An Analysis of Connotative Meanings in Anson Seabra’s Songs

This research study is about the connotative meaning in the lyrics of Anson Seabra's song. The purpose of this study is to determine the connotative meaning contained in the lyrics of the songs Anson Seabra. This research uses descriptive qualitative method. The data sources used in this study were taken from several Anson Seabra songs, including Welcome to Wonderland, Trying My Best, I Can't Carry This Anymore, Dawning of Spring, Robin Hood, Walked Through Hell, and It's Raining It's Pouring. By using the theory of connotative meaning by Leech (1981), the writer made observations by observing the lyrics of the Anson Seabra songs and taking words or sentences that contain connotative meanings. From all these songs, the writer finds that in Seabra’s songs there are many words have connotative meanings. There are 38 words in the song lyrics that contain connotative meanings. There are four connotative meanings in Welcome to Wonderland song, five in Trying My Best song, eight in I Can't Carry This Anymore song, four in the Dawning of Spring song, six in the song Robin Hood, four in Walked Through Hell song, and seven in It's Raining It's Pouring song.