Lyric Themes and the Art of Language Use in Bodyslam’s Songs

Abstract

This article aimed to analyze Bodyslam’s songs by studying songs from 2002 – 2014, total 6 albums, 59 songs. The results of the research showed that the most common concept is the concept about love, life and encouragement respectively. As for the analysis of the art of language usage, the most common are word repetition, repetition and text repetition respectively. As for the figures of speech, the most common ones are Rhetorical question, Analogy, Hyperbole, Metaphor, Personification, Paradox and Synesthesia respectively. In the aspect of emotion communication, the most common are Emotional media, sad, heartbreaking, emotional media, regretful, emotional media, love, happiness, freshness and emotional emotions, respectively.