FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ON THE SONG LYRIC OF "ROLLING IN THE DEEP" BY ADELE

                                        
Rolling in the Deep
Adele
There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark
Finally, I can see you crystal clear
Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your ship bare
See how I'll leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do
There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bring me out the dark
The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hands
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
Baby, I have no story to be told
But I've heard one on you and I'm gonna make your head burn
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Make a home down there as mine sure won't be shared
The scars of your love remind me of us
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hands
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
Could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside of your hands
But you played it with a beating
Throw your soul through every open door
Count your blessings to find what you look for
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold
You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you've sown
We could have had it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
It all, it all, it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hands
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hands
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
But you played it
You played it
You played it
You played it to the beat

Songwriters: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins / Paul Richard Epworth
Rolling in the Deep lyrics © Melted Stone Publishing Ltd., Jobete Music Co Inc.

                        
Hi, everyone.
    Today, I'm gonna talk to you about figurative language on the song lyric of "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele. This song is really popular but many people don't realize how many figurative language on it.  There are several kinds of figurative language that are personification, hyperbole, metaphor, symbol.

1. Personification in "Rolling in the Deep"
            The scars of your love remind me of us
            They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
            The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
            I can't help feeling
    From those sentences, you can see that love is treated like a human being. Love is something abstract in which usually we can feel with heart. It's clear that the above bold letters belong to personification because love is  an abstract idea, inanimate object.
            Count your blessings to find what you look for
            Turn my sorrow into treasured gold
            You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you've sown
    The sentence  "Turn my sorrow into treasured gold" is considered as personification because it is turning a human like trait into something that is not human.

2. Hyperbole in Rolling in the Deep
            Could have had it all
            Rolling in the deep
            You had my heart inside of your hand
            But you played it with a beating
    In the sentence " You had my heart inside of your hand" is a hyperbole because we cannot really have a heart inside of our hands. This sentence means that she really loved him, that her love was only for him.  
        Another example:
        Throw your soul through every open door
        Count your blessings to find what you look for
        Turn my sorrow into treasured gold
        You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you've sown
        In the sentence " Count your blessings" is a hyperbole in which she told him to pick up whatever bits of his life he had left (count your blessings) and find whatever he thought he wanted when he was with her, that he apparently did not think she had given him. 
         Turn my sorrow into treasured gold
        In this sentence "Turn my sorrow into treasured gold" is hyperbole because she is exaggerating her depression and saying how she wants him to change all the sadness that has been thought upon her into treasure gold into something better. 

3. Metaphor in Rolling in the Deep 
       There's a fire starting in my heart
        Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark
        Finally, I can see you crystal clear
        Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your ship bare
        
    In the sentence "fire starting in my heart" expresses her emotions. The fire resembles anger and pain. 
        Next sentence is "Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark" . In the sentence means that she treats it as if her anger and rage is bringing her out of the dark. 

4. Symbol in Rolling in the Deep
        There's a fire starting in my heart
        Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark
        Finally, I can see you crystal clear
        Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your ship bare

       Fire is identified as a symbol because the word " Fire" is used to represent another thing. Here, " Fire" represents the singer's anger that is starting in her heart because of her ex-boyfriend. As explained in the previous analysis that for her ex-boyfriend played with her heart and she finally knew it, this can support the interpretation that " Fire" in this sentence is a symbol of anger. Fire is often used as the symbol of anger because it can easily destroy things, so can anger.

        In the sentence, "it's bringing me out the dark", the word 'dark' here it doesn't literally mean that the situation when there is no light. Instead, it represents the situation when we know nothing or haven't known anything about the truth. The author finally gets out of the dark because she finally knows who her ex-boyfriend.

That's all about the explanation!

       

THE TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

            Figurative language or figure of speech is a beautiful word which has implicit meaning. Sometimes, people cannot absorb the meaning of figurative language correctly. It is because a figure of speech cannot be translated word by word, people have to think deeper to understand what writers or speaker says in figurative language. (Bahasa kiasan atau majas adalah kata indah yang memiliki arti tersirat. Terkadang, orang tidak dapat menyerap arti dari bahasa kiasan dengan benar. Karena suatu majas tidak dapat diterjemahkan kata demi kata, orang harus berpikir lebih dalam untuk memahami apa yang dikatakan penulis atau penutur dalam bahasa kiasan). 

              There are several types of figurative languages are used in modern writing. They include:

1. Hyperbole

            Hyperbole is an exaggeration that is created to emphasize a point or bring out a sense of humor. It is often used in every conversations without the speaker noticing it.  The exaggeration is so outrageous that one would believe that it is true. It is used to add depth and color to a statement. 

                An example of hyperbole is, "I would die for you". The sentence does not necessarily mean that one person is literally willing to die for the other, but it used to exaggerate the amount of love that one person has for another person. Death is only used to show extent of affection.

                Other example of hyperbole:

• She rushed out of the room in floods of tears ----> crying a lot

• Let's have dinner, I'm starving ----> very hungry

• When she was in Paris, she spent ton of money ----> lot of money

2. Metaphor

          A metaphor is a statement that compares two things that are not alike. Unlike similes, metaphors do not use the words "like" or "as". Such statements only make sense when the reader understands the connection between the two things being compared. 
                An example of metaphor in the song 'everything' by Michael Buble:

• "you're a falling star, you're the gateway car.

• "you're the line in the sand when I go too far. 

           In this song, Michael Buble uses his song Everything to tell his wife that she means everything to him. He compares her to multiple things  throughout the song, each showing that she is the best part of him.

