A STUDY ON THE MESSAGES OF THE MUSE’S SONG “UNINTENDED”
| Main Author: | Dwi Akhmadi, Mandragora |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2005
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.umm.ac.id/188/1/A_STUDY_ON_THE_MESSAGES_OF_THE_MUSE.pdf http://eprints.umm.ac.id/188/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Literary works represent the condition that employs historical moments existing in the region, country, and the world. Literature is the human’s expression. In other words, literary works such as a drama or play, novel, and poem or poetry expose the human life. One of the literary works is poetry. A lyrical poem has close relationship with songs because commonly songs include lyrics. Based on the background of the study above, the writer of this thesis arranged and formulated following problem, they are: 1). what is the general meaning of the lyrical poem “Unintended”? 2). what is the detail meaning of the lyrical poem “Unintended”? and 3). what are the messages found in “Unintended”? This study uses the descriptive method research as the research design because there is no control treatment in this study as it is found in experimental research. The approach that is used is in this is an objective approach because the writer only focuses her analysis on the literary work, he does not study the author’s experience and life. The object of this study is the lyrics of “Unintended” from Muse’s album “Showbiz” because it contains general meaning, detailed meaning and the message inside. The general meaning of the lyrical poem “Unintended” is about the poet’s expression to the girl who he did not want actually to be his girlfriend. The detailed meaning of the lyrical poem “Unintended” describes that he didn’t really love that girl, while he has already chosen that girl to accompany him and fill his day. He has some reasons why he tries to defend his love. She is a kind girl and gives happiness in his life. She is the only one who always becomes a good listener for every problem and complains. In the second stanza the poet develops his poem by promising to the girl that he will always accompany that girl whenever she needs him. He tries to make her girlfriend happy although he is trying hard to fix his heart from the disappointment of his first love. There was a girl who ever filled his heart, but she disappointed him. Now, he finds a new girlfriend who gives more attention and the real love. Although he didn’t really love his new girlfriend, he feels calm and happy when beside her. The message found in the lyrical poem “Unintended” is that we should appreciate someone’s love. Another lesson that we get is that we should keep our promise that we give to other persons.