Abstract:
This study deals with the analysis Metaphorical Expressions in Coldplay‟s Song.
The objectives of this research were to investigate Metaphorical Expression in
Coldplay‟s song and to describe the classification metaphor and to explain the
function of metaphorical expression. This research applied descriptive qualitative
methods. The researcher took 19 lyrics from 18 songs a full of the total all lyrics
performed in Coldplay‟s song. In collecting the data, the song lyrics found the
searching through the international network services and found the Metaphorical
Expression in Coldplay‟s song. There were two metaphorical expression that
contain 19 lyrics on the lyrics Coldplay‟s song. There are two metaphorical
expression that analyzed from on the lyrics Coldplay song. There are dead
metaphor was 7 and live metaphor was 11 that found in Coldplay‟s song. On the
other hand, this present study also finds the influence of the two classifications of
metaphor used in the data in defining metaphorical meaning of metaphoric
expressions. From the analysis in previous chapter, it is found that dead metaphor
influences the fixed metaphorical meaning of the data. As dead metaphors, the
metaphoric expressions which are formed as idioms have fixed meaning which
have been so familiar in daily life. That is why the relation between the
metaphoric expression and how the metaphorical meaning is formed does not
become the main concern for listeners because their ears are familiar with it. On
the other hand, live metaphor influences bigger than dead metaphor in revealing
metaphorical meaning because its character which formed freely based on
creativity. Listeners‟ ears have not been familiar with those metaphoric
expression, so the analysis on the metaphorical meaning is not bond to a famous
expression. As the result, the metaphorical meaning of live metaphoric
expressions is more varied
