Lyric Form Research Articles

Between the Novel and Other Forms of Literature: Unpacking the Language of Narrative Art through Albert Cook's Lens

This research paper explores the language of narrative art to show the differences between the novel and other forms of literature through the lens of Albert Cook. Using the interdisciplinary approach that combines close reading, textual analysis, and critical discourse analysis, this study unpacks the ways in which Cook's work illuminates the complex relationships between language, form, and meaning in narrative fiction. By tracing the ways in which Cook's ideas have influenced contemporary debates in narrative theory and literary scholarship, this study argues that his work provides a valuable framework for thinking about the role of language in shaping our experience of narrative fiction. Using critical discourse analysis, this research examines the broader implications of Cook's work for our understanding of the relationship between language, form, and meaning in narrative art. Through its interdisciplinary approach, this study makes a significant contribution to the fields of literary theory, narrative theory, and linguistics, and it provides a valuable resource for scholars and researchers interested in the role of language in shaping our understanding of the world around us. The study concludes that while the poem directly arouses our feelings in its lyrical form, a limit that has a consistent and precise connection between hearing, the tone of the voice, and the spoken expression, the novel seeks to arouse and maintain that general and organized waiting in us, which is the waiting for realistic events through the narrative language.

Women’s Representation in Sheila on 7 Song Lyrics: A Social Semiotic Analysis

<p>This research aims at revealing the terms depicting women and how they are represented in Sheila on 7’s song lyrics. The data in this qualitative study were in the form of song lyrics by Sheila on 7 associated with women, collected using document study, and analyzed using the descriptive interpretative method and semiotic approach by referring to three aspects of meaning by Roland Barthes: denotation meaning, connotation meaning, and myth. The findings show that the terms used to depict women’s representation contain positive and negative connotations, and some term references play a crucial role in portraying the terms used to depict women’s representation. Besides, women are represented differently in the song lyrics; however, in general, they tend to be depicted as a creature bringing the values of beauty, affection, obedience, tenderness, power, wisdom, importance, and comfort, but also passive and weak. Women’s representation in Sheila on 7 song lyrics is in line with the patriarchal society in Indonesia, where women are respected as a creature worthy of esteem who still need protection from men. Since patriarchal gender stereotype has become a part of the cultural and social environment, the language choice used in the song lyrics proves that the environment influences language.</p>

Interpreting the Nasib Kulo Song of Kemas Anwar Beck in Bebaso (Semiotics Study)

A song is composed of a series of tones that form a melody and support musical elements. It uses the tones of a human voice to beautifully and meaningfully express thoughts or feelings The combination of a song with a lively poem (text) can stir up a lot of emotions in the audience and have a major effect on their soul. This study aims to explore the emotions evoked by Kemas Anwar Beck’s lyrics for his song Nasib Kulo and how his experiences show up in using language and wordplay to give his lyrics a unique and appealing quality. The study focuses on analyzing the content of the song lyrics and interpreting their meaning in a qualitative descriptive manner. A semiotic theory is used to decipher the meaning of the lyrics that were penned in polite Palembang Alus language. Moreover, a musicology approach is also used to analyze the musical form. The results show that the song Nasib Kulo uses two types of symbols, namely, verbal meaning in the form of poetry or lyrics and non-verbal meaning in the form of song elements, that is, chord progression, melody, tempo, and dynamics. As a result of the creativity of the artist, the mindset of life conception and lifestyle are reflected in his artwork. In conclusion, the song Nasib Kulo that is written in Palembang Alus language is very influential for individuals and communities. Keywords: interpretation, Nasib Kulo song, semiotics, artists, Palembang Alus

Kajian Semiotik Kesetiaan Seorang Kekasih dalam Lagu Campursari Banyu Langit Karya Didi Kempot