            Metaphors directly compare two subjects. Metaphor is a figure of speech which concisely compares two things by saying that the one is the other (McArthur: 1996:653)

For example:

My lover is a treasure
My home is heaven
Business is a game 
You are my guardian 
This is a made house

3. Personification

            Personification is a statement attributes human qualities to non-human entities, such as objects or animals. People say the wind howls or opportunity knocks, for instance. Neither the wind nor opportunity can do these things but these personification vividly convey a particular idea. Keraf (2002) explained that "Personification is the assigning of human characteristics to non humans."

For example:

The leaves danced to the ground
 The flowers were begging for water

In the first sentence, the leaves are being personified. That means they are given the human characteristic of dancing to show about how the leaves gracefully fell to the ground.

 Human can dance,

but leaves cannot.

    Next example: "The flowers were begging for water"

 

 In the second sentence, we know that flowers do not have mouths and they cannot really ask us for water. The flowers are given the human characteristic of  begging to show that they are in need of water. They are starting to dry up and really need someone to water them

4. Simile

            A simile is a form of figurative in which a comparison is made between two things which have something in common, using the words "like" or "as". The simile is used to describe an item, situation, emotion or action by comparing it to something else in order to make the statement more creative and artistic. 

Simile Examples

Example of Simile in Spoken Language

            When taking part of listening to everyday conversation in English, you are likely to come across the use simile many times. Now, we're gonna take a look at how a simile is used during spoken conversation.

Example of Simile in Literature

         Now, we will take a look at some examples of times that a simile has been used as a literary device, whether that be in stories, song , poetry or otherwise.

'My love is like a red rose', is an example of a simile used in the piece of poem 'A red red rose' written by John Burns.
'You look like my next mistake' a song by Taylor Swift
'Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?' a song by Katy Perry 

Review Text

Review Text

• Definition

• Generic Structure

• Language Feature

• Purpose

• Example

                Do you like writing in English? Do you know that each type of writing in English has its own characteristic and structure? In this section, we will discuss one type of writing in English: 'Review Text'. Do you know what is review text?

Definition of Review Text

            Surely you have even subconsciously written a review in English, right? The writing that you make has the name review text.

            Review text is an evaluation of a publication, such as a movie, video game, musical composition, book; a piece of hardware like a car, home appliance, or computer; or an event or performance, such as a live music concert, a play, musical theatre show or dance show.

Generic Structure of Review Text

            Before you write a review, first consider what the proper structure is in the review text :

1. Orientation :   Background information of the text.
2. Evaluation : Concluding statement : judgement, opinion, or recommendation. It can                                       consist of more than one.
3.  Interpretative Recount : Summary of an art works including character and plot.
4.  Evaluative Summation : The last opinion consisting the appraisal or the punch line of the                                                 art works being criticized.

Purpose of Review Text

           Review text is used to critic the events or art works for the reader or listener, such as movies, shows, book, and others

The Characteristics/ Language Feature of Review Text

– Focus on specific participants
– Using adjectives
– Using long and complex clauses
– Using metaphor style Review Text Simple

Example:

Harry Potter: A Journey Through A History Of Magic

by British Library

Arthur A. Levine

That scene opens Harry Potter: A Journey Through A History Of Magic, a fun, fact-filled book for young readers that serves as preview to the British Library’s new exhibition, “Harry Potter: A History of Magic.” The exhibit will move to the New York Historical Society next autumn.	Introduction
With activities and illustrations from Rowling, Jim Kay and Olivia Lomenech Gill, the book takes readers on a tour through the Hogwarts curriculum – Potions, Herbology, Charms, Astronomy, Divination, Defence Against the Dark Arts and Care of Magical Creatures – by exploring the subjects in the series, the professors who teach them and some of the historical origins for items and characters. For instance, Nicholas Flamel – in the books, the creator of the Philosopher’s Stone (or Sorcerer’s Stone in the US versions of the books) – was a real French scribe who died in 1418 and was believed to have been an alchemist. Mandrakes, which second-year students help plant in Chamber of Secrets, are real as well, but instead of helping restore people and ghosts petrified by a basilisk, mandrakes were believed to be a medieval herbal remedy for headaches, earaches and insanity, best harvested by unearthing the human-shaped roots by attaching “one end of a cord to the plant and the other to a dog”.	Evaluation
Harry Potter fans of all ages will enjoy the breezy nature of A Journey Through a History of Magic. The book sheds light on the folklore Rowling incorporated into her series without getting bogged down in dry narrative – Professor Binns’ History of Magic class it is not. Kay’s and Gill’s illustrations lend the book vibrancy, helping characters and creatures alike pop out from the pages. Younger readers in particular might enjoy the book’s activities, such as making a colour-changing potion out of lemon-lime soda, but it might be best to make sure they’ve read the series first: A Journey Through a History of Magic does feature some minor spoilers. For older fans, the book’s real magic lies in cataloguing items from Rowling’s collection. A Journey Through a History of Magic features pages upon pages of Rowling’s illustrations, handwritten drafts, typed manuscripts, flow charts and scenes that appeared differently in the final published stories. One draft of Chamber of Secrets has Harry and Ron Weasley crashing Mr. Weasley’s flying Ford Anglia into the lake instead of the Whomping Willow; the names of the Order of the Phoenix and Dumbledore’s Army were originally switched; and a manuscript of Sorcerer’s Stone has Rubeus Hagrid warning Cornelius Fudge – who is not only a Muggle but the prime minister of England – of the threat of Lord Voldemort.	Interpretation
Much like tapping the right brick to enter Diagon Alley, Harry Potter: A Journey Through a History of Magic brings readers back into Rowling’s imaginative world. It’s part history, part nostalgia trip. But more importantly, it’ll make you want to pick up the books and relive Harry’s adventures all over again.	Summary