IMAGERY IN SONG LYRICS OF ALICIA KEYS

The objective of this study is to identify kinds of imagery on songs lyric of Alicia Keys. This study used descriptive method to analyze data.  Recorder songs lyrics of Alicia Keys were served as resources of data and imagery reflected in the lyrics was promoted as data of this study.  The study rev...

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Main Authors: Unpris Yastanti, Dewi Safitri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Center of Language and Culture Studies, Surakarta, Indonesia 2016-01-01
Series:IJOTL-TL (Indonesian Journal of Language Teaching and Linguistics)
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Online Access:https://ijotl-tl.soloclcs.org/index.php/ijoltl/article/view/169
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description The objective of this study is to identify kinds of imagery on songs lyric of Alicia Keys. This study used descriptive method to analyze data.  Recorder songs lyrics of Alicia Keys were served as resources of data and imagery reflected in the lyrics was promoted as data of this study.  The study revealed the following findings: (1) imagery was deserved in three lyrics of Alicia Keys: Girl on Fire, Superwoman, and A Woman’s Worth, (2) Kinds of imagery in the three lyrics songs included: auditory imagery, kinesthetic imagery, visual imagery and organic imagery and the forming is about a woman life, (3)  Message of  songs figured out upon a woman’s life, suggesting a  woman should undertake real struggle and never gave up at whatever occurred in life.
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spelling doaj.art-125c4a08c0894b13b6b33e096f3a39e52022-12-21T17:31:21ZengCenter of Language and Culture Studies, Surakarta, IndonesiaIJOTL-TL (Indonesian Journal of Language Teaching and Linguistics)2502-23262502-82782016-01-0111496610.30957/ijoltl.v1i1.169169IMAGERY IN SONG LYRICS OF ALICIA KEYSUnpris Yastanti0Dewi Safitri1STIBA Nusa Mandiri TangerangSTIBA Nusa Mandiri TangerangThe objective of this study is to identify kinds of imagery on songs lyric of Alicia Keys. This study used descriptive method to analyze data.  Recorder songs lyrics of Alicia Keys were served as resources of data and imagery reflected in the lyrics was promoted as data of this study.  The study revealed the following findings: (1) imagery was deserved in three lyrics of Alicia Keys: Girl on Fire, Superwoman, and A Woman’s Worth, (2) Kinds of imagery in the three lyrics songs included: auditory imagery, kinesthetic imagery, visual imagery and organic imagery and the forming is about a woman life, (3)  Message of  songs figured out upon a woman’s life, suggesting a  woman should undertake real struggle and never gave up at whatever occurred in life.https://ijotl-tl.soloclcs.org/index.php/ijoltl/article/view/169literaturetheory of imagerysongs lyric
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IJOTL-TL (Indonesian Journal of Language Teaching and Linguistics)
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songs lyric
title IMAGERY IN SONG LYRICS OF ALICIA KEYS
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title_short IMAGERY IN SONG LYRICS OF ALICIA KEYS
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topic literature
theory of imagery
songs lyric
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