The purpose of writing this paper is to fulfill lecture assignments and describe one's loyalty in a campursari song with the title Banyu Langit, which was created by Didi Kempot. As a singer, Didi Kempot describes how someone who really misses his lover who never leaves but he still remembers and loves his lover. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The research data is in the form of campursari song lyrics which express a person's loyalty and patience in waiting for his lover. The theory used is a semiotic study which explains the meaning contained in literary works, because every literary work has its own meaning. The result of this study is that there is a patient attitude of someone who waits for his lover with all the longing and loyalty for the sake of waiting for the lover he loves so much. Loyalty of someone who keeps his promise to stay in love and loyal to his lover by holding back longing to wait for the lover who left and never came home. The effort that a person makes in waiting for his loved one to return is proof of one's loyalty to his partner as a form of deep love and longing for his loved one.

INDO BLACK MAGIC: DAYA PIKAT PEREMPUAN INDONESIA DALAM LAGU JEBUNG & BASBOI

Jebung or Jessice Bunga is a newcomer singer whose songs are always unique. One of the songs entitled 'Indo Black Magic' has a theme related to pellets/witchcraft which is still believed by some Indonesian people. This research aims to find out how the image of Indonesian women is depicted in the Jebung song which is related to local myths in Indonesian society. This type of research is qualitative research where this research uses the concept of descriptive content analysis. The research data is in the form of lyrics to the song 'Indo Black Magic' sung by Jebung and Basboi, lyrics transmitted directly from ACUAN Entertainment's YouTube channel without changing the vocabulary and spelling. The data collection technique uses listening and note-taking techniques, then the data is analyzed based on Sara Mills' feminist studies and Roland Barthes' semiotic studies. The results of the research show that there are depictions of Indonesian women who are described based on their ethnicity, including Minang, Batak, Balinese, Dayak and Sundanese. In each lyric, Jebung also inserts a message for women to be confident and proud of the natural beauty they have. Indonesian women don't need to use pellets/witchcraft to attract men, because their charm already radiates and is able to hypnotize anyone who looks at them. Basboi as a rapper also shows his appreciation for Indonesian women who he likens to the natural beauty of Sumba. He values ​​Indonesian women like treasures that must be protected.

ANALISIS PESAN DAKWAH DALAM LIRIK LAGU SEBELUM CAHAYA KARYA BAND LETTO

Islam is a religion that calls on its people to carry out da'wah, one of the da'wah carried out by the Letto band group is da'wah using music, at first glance the band's work is only limited to works about human romance with humans but if examined the song contains many da'wah messages, therefore. This research aims to: Knowing the results of the Analysis of the Song "Before Light" using Ferdinand de Saussure's Structural Semiotics Theory, as well as to find out the da'wah message contained. This research uses qualitative research. Researchers, using a structural semiotics analysis research approach according to Ferdinand de Saussure's theory, to dissect the meaning of the song "Sebelum Cahaya" by the band Letto. This structuralist semiotics thinks using symbols or signs as its starting point. Symbols or signs here are defined as writings or texts that have meaning. Based on the results of the analysis in the song Sebelum Cahaya. From the whole series, researchers get the results, 1) In this study, researchers used Ferdinan de Saussure's theory which has several concepts including parole and langue, signifier and signified, syntagmatic and paradigmatics. Parole and signifier are both in the form of the whole song lyrics before the light from beginning to end. Langue contains meanings in this study, among others, humans who are confused about pursuing dreams to ask God for help to guide them so they don't lose their way. The signifier describes a man who remembers his dreams and ideals that lead to not knowing the direction and purpose of his life. Syntagmatic there are 3 stanzas that are interconnected, the first stanza is a man who has lost his way, the second stanza is man's relationship with Allah, the third stanza is man as an object who asks for help from Allah. Paragdigmatics in this case there is a relationship between the words remembered and forgotten, accompanying, and leaving, as well as strength and weakness. 2) The type of da'wah message contained in the song Sebelum Cahaya contains da'wah messages: aqidah message discusses a human being who does dhikr from a form of faith in God, his morals message discusses a human being who tries istiqomah to carry out the teachings of Islam, his sharia message discusses a human being who loses direction but God will always accompany and invite his people to go to a better path.

