyperbole Ciencias: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pendidikan | Volume 7. No. Juli 2024, 93-102 . Aom as lost now as i was back the. ainting walls with all my secret tear. inAot it funny how the mighty fal. Cry Your Heart Out Data songs Figurative Language . hen i walk in a 1. Personification room, iAom invisibl. Personification . Aom hanging by a 3. Metaphor Simile . y skinAos paper 5. Hyperbole canAot . feel like a ghos. created this storm, itAos only fair i have to sit it its rai. Discussion In the song (Easy on M. by Adele, there are sentences that contain meaning . in them. Emotionally this sentence refers to something that is not human but describes the emotional or human nature of its feelings, related to something that happens or is experienced. The data and the analysis as Data 1 (I know there is hope in these water. In data 1, based on the data above, the sentences contained in the lyrics of the line 3rd songs . asy on m. explain the phrase Auhope in these watersAy was indicated as personification. This phrase means about hope something, but it used the word AuwatersAy as the things that can be hoped. This phrase used the connotative meaning in the wordAy watersAy. Data 2 (There ainAot no Auroom for our things to chang. From the data 2, based on the data above, the sentences contained in the lyrics of the line 14th songs . asy on m. explain no room for our things to change is one of the songAos lyric AuEasy on MeAy by Adele. This phrase was classified as personification. The word room in this phrase was indicated or means as opportunity. So in this phrase, we change our things by using room. It is described as if it were human. Data 3 (When we are both so deeply stuck in our way. In the last data above based on the data above, the sentences contained in the lyrics of the line 15th songs . asy on m. explain, data 3 was also indicated as Personification was found in phrase stuck in our ways. Actually, we can stuck just in road or way that we never know But, in our ways, certainly we know very well about the ways In the song entitled (Easy on M. there are sentences that contain hyperbole in them. This data includes the style of language in expressing something exaggerated from the actual word. The meaning of the sentence above is contained in the following lyrics: Data 1 (There ain't no gold in this rive. In data 1, this sentence which is contained in the fragment of the 1th lyric of the song (Easy on M. explains that the phrase no gold in this river is too exaggeration. The word gold means the precious thing. So, the word gold here is overstatement. This phrase was classified as hyperbole. Data 2 (That I've been washin' my hands in foreve. From data 2 above. This sentence which is contained in the fragment of the 2th lyric of the song (Easy on M. explains that the sentence That I've been washin' my hands in forever has hyperbole. The phrase washin' my hands in forever contains hyperbole in figurative language. The word forever in this phrase is exaggeration. In daily life, it is impossible to wash our hand forever. Ciencias: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pendidikan | Volume 7. No. Juli 2024, 93-102 So, this phrase was indicated as hyperbole. The meaning of washin' my hands in forever in this phrase was letting go of engagement forever. Data 3 (Feel the world around m. Based on the last data, this sentence which is contained in the fragment of the 10th lyric of the song (Easy on M. explains that data 3 above was classified as hyperbole too. This phrase Feel the world around me contains Actually, we can feel the things around us. It is like water, air, and anything, but not the world. The world is large to feel. In the song entitled (Easy on M. , by Adele, there is a sentence that contains "metaphor" in it. wich describes explaining two different things as if they were one. The meaning of this sentence is contained in the following fragment of the song lyrics: Data 1 (When I am drownin' in the silenc. Based on data 2, the sentence contained in the lyrics of the song "Easy on Me" by Adele, the 5th lyric of this song, explains metaphor was found in the phrase drownin' in the silence. Impossible for human drives in silence. This phrase used the things about human being in the word silence. Then, this phrase classified as metaphor In the song (Strangers by Natur. by Adele, there are sentences that contain . Emotionally this sentence refers to something that is not human but describes the emotional or human nature of its feelings, related to something that happens or is experienced. The meaning of the sentence above is contained in the following lyrics: Data 1 (I'll be taking flowers to the cemetery of my hear. From data 1, (I'll be taking flowers to the cemetery of my hear. is one of the lyrics to Adele's song AuStrangers by NatureAy. This phrase is classified as The word AucemeteryAy in this phrase is indicated or interpreted as a final resting place in real life, and there are many resting places in this world such as beds, chairs, floors, and so on. but what is meant here is dead feelings for dead people. So in this phrase, it describes someone with a feeling that has died because of the circumstances that are Data 2. (IAove never seen the sky this color befor. The sentence contained in the lyrics of the 6th song . trangers by natur. by Adele, explains that emotionally humans use the words . as two things that become references in feeling. The word " sky " in this phrase is defined as a " freedom " and " color " in this phrase is defined as " color ". So in this case it means "colorful freedom" which is an expression of desire and hope. In the song . trangers by natur. there is a sentence that contains . in it. With a happy feeling but actually not. The meaning of this sentence is contained in the following Data 1 (Every anniversary. IAoll pay respects and say IAom sorr. The sentence contained in