“…These studies mostly focus on the use of metaphors in song lyrics (Darmawan, 2022;Fairuz & Firza, 2021;Handayani, 2021;Kifriyani, 2022;SARI, 2021;Sukmaningrum, 2019) and politics (Lubis & Purba, 2021;Pasaribu, 2016;Ritonga, 2014). In poetry, the metaphors explored mainly focus on the notion of love (Jaberi et al, 2016;Kochar, 2020;Rahman, 2018;Rorimpandey et al, 2021;Sofyan, 2022). Limited research, however, has been done on metaphors pertaining to students' emotions toward online learning during the pandemic.…”