'It was a good song, but it didn’t perform as well as it could have. However, not all the types of figures of speech based on Kennedy's classification had been used. 'It was a serious ballad, and Doug thought it would work because it was kind of a sob story, the sort of triumphant Oprah Winfrey moment I needed in the wake of the Glitter debacle,' she explained in her memoir, The Meaning Of Mariah Carey. As a result, there were 66 words and 42 phrases of the data which represented the use of figurative language. Then, the figurative words or phrases were classified into the types of figures of speech based on Kennedy's classification. The lyrics that used figurative words or phrases were analyzed using sub components of instruments based on Hymes's theory of ethnography of communication which were separated into language form and language meaning. Moreover, the data were identified by using coding to separate the lyrics in one song that used figurative language with the other song lyrics that did not use the figurative language.
Furthermore, the data were selected using simple random sampling by lottery since all the songs in the population have an equal chance for being selected as the sample. Since the number of the population was more than 100 songs, 10 % of the population or 11 songs were taken as the data. There were 108 songs regarded as the population of this research. Yeah, really nice song for the Christmas season and for those who want to be with a specific person during Christmas. The latest comment, clearly explained their thoughts about this song. Since the research data were in the form of words and phrases, the research data were collected by document analysis. All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey, the lyrics is very clear and the real meaning is also seen at wikipedia. This research was intended to know and describe the figurative language used in Mariah Carey's songs lyrics from 1990 up to 1999. Theres a hero If you look inside your heart You dont have to be afraid Of what you are Theres an answer If you reach into your soul And the sorrow that you know Will melt away And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And youll finally see the truth.