Personification Found In Taylor Swift’s Album

Abstract

Personification is a figure of speech utilized in both scholarly and casual writing. Personification is utilized in the song lyrics to amplify their significance. Taylor Swift's album, Midnightss, is a renowned collection of songs that employs figurative language, most particularly personification. Personification can be utilized to engage the album's audience. The aim of this study is to examine the forms and meaning of personification in the Midnightss album. This study employs Zhu's (1991) framework to categorize types of personification. This research is a descriptive qualitative study. All tracks from the Midnightss album constitute the data source for this analysis. Data analysis involves the reduction, evaluation, and interpretation of figurative language through personification. The results revealed that the personification style utilized in this album predominantly features non-living things and abstractions, with non-living creature personification being the most frequent type in this study.