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persons or objects because using figures of speech is making imaginative description in a fresh way. Poet can use many different figures of speech.
2.7.3 Theme
Theme of poem is the central concept in poem. It is the basic idea that the poet is trying to convey and which accordingly he or she allows directing his or her
imagery. Most of the images, in other words, are designed to present the central theme, or main idea of the poem.
The theme of poem, in another light,is the poet’s reason for writing the poem in the first place. It is usually an abstract concept that becomes concrete through the
idiom and imagery Reaske, 1966: 42. Formulating a theme is an exercise, which helps the reader understand what the poem says; it also helps the reader experience
the poem Delisle, 1971: 45. According to Alexander 1973: 33, to be able to appreciate a piece of literary
work such as a poem, we should find its: 1.
General meaning General meaning, that is, the readers tries to find what the poem is about.
2. Detailed meaning
Detailed meaning, which is trying to interpret how the poet develops the poem:
a. how he begins the poem
b. how he develops the poem
c. how he ends the poem
d. Intention of the poet
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Intention of the poet is his message or theme to the readers found in the poem.
2.7.4 Tone
In special discussion about tone, A. A.Serayawati Durya 2000: 17 says that “tone is the attitude of the writer toward his subjects, his readers, and himself”.
Whereas, Shipley in his book 1962: 418 says that “tone is the attitude of work, as revealed in the manner rather than stated”, so that we can conclude that the tone is
the attitude of the writer towards his or her work. A speaker has ordinarily, an attitude towards the listener. He or she chooses
or arranges his or her words diffently as his or her audience varies, in automatic or deliberate recognition of his or her relation to them. While the concept of expression
is informed obviously by Richard 1978: 182 that “the exceptional case dissimulation or instances in which the speaker unconsciously reveals an attitude he
or she is not consciously, desirous of expressing, will come to mind”. In this case, a writer can possibly choose certain words to be interpret and understood by his
readers based on their level of understanding, and the words will come to his mind. It shows that a poet has to be creative since heshe has to be able to make words
choosing. There are some tones that the poet usually expresses. Her tone can be personal or subjective, objective, regretful, suffering, grave, happy, demanding,
contemptuous, conceited, ignorant, etc.
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CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE STUDY
3.1 Research Design
In research method, library research is used in this thesis. The writer uses library research in applying descriptive qualitative in method of study. Some books
which are related to the topic of this thesis are used. The primary source of the data acquired from the poems entitled The Lady’s ‘Yes’ and How Do I Love Thee?. First,
the writer read the poems as the source of data, the secondary data is drawn from other books as references which are concerned about woman’s passion in literary
works, and some data that found from the internet are also used as the supporting references in finishing this thesis. Data will be collected and selected before it is
analyzed. Finally, the conclusion of the data will be made to support the ideas of the researcher.
In this thesis, the writer used qualitative method since the data is qualitative. The writer uses qualitative descriptive method in process of writing the thesis.
Qualitative descriptive method is a method of analysis by describing and analyzing the data and then giving interpretation and explanation. Sally and James 1989: 414
state qualitative analysis, however, is a systematic process of selecting, categorizing, comparing, synthesizing, and interpreting to provide explanations of the single
phenomenon of interest. These are data that cannot be expressed in number but in sentences.
