Abstract
The uniqueness of literary language is full of ambiguity, having no rule, sometimes irrational, and connotative. Figurative language is not only referential that refers to certain thing but it has also expressive function that shows the author behavior. Various kinds of technique had been created by the author; he used figurative languages, imageries, and certain diction to attract the readers. Stylistic is a science that study the use of language and language style in literary work including sound, diction, sentence, discourse, figurative language, and imageries. This research aims to unveil figurative languages used in Japanese song lyric written by Miwa entitled, Kimi ni Deaeta Kara, and to observe the objective of using connotative language as expression of the author to express his ideas. This research used was stylistic theory to analyze figure of speech and its meaning. The result found that the use of metaphor to express something as the same thing or equal too another thing that is actually not the same. Metaphor gives freshness in language, animates the lifeless, keeps away the boredom because of monotone, and actualizes something. Based on the result of the analysis, the song written has a theme of love; a lot of dictions symbolize love. Figure of speech used by the author adds aesthetic value of the song lyric and the message of the author is well delivered.
Highlights
Literary work is a work of art that contains author's imagination or creative writing
Various ways are used by the author, such as figurative language and imagery to attract the attention of the reader
The song kimi ni deaeta kara was released on July the 2nd, 2014 and is included in Miwa's oneness album
Summary
Literary work is a work of art that contains author's imagination or creative writing. Literary language has an expressive function, indicating the tone and attitude of the author. Various ways are used by the author, such as figurative language and imagery to attract the attention of the reader. This is what is called stylistics which function to achieve the aesthetic value of literature (Imrom A.M., 2009a). Stylistics is a game of words, similarities and differences in sounds, and emphasizes and explains the content of a work as a whole as an expressive aspect and poetry is considered the main object of stylistics (Ratna, 2017). Many words or sentences have connotative meanings, so every sign in poetry is an object of stylistic analysis (Ratna, 2017). The poetic function contains the author's message as a whole, which triggers the author to choose the right and optimal words so that the message is conveyed
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