Systematic Literature Review terhadap Klasifikasi Emosi pada Lirik Lagu Berbahasa Ambon menggunakan Metode Bidirectional LSTM dengan Glove Word Representation Weighting

One form of text that can express emotions is lyrics. Lyrics are a type of literary work expressed in the form of words, the contents of which can express the songwriter's personal feelings, thoughts, and emotions. Therefore, the lyrics can be used as an object of research on the classification of emotions. The classification of song lyrics really requires bi-LSTM to be the input value when classifying data in the form of song lyrics in order to get high accuracy results. This research was carried out systematically and the results were measurable. Descriptive qualitative research was used in this research. The results of identification based on case studies and statistics show that the reviews of popular topics are identical. The classification of song lyrics really requires bi-LSTM to be the input value when classifying data in the form of song lyrics in order to get high accuracy results.

Political theology from the global south: Enrique Dussel and the poetics of liberation

In recent decades, thinkers like Alain Badiou, Slavoj Žižek, and Giorgio Agamben have argued for a serious political engagement with early Christian thought and its emphasis on collectivity and community. Notwithstanding their important theoretical contributions, these writers often remain within a limited Eurocentric framework, foreclosing the possibility of a truly decolonial political theology. Crucially, their relatively recent reappraisals tend to ignore important precursors of Christian Marxism from the Global South, namely liberation theology and the philosophy of liberation, as elaborated by the Latin American philosopher Enrique Dussel. This essay contextualizes Dussel’s liberational thought in the contexts of political theology and literary representation. It pays particular attention to Dussel’s study of the Theological Metaphors of Marx by synthesizing a model of literary inquiry based on his philosophy and applying it to a reading of counter-hegemonic poetry by the Caribbean poet Pedro Mir, namely his long poem “Countersong to Walt Whitman.” This reading makes explicit the implicit theological dimension of Mir’s poetic text. Finally, the essay conceptualizes this interpretive model as a poetics of liberation: a mode of engagement with mutually determining discourses – politics, poetics, aesthetics – as well as a mode of reading which unravels the transformation of these discourses in lyrical forms. Writing from the periphery of the US empire, Mir therefore constructs a mode of address which arms itself with both political and theological discourses, however implicitly. To the empire’s miraculous state of exception, Mir counterpoises a redemptive state of rebellion.

Non-Children's Poetry by Sergey Mikhalkov: From Strict Formality to Sensible Rigorism

Sergei Mikhalkov's lyrics are traditionally viewed from the standpoint of the manifestation of nominative children's themes, the problems of a child growing up, and the latter's comprehension of various facets of life. However, this is not entirely true, because the work of S.V. Mikhalkov also includes a more complex thematic facet – the theme of war. In 2023, the collection “War Poems” was published, which contains texts written during the Great Patriotic War, when S.V. Mikhalkov was a war writer-correspondent for the newspaper “For the Glory of the Motherland”, the publication “Stalinsky Falcon” and other periodicals. For the poet, the main task was probably to raise the spirit of soldiers, concretize military events, describe exploits, and condemn cowardice and betrayal. Sergei Mikhalkov boldly, and most importantly, openly examines the truth of life, focused on the years 1941–1945. The relevance of the poems in the collection for today is extremely high. The modern reader can learn a lot from the aptly spoken phrases of Sergei Mikhalkov, see effectively and experience such a terrible experience in Russia, and the whole world. The research methodology is focused on hermeneutic principles and options for receptive reading of texts. It seems that “War Poems” by Sergei Mikhalkov is not only a superficial drawing of attention to one’s own figure, but an appeal to soldiers, officers, home front workers, captured, mothers, wives, and children of soldiers. A special place in the collection is occupied by the image of the people who survived such a terrible and merciless situation. The author believes that victory will be achieved at any cost, so as not to interfere with the soldiers. The realities of the poems raised the spirit of the defenders of the Motherland during the Great Patriotic War; the texts effectively influence the modern reader, regardless of age. Sergei Mikhalkov's military lyrics are simple, accessible, sometimes free from serious semantic content, but they are sincere, sensual, and natural. Thus, this article makes an attempt to touch upon a little-studied layer of Sergei Mikhalkov’s legacy, as well as to understand the specifics of the poet’s understanding of a difficult situation – war, and specifically turn to the analysis of lyrical forms. It is advisable to use the material as part of the study of courses on the history of Russian literature of the twentieth century, the work of Sergei Mikhalkov.

THE MEANING OF METAPHOR IN SONG LYRICS PAK NGAH SUHARDI S

This study aims to describe the style of metaphor found in ten songs by Pak Ngah Suhardi S on YouTube entitled Mother, Rinduku, Rindu Ayah Bunda, Syafa'at, Kampung Halaman, Senja Dikuala Daik, Bunda Tanah Melayu, Uphold Culture, Let Love Bersemi and Pak Ngah Balek. the method used by the researcher is descriptive because the researcher wants to describe the types of metaphorical language styles found in the songs by Pak Ngah Suhardi S, the research technique that the researcher uses is a qualitative technique because the data produced is in the form of written words in the form of song lyrics by Pak Ngah Suhardi S, classifies and analyzes song lyrics. The results of this study describe the style of metaphorical language that exists in ten songs by Pak Ngah Suhardi S. The results obtained are based on the data that has been obtained, the researcher obtains seventy-nine data obtained in ten song lyrics by Pak Ngah Suhardi S. The data is divided into anthropomorphic metaphors. as many as twenty four data, then on the synesthetic metaphor there are two data and on the abstracting metaphor there are fifty three data obtained.

The Factory Girl’s Address: Ellen Johnston and the Politics of Form

Abstract Although she was a laboring-class writer who worked in factories all her life, the factory odes of Ellen Johnston, the self-titled “Factory Girl,” have received little consideration as political poems. Yet in “Address to the Factory of Messrs. J. & W. I. Scott & Co.,” Johnston self-consciously manipulates the power dynamics between speaking subject and addressed other through imitation of lyric forms such as panegyric and elegy. Rereading Johnston’s use of rhetorical apostrophe in a poem to, and about, a Scottish textiles factory as politically strategic pushes back against the selection bias in recovery work and canon diversification efforts that predetermines the interpretive frames applied to minoritized writers.

The Art Museum as a Place for Language Learning: Opening Spaces, Reducing Inhibitions, Utilizing Potentials

Museums, and particularly those dedicated to Fine Arts, provide an ideal setting for language learning. Artworks in their authentic surroundings offer interdisciplinary opportunities for learners at different proficiency levels, including beginners. This article explores the benefits of using artworks to teach foreign or second languages, highlighting the potential for personal expression in aesthetic and lyrical forms. We present examples of activities and corresponding written work, as well as the reactions of 6th graders following an EFL-workshop at Museum Ludwig in Cologne. This study demonstrates the effectiveness of integrating language learning with art appreciation in museums, and its potential for fostering creativity and engagement among diverse groups of learners.
 Key Words: 
 Fine Arts Museums
 Writing activities
 Student appreciation

Brief, Undeniable: Lyric Address in Mark Strand

Abstract: This essay balances universalist and historicist approaches to reading lyric through an analysis of the poetry of Mark Strand. The ordering consciousness behind a given poet’s body of work offers an avenue to understanding Strand’s work and lyric more generally. Textual rather than biographical, this “lyric self” manifests the twin functions of the lyric poem, to challenge death and to reach out to the reader. Developments in late modernity have occasioned a turn from a self-enclosed mimetic model of lyric to a rhetorical one conscious of audience. Strand’s awareness of this change and his position relative to it assigns him a paradoxical vision of lyric, one that inscribes a self and communicates with the reader but simultaneously questions the potential and value of doing so. A close reading of Strand’s work reveals how his poems balance motivations fundamental to lyric form against the philosophical commitments of secular modernity.