the lyrics of the song . trangers by natur. the lyrics of the Au3rdAy song, explains that every happy feeling is described in the sentence "every anniversary" is happy but on the other hand there are feelings that are not happy also contained in the sentence "I'll pay respect and say I'm sorry ". There are many figures of speech used in this song, but there are several figures of speech used in the song . trangers by natur. , one of which is hyperbole. Hyperbole is a style of language in exaggerating something. The meaning of the sentence above is contained in the following lyrics: Data 1 (Now that all the dust has This sentence which is contained in the fragment of the 8th lyric of the song . trangers by natur. explains that, why is it said to be hyperbole because this sentence describes or refers to people who are already "dead" by using the word "dust" replacing the word that should be, likening someone who is no longer There's more to the word "dust". Ciencias: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pendidikan | Volume 7. No. Juli 2024, 93-102 In the song entitled . trangers by natur. there is a sentence that contains . in it. which describes the comparison of two different things as if they were one. The meaning of the sentence above is contained in the following lyrics Data 1 (For all my lovers in the present and in the dar. According to this data, in the sentence contained in the lyrics of the Au2ndAy song ''strangers by nature" explains that this phrase uses the sentence "present and past lovers" because this expression describes the expression of feelings for people in the present and also and also people who have died, this phrase uses humans as objects. In the song entitled . o be love. , by Adele, there is a sentence that contains "metaphor" in it. which describes explaining two different things as if they were one. The meaning of this sentence is contained in the following fragment of the song lyrics: Data 1 (IAom as lost now as I was back the. The sentence contained in the lyrics of the song "to be loved" by Adele, the 3rd lyric of this song, explains why this sentence is called a "metaphor"? because this sentence describes a fact or fact that often occurs in human life in general. always experience the same thing in life. In the lyrics (I'm lost now as I was back the. the word "now" and the word "back them" have different meanings but have something that happens in the present is inseparable from the past and this lyric explains that Adele is still lost in the same feelings and ways whether in the present or in the past. In the song entitled . o be Love. by Adele, there are sentences containing personification in them. Emotionally this sentence refers to something that is not human but describes the emotionality of a human being towards his feelings, which is related to something that has happened or experienced. The meaning of the sentence above is contained in the following lyric: Data 1 (I built a house for love to gro. The sentence contained in the 1st lyrics of the song "To be loved" explains that emotionally humans use the word "house" as a reference in feeling. home is often used as or the main thing in human life. home is likened to a place, space, to build the beginning in any in this context the lyrics above explain that the house is a container or place of origin. Every human being has a home in any case. in this case it is meant that the house is a container or a place to build love. every love must have a place to build, grow love. This songwriter (Adel. likens the house to a space to build a new love like human life in general. Data 2 (All I do is bleed into someone els. In the song (To be love. in the lyrics of the 6th song, explains that Adele uses the word "bleed" extraordinary sacrifices. "bleed" here means to say . reat struggle, great struggle, tireless, not tired, and tim. but in this explanation of the lyrics. Adele explains that as bloody as the struggle that Adele is doing is just a struggle that is in vain. Adele only does what hurts others from what Adele has tried, everything is very painful. Data 3 (Filling rooms with all my hopes fear. In the lyrics this time in the song (To be Love. in the lyrics to the 8th song, explaining that for the second time Adele describes her feelings in the word "rooms". general the room is the most comfortable and good place in any case. but the meaning of these lyrics is that the room is a place to tell stories, to vent anything that is an obstacle in Adele explained that the room is a place where Adele puts her hopes and fears that Adele experiences, and a place to tell stories or vent all feelings, live everything in life that is very heavy and complicated and Ciencias: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pendidikan | Volume 7. No. Juli 2024, 93-102 there are no friends to tell stories and share feelings and Adele fills all of that when Adele sits alone in her room. In the song entitled . o be love. there are sentences that contain hyperbole in them. This data includes the style of language in expressing something exaggerated from the actual word. The meaning of the sentence above is contained in the following lyrics: Data 1 . ainting walls with all my secret tear. Based on the data above, the sentences contained in the lyrics of the 7th song . o be love. are said to be hyperbole because they explain another meaning than the true meaning. what is meant here is that there is no right place to vent heavy feelings and nothing to share. something like this often happens with humans in general. there is no place or space to talk and share feelings, then harbor and choose silence over all those feelings and a choice like that is the choice to bear it all alone. And in this lyric "painting walls with all my secret tears" in the song . o be love. by Adele explains that all the feelings, burdens and problems whatever they are. Adele bears them all