Abstract:
This study focused on the Sentence Structure contained in song lyrics Fight Song by
Rachel Platten in her wildfire album. In this study researcher used a syntactic approach.
The sentence structure contained in this study is divided into four sentences, they are (1)
Simple sentence, (2) Compound sentence, (3) complex sentence and (4) CompoundComplex
sentence.
The
study
was
conducted
by
using
qualitative
analysis.
Data
was
taken
from
Song
lyrics
“
Fight
Song,Stand
by
You
and
Better
Place”
on
the
Wildfire
album
by
Rachel
Platten.
The
researcher
analyzed
the
sentence
structure
by
using
theory
of
tree
diagram,
where
the
researcher
first
analyzed
the
type
of
sentence
in
the
song
lyrics
and
then
describeed
it
in
the
form
of
a
tree
diagram.
From the results of the study,
researcher found there were 30 Simple sentence, 3 Compound sentence, 1 Complex
sentence, and 3 Compound- Complex sentence on song lyrics Fight Song. And then, 5
Simple sentence, 2 Compound sentence, 23 Complex sentence and 6 Compound-
Complex sentence on song lyrics Stand by You. Then 12 Simple sentence, 5 Compound
sentence, 12 Complex sentence on song lyrics Better Place.and then there are two kinds
of sentences that did not have the correct sentence structure contained in the song lyrics.
That were “ like a small on the ocean sending big waves on the motion and then “
wrecking ball inside my inside my brain”. The conclusion of this study was the researcher
succeeded in completing the study using the tree diagram method in syntax analysis to
analyze the sentence strtuture in the song lyrics. The researcher proposes and hopes to the
reader that interests this research can be continued and used as a reference in learning
about syntax