Analisis Semiologi Roland Barthes pada Teks Lirik Lagu Nanatsu no Ko Karya Noguchi Ujo

Examining literary texts, especially poetry or song lyrics, is generally always related to the problem of meaning. This is a natural thing because poetry is always conveyed in indirect language. Nevertheless, poetry research should understand more than just the meaning of poetry; more critical is how to manage understanding, imagination, and the role of the plurality of texts in uncovering its significance. This research is in line with that. Namely, it aims to examine the significance and appreciation of the lyrical text of a children's song entitled Nanatsu no Ko by Noguchi Ujo. This study uses the text semiology approach or textual narrative analysis proposed by Roland Barthes. The data analysed is the Lexia, the units of reading that comprise the entire text. The lexias have been determined and then analysed using five narrative codes: hermeneutic, proaretic, semic, symbolic, and references codes. This study also uses significance analysis (denotation and connotation) to understand the semic code and connotation of the text. The results of this study found that the significance of the text is a message of criticism about the author's disappointment with Japan's modernisation policy which abandoned the original identity of the Japanese nation. This significance is obtained through the analysis of narrative codes which show the role of plural texts, even though they are conveyed in the form of children's song lyrics, with simple and easy-to-understand diction and arrangement.

A Study of Figurative Language on Traditional Sikka Songs in 2010-2022

The purpose of this research is to present the figurative language used in traditional Sikka songs in 2010-2022, there are 20 songs. There are two research problem related of this research that are what are the figurative languages found on traditional Sikka songs in 2010-2022?, And what are the meanings of figurative language found on traditional Sikka songs in 2010 - 2022?. This research also has two objectives of research that are to identify and analyze figurative language on traditional Sikka songs. The researchers used a qualitative descriptive research design to analyze data because the object is in the form of song lyrics. The theory used was from Keraf (2008), about figurative language. The method used in collecting data related to the subject of this research is documentation and interview. The method used in collecting data related to the subject of this research is documentation and interview, because the researchers collected the data from song lyric and interview the meaning of figurative language in Sikka traditional song. The result shows that there were five figurative languages found on traditional Sikka songs. From the data there were simile, personification, metaphor, eponym, and allusion. It can be indicated that the dominant type of figurative language in the song lyric is simile. As a whole, meaning behind this song tells about the life of the Sikka people, who have always maintained peace and harmony since ancient times. And had a message and hope, in which all Sikka people are able to emulate life as it existed in ancient times. It can be concluded that figurative language has important roles in this song lyric. That is why the song writer used so many figurative languages in the lyric.

The emotional burden of living with ischaemic heart disease: an artistic approach

Background/Aims A diagnosis of ischaemic heart disease may cause the individual to enter a state of emotional uncertainty. The authors aimed to provide an arts-based account of the emotional burden experienced by people with ischaemic heart disease. Methods A secondary qualitative analysis of 35 interview with individuals with ischaemic heart disease was conducted. The results from the interview transcripts were analysed and depicted using an arts-based approach, in the form of poetry, musical lyrics and visual art. Results Participants described an overwhelming sense of loss following a diagnosis of ischaemic heart disease, including feeling a loss of control in their lives, loss of self, loss of agency in managing the illness and a loss of hope for the future. The emotional burden that patients carried was likened to going through a grieving process. Three poems, one song and two visual art pieces were created by the authors to depict the emotional burden experienced by the participants. Conclusions Supportive interventions that apply arts-based approaches to practice could be beneficial to target the psychological needs and emotional burden of patients following diagnosis of ischaemic heart disease.