alone. it's an impossible choice for most people to make, and the "wall" in these lyrics means to explain that Adele doesn't have the right place to channel those feelings, so Adele silently hangs them up on the bedroom wall as if they were a human being, always there listening to her stories and secrets. Data 2 (AinAot it funny how the mighty fal. In the song . o be love. on the 20th lyric "Ain't it funny how the mighty fall" explains that Adele uses the word "mighty" to describe that no matter how great and strong someone is, they will definitely fall in time. although it is something that does not make sense to some people but most people experience it. Like Adele, she uses the word "mighty" to describe Adele herself. whatever power she has will surely fall in time. In the song entitled (Cry Your Heart Ou. , there is a sentence that contains "personification" in it. Emotionally this sentence refers to something that is not human but describes the emotion of a human being as something about his feelings. The meaning of the sentence above is contained in the following sentence: Data 1 (When I walk in a room. IAom invisibl. Thus it can be seen that the sentence contained in the lyrics of the 5th song (Cry Your Heart Ou. explains that in personification this sentence means that silence is real. Adele uses the word "room" to describe her feelings. in this lyric the word "room '' is defined as a space, container, or Adele explains that Adele feels lonely and even though Adele lives her life. Adele still feels that loneliness exists. in the lyrics (When I walk in a room. I'm invisibl. , explained that even though Adele lives life. Adele always feels alone in her daily life and there is space that limits that feeling, even though people are around her. Adele feels Data 2 (IAom hanging by a threa. Based on the data above, it is known that the sentence contained in the lyrics of the 13th song . ry your heart ou. explains that in general the word "thread" is usually used to sew or repair torn clothes or fabrics. "thread" is also a material that breaks easily, thin, and range to burn. but the meaning of the lyrics "I'm hanging by a thread" in the song . ry your heart ou. explains that Adele is a weak person and has weak feelings. Adele has a soft heart so once hurt Adele will be completely broken and separated. Adele is also not strong with what Adele is going through in her life and how her feelings and heart accept all those things in Adele's life because everything will soon be destroyed like a thread. In the song entitled (Cry Your Heart Ou. , by Adele, there is a sentence that contains "Metaphor" in it. which describes Ciencias: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pendidikan | Volume 7. No. Juli 2024, 93-102 explaining two different things as if they were The meaning of this sentence is contained in the following fragment of the song lyrics: Data 1 (My skinAos paper thin. I canAot stop waverin. Based on the data above, it can be seen that the data contained in the lyrics of the 14 songs . ry your heart ou. explains that Adele uses the word "paper" in feelings. general "paper" is used for writing, drawing, and so forth. Paper is also a thin object, easily crushed, and easily burned and easily torn. explaining the lyrics this time. Adele explained that she is like paper. Her body and skin fear The "paper" in these lyrics explains that Adele is very afraid of violence and unfair Like people in general, anyone must be afraid of being treated with violence, as well as Adele so that doubts arise so that it is difficult to accept something good and Adele is nervous about it. In the data analysis this time, in the song (Cry Your Heart Ou. there are sentences that contain (Simil. in them. a sentence that compares two things that are different but considered the same. The meaning of the sentence above is contained in the following Data 1 (I feel like a ghos. Based on the data above, the sentence contained in the lyrics of the 5th song . ry your heart ou. explains that "Ghosts" are scary things for humans, and ghosts are invisible. So the singer Adele explains herself in the lyrics of this song that the word "ghost" is Adele itself, where Adele feels herself as scary as a ghost, so that like Adele exists but like a ghost so that Adele is not considered. In the song entitled (Cry Your Heart Ou. there are sentences that contain hyperbole in them. This data includes the style of language in expressing something exaggerated from the actual word. The meaning of the sentence above is contained in the following Data 1 (I created this storm, itAos only fair I have to sit it its rai. Based on the data above, the sentence contained in the 26th song lyric . ry your heart ou. explains that everyone must have made mistakes, both big and small, and of course there is fear, worry, guilt about it. Like with Adele in the lyrics above explaining Adele using the word "storm" to describe the big mistake Adele made before. and the word " rain" to describe how sad and sorry Adele is for what she has Adele was scared and worried so Adele regretted and cried with everything that had CONCLUSION From the data analysis, the writer found Figurative language in almost every lyric of AdeleAos songs. Based on research data chapter four, the writer found types of stylistic figurative language in song lyric of the album Au30Auby Adele is . ersonification, simile, metaphor, irony, and hyperbol. The most prominent of the five figurative language meaning was in the form of ( personification ) the most of the four songs analysis SUGGESTION The author suggests giving the following suggestion to anyone interested in the study of figurative language. The other researchers can reach a wider range than the authorAos research. The other researchers can analyze the deep meaning in AdeleAos song lyrics, and other researchers can also analyze song lyrics with personification analysis. REFERENCE