WOMAN’S PASSIONS IN ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING’S POEMS ENTITLED THE LADY’S ‘YES’ AND HOW DO I LOVE THEE?
A THESIS BY
DHINI AYUNINGTYAS REG.NO: 100705010
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as a thesis for the Sarjana Sastra Examination
Head, Secretary,
Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D
i ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim,
First of all, all praise and thankfulness to Almighty ALLAH SWT with the
compassion and blessing to allow me finishing this thesis. Salawat and salam to the
Prophet and the most noble Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad, along with his
family and his companions.
I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to the Dean of Faculty
of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara,
Head of English Department,
English Department, Mr. Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D and to all lecturers of
English Department for everything they already taught me during my academic
years.
I also would like to express a very special gratitude and high appreciation to
my Supervisor, Dr. Martha Pardede, M.S., and my Co-Supervisor Drs. Siamir
Marulafau, M.Hum for their willingness and assistances to guide me in writing and
completing this thesis.
A huge gratitude for my families who give their endless love and undying
support. To my father and my mother thank you for helping me through the hard
time for the advice, the protect and also your pray to make me a better person in the
future. Thank you to my big brothers Yudha Aditya and Bram Wiratma that always
ii To all my friends, thank you for understanding and encouragment in many
precious moments in my life. Special thank’s for your help, you know what I want
Muhammad Savrizal and the cute one Adimaz. Big thanks for my girls Vivi and
Filza that always beside me when I’m in hard situation, do everything that useless
but priceless. Also Nisput, Febby, Ulan, Anok, Gunanti, kak Dinda and Aazedodo,
thanks for the craziness things that we spend together. Finally I would say thankyou
to Wahyu that always push me up when I’m lazy to finish my thesis.
I may forget to mention some names, but I thank every one for helping and
supporting me; for every clarity that people brought to me in the crucial moment;
every noble deed I received from those whom I forgot. Those days are gone. I thank
you.
Medan, July 13th 2015
DHINI AYUNINGTYAS
iii AUTHOR’S DECLARATION
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v ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini yang berjudul Woman’s Passions in Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Selected Poems Entitled The Lady’s ‘Yes’ and How Do I Love Thee? merupakan sebuah analisis mengenai hasrat seorang wanita kepada lelaki yang dicintainya pada puisi-puisi tersebut. Di dalam kedua puisi itu dapat ditemukan beberapa jenis hasrat atau sebuah keinginan yang menggebu-gebu untuk dicintai dan mencintai berdasarkan pengalaman pribadi pengarang puisi tersebut yaitu Elizabeth Barret Browning. Tujuan penulis menganalisis kedua puisi tersebut ialah untuk mengetahui bagaimana isi hati seorang Elizabeth terhadap lelaki yang dicintainya dalam setiap kata pada bait-bait kedua puisi tersebut dimana pada jamannya para wanita memiliki derajat yang sangat rendah dibandingkan dengan pria namun Elizabeth berani dengan terang-terangan mengungkapkan kepada dunia apa yang ia rasakan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif yang menjelaskan analisis sesuai dengan uraian hasil penelitian yang dikaitkan. Dari hasil penelitian, penulis memperoleh kesimpulan bahwasannya setiap wanita berhak untuk dicintai dan mencintai bukan hanya sebagai mainan lelaki seperti yang terjadi pada masa Era Victoria.
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ABSTRACT
This thesis titled Woman's Passions in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Selected Poems Entitled The Lady's 'Yes' and How Do I Love Thee? is an analysis of the desire of a woman to the man she loves in the poem. In both poems can be found some kind of desire or a passionate to be loved and to love based on personal experience of the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The purpose is to know how to feel the heart of Elizabeth to the man she loved in every word in the second verse of the poem in which contemporary women have a very low level compared to men but Elizabeth dared to openly disclose to the world what she felt. This study used a qualitative descriptive method that describes the analysis according to the description of the results of the study are attributed. From the research, the authors came to the conclusion that every woman has the right to be loved and to love not only as a man’s toy as was the case during the Victorian Era.
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TABLE OF CONTENT ...vii
CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION ...1
1.1 Background of the Study ...1
1.2 Problem of the Study ...3
1.3 Object of the Study ...4
1.4 Scope of the Study ...4
1.5 Significance of the Study ...4
CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ...5
2.1 Poem ...5
2.2 Structuralism Theory ...6
2.3 Historical Approach ...7
2.4 Biographical Approach ...8
2.5 Devices ...9
2.5.1 The Structural Devices ...9
2.5.2 The Sense Devices ...10
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2.6 Types of Poem ...11
2.7 Elements of Poem ...13
2.7.1 Form ...;.;…...13
2.7.2 Language ...15
2.7.3 Theme ...17
2.7.4 Tone ...18
CHAPTER III : METHOD OF THE STUDY ...20
3.1 Research Design………..20
3.2 Data and Data Sources ...20
3.3 Data Analyzing ...20
CHAPTER IV : ANALYSIS AND FINDING ...22
4.1 Passion to be Loved in The Lady’s Yes ...22
4.2 Passion to Love in How Do I Love Thee? ...32
CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ...45
5.1 Conclusion ...45
5.2 Suggestion ...47