An Analysis of Figurative Language in Maher Zain Album 2013 The Islamic Song

The aim of this analysis is focused on figurative language. Figurative language is very interesting to analyze because many people have difficulty in understanding about the types of figurative language and the meaning of lines or lyrics by using figurative language. The purpose of this research is to study an analysis of figurative language in Maher Zains Album 2013. This study uses descriptive qualitative research, because the data in the form of texts and Maher Zain songs lyrics which contain many types of figurative language. From 5 songs such as: hold my hand, Insya Allah, for the rest of my life, thank you Allah, and Palestine will be free. From these five songs the researcher found 10 figurative language namely: simile, metaphor, personification, litotes, antithesis, alliteration, euphemism, parallelism, hyperbole, irony. The conclusion of this research is there are some kinds of figurative language use by Maher Zain in his song. This study is very useful for other researchers who want to do research in figurative language analysis with other literary works.

Body Language: Making Love in Lyric in Romeo and Juliet

Abstract With a particular focus on an intensive close reading of the scenes between the lovers and their portrayal of desire and intimacy, this essay discusses how Shakespeare transforms lyric poetry, especially its formal features, not simply into dramatic poetry but into theatre, demonstrating how Shakespeare creates the lovers’ world and the passionate intimacy of their relationship through the embodiment of lyric forms, especially the sonnet, the epithalamium, and the aubade. Explicitly thinking about bodies (and bodies on stage) rather than ‘the body’, it draws on a number of Shakespeare’s sources, especially Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella and Marlowe’s Hero and Leander, as well as Arthur Brooke’s Romeus and Juliet, exploring in precise detail how Shakespeare works with them, the particularity of his transformations, and their effects.1

Субъективно-модальные синтагмы в лирическом дискурсе Е. А. Баратынского

The article is devoted to the semantics and functioning of introductory constructions in the poetic texts of E. A. Baratynsky. The complex syntax of Baratynsky shows that the desire for clarity and accuracy of expression, characteristic of the representatives of the “school of harmonic accuracy”, headed by V. A. Zhukovsky and K. N. Batyushkov, is not always compatible with the simplicity and clarity of the syllable: the task of embodying the “poetry of thought” required Baratynsky to complicate the poetic form at the syntactic level. Subjective-modal constructions, reflecting the conflict, the paradoxical nature of poetic consciousness, saturating the text with the intonations of a lively dialogue, were widely used in the lyrics of Baratynsky in the 1820s. The lyrical theme is often revealed by the young elegiac Baratynsky through the struggle, clash of voices, ideas, internal dispute, doubts and hesitations of the inner subject of the poem. The high activity of introductory syntagmascauses drama and "increased" dialogism, including in the form of auto-communication. Sometimes the form of conversation, dispute is in an open form. From the 1830s, the recognized author of psychological elegies turns into a "poet of thought", Baratynsky undergoes a significant creative evolution on an intensive path of saturation of a closed, "close" lyrical form with the most complex metaphysical content, when he creates the cycle of poems "Twilight" (1842). In the last lyrical cycle of Baratynsky, the activity of the introductory syntagmas is much lower than in the early elegies, the monologism of the utterance, the preaching pathos, is intensified.

Things of Art and Amor: Mediation in Goethe's Römische Elegien

Poetry versus love, aesthetic form versus sensual experience, ancient past versus present: Goethe's Römische Elegien works through a series of opposites that dominate scholarly discussion to this day. This essay interprets the things of art and Amor as the common ground of a comprehensive mediation that underlies the oppositions noted in scholarship and places lyric form above all else. In a journey through selected elegies of the cycle, the paper thereby focuses on the function of Amor who regulates mediation in various roles. Amor as a clever guide (elegy II*), as a matchmaker (II), as a servant (V), as a rogue and committed teacher (XIII), and as an authority (XIX) who advances to become the leading figure in Goethe's cycle. In its continuous dynamics of playful mediation, it has one clear goal: poetic form.