Character in Song Lyric “A Secret Love”

Emeliya Sukma Dara Damanik

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This paper is aimed to analyze the characters in song lyric “a secret love”. This study is conducted by using descriptive with qualitative method. After collecting and analyzing of the data, the writer found that this song lyric uses variable character in every line. In this case, the variable character which is coded in this lyric consist of I, you and we. It can be concluded that the use of this variable character as a way to communicate the idea or feeling between the singer and listeners.


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Character; Song Lyric; A Secret Love

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33633/str.v3i1.7730

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