Language Style in The Lyrics of The Song “Berita Kepada Kawan” by Ebiet G. Ade

This study aims to explain the style of language in the lyrics of the song "Berita Kepada Kawan" by Ebiet G. Ade. The study used in this research is stylistics which will reveal the style of language in poetry and song lyrics. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative with a stylistic perspective. The data collection technique is observing and taking notes and then analyzing them using the theory of poetic structure and the theory of figurative language. The result of this study is the language style in the lyrics of the song "Berita Kepada Kawan" which shows a cacophony sound which is dominated by the vowel /a/ with a total of 157 and the consonants [t], [k], [n] with a total of 43, 38, and 38. The sound of cacophony is used to create an atmosphere of sadness, gloom, depression, melancholy, etc. In line with the theme raised in the song, which is about the impact of disasters. The writer of the song also uses various figures of speech, namely comparative figures of speech: personification and simile; contradiction: hyperbole and litotes; repetition: alliteration, anaphora, and polysyndeton; as well as a linking figure of speech, namely a synecdochical figure of speech.