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CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE STUDY
The writer uses descriptive qualitative method in process of writing the thesis. Descriptive qualitative method is a method of analysis by describing and
analyzing the data and then giving interpretation and explanation. The writer will do these following steps to write the thesis.
3.1 Data Collecting
There are some sources of data for this thesis taken by the writer. The first source is the texts of Elizabeth Browning’s poem “The Cry of The Children. Second,
the writer read some articles about the biography of Elizabeth Browning which helped the writer to know the background of life of Elizabeth Browning. Third, the
writer searches the information related to the poem “The Cry of The Children” from some critical books, thesis and documents about the poem. Fourth, the writer collects
some information about the industrial revolution and the exploitation of children in that era as much as possible. The writer also gets some information from the internet
sites to support the topic of this thesis.
3.2 Data Analysis
In analyzing the problem of this thesis, the writer combined all the important data that has been collected from many sources. The writer uses kind of library
research and applied the qualitative descriptive method to analyze the problem. Here
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are some steps that used by the writer from the beginning in the process of doing the thesis:
First, the writer read the selected poem of Elizabeth Browning “The Cry of The Children” thoroughly to understand the poem.
Second, the writer begins to read all of information about Elizabeth biography and tries to connect or relate her poem to Elizabeth personal life
background based on the time when Elizabeth Browning wrote the poem. In this step, the writer begins the interpreting process to relate the poems to the poet.
Third, the writer marked and notes all of the word, line, or stanza of each poem that reflected to the exploitation of children and industrial revolution. The
writer doing kinds of interpreting process based on facts and the theory that supports the interpreting and analyzing process.
Fourth, the writer begins to analyze the poem per lines and stanza, depends on the poem itself. To be effective, for the poem that has more than 4 lines per
stanza, the writer analyze them stanza per stanzas, but for the poems that have less than 4 lines per stanza, the writer analyzes them lines by lines. In this step, the writer
applied the theory and approaches to support the process of analyzing. In analyzing literary works, there are some approaches available which are
considered essential to understand the literary works as a whole. In this thesis, the writer applies the historical approach to analyze the historical background of the
poem and also to find out the connection of the poem with the historical moment at the time the poem was written. In this case is the history of Industrial Revolution in
England. The writer also uses structural dynamic approach and sociology of
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literature theory to support the analysis. By using the structural dynamic approach, the writer will analyze the poem itself and find out the symbols and figurative
language that symbolized the exploitation of the children and Industrial Revolution and then connect it to the historical background of the poem. Finally, the writer has
to constitute a conclusion from the analysis. This is the last step of the analyzing process. All of those steps done by the writer under the support of the supervisors
who mastering the subjects.
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CHAPTER IV
ANALYSISAND FINDING
4.1 Exploitation Asthe Impact of Industrial Revolution to the Children